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IT Management Linux News for Jun 19, 2007
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Linux and the "Support Barrier"--Where Do Things Stand? (Jun 19, 2007, 23:15)
Enterprise Linux Log: Support, surprisingly or
unsurprisingly depending on where your experience with the matter
lies, made the list as a 'barrier to adoption.'
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Update: Mandriva Will Say No to Microsoft, It Just Needs Some Time to Do So (Jun 19, 2007, 17:43)
Ruminations on the Digital Realm/Mandriva "'As
far as patent protection is concerned, we are not great fans of
software patents which we consider as counter productive...'"
Official Mandriva reply now within.
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Linux Movers and Shakers Seek Common Ground (Jun 19, 2007, 17:15)
Linux-Watch: "'I would love to get either
NVIDIA or ATI to actually give us the specs on the drivers we want
or let's just reverse engineer everything and do it
ourselves...'"
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The World Bank Goes Open-Source (Jun 19, 2007, 15:45)
Salon: "At a Government Web Managers Workshop
held in Washington, D.C., in March, Pierre Guillaume Wielezynski, a
corporate communications staffer for the World Bank, delivered a
presentation about the challenges and possibilities inherent in
'social media...'"
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Novell Ships SP 1 for Suse Linux Enterprise 10 (Jun 19, 2007, 13:30)
NetworkWorld: "Novell on Monday shipped the first service pack
for Suse Linux Enterprise 10 that includes virtualization,
management and security improvements..."
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Ubuntu, Red Hat Reject Microsoft Patent Deal (Jun 19, 2007, 12:45)
ZDNet Australia: "Red Hat, the largest Linux
vendor, and Ubuntu-maker Canonical have both rejected calls from
Microsoft to forge a deal similar to the one the Redmond giant
signed with Linux distributors Novell, Xandros, and
Linspire..."
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MarketWatch: The Persistence of Unix (Jun 19, 2007, 05:15)
Computer Business Review: "In the physical
world, a number of difference forces are at play, and each in turn
displays supremacy, or at least relevance, at subatomic, atomic,
molecular, and wider levels..."
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Paying for Software You Can't Use--Is Microsoft Really Good for Schools? (Jun 19, 2007, 02:00)
Computer Business Review: "Last week Microsoft
announced that a study carried out on its behalf by Wipro
Technologies found that European schools prefer Microsoft software
to open source alternatives..."
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