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IT Management Linux News for Dec 24, 2008
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19 Standards Orgs. - and Over 13,300 Members - Support Rambus Brief (Dec 24, 2008, 22:04)
Standards Blog: "Yesterday I filed a pro bono
amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief with the United States
Supreme Court in support of the Federal Trade Commission's petition
for writ of certiorari in its suit against Rambus Technologies. I'm
pleased to report that 19 standard setting organizations (SSOs),
representing over 13,300 members, joined as amici curiae supporting
this brief; the list of participants appears later in this blog
entry."
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Editor's Note: Holiday Greetings and Good Wishes, and The Big Story That Got Missed (Dec 24, 2008, 20:04)
In which your faithful editors dispense good will, good wishes,
and a scoop on a big Linux story.
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Linux in 2009: Recession vs. GNU (Dec 24, 2008, 19:04)
Datamation: "Pundits and business executives
alike are predicting gloomy economic times for 2009. But when the
talk turns to free and open source software (FOSS), suddenly the
mood brightens. Whether their concern is the business opportunities
in open source or the promotion of free software idealism, experts
see FOSS as starting from a strong base and actually benefiting
from the hard times expected next year."
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Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier Discusses OpenSUSE 11.1 (Dec 24, 2008, 18:04)
Desktop Linux: "Q1 -- When I installed OpenSUSE
11.1, I had to agree to the new license first, but it only seemed
to be available in English. Given SUSE's proud history as Europe's
top Linux desktop, are there plans to translate the license to, for
example, German?"
Why have a EULA at all?--ed.
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The Other Secret to Red Hat's Success: A Magazine Article (No Joke) (Dec 24, 2008, 17:34)
The VAR Guy: "What's the biggest secret to Red
Hat's success in a down economy? Plenty of pundits think it's Linux
and JBoss open source middleware. But The VAR Guy has another
theory: One of Red Hat's smartest moves is promoting a particularly
influential magazine article about the company."
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Alan Cox and the End of an Era (Dec 24, 2008, 16:34)
Open Enterprise: "I don't know what Cox will be
doing at Intel, but as an employee of a hardware company he is
likely to be involved in dealing with the kind of lower-level
issues that have presumably become increasingly scarce at Red Hat.
Assuming that's the case, this will be good news both for Cox and
for the free software world."
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Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring Alpha 1 released (Dec 24, 2008, 15:34)
Mandriva: "The first alpha for Mandriva Linux
2009 Spring (2009.1) is now available"
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Tech Writing Tips From the LinuxPlanet Pros (Dec 24, 2008, 15:04)
LinuxPlanet: "I've never believed that the
distinction between "amateur" and "professional" was quality; that
is, that amateur means poor quality and professional = high
quality. The only difference is professionals get paid."
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OpenVAS Charts Its Own Forked Course (Dec 24, 2008, 14:34)
Internet News: "One of the notable features of
open source software is forking. If an open source project takes a
direction that users or developers don't like, well, they can fork
off in a new direction."
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SSL Certificate for Mozilla.com Issued Without Validation (Dec 24, 2008, 14:04)
SSL Shopper: "Unethical business practices of
an SSL Certificate reseller have been exposed and it is causing
many to wonder about the security and practices of SSL
providers."
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Weekly Ten (12-22-2008) (Dec 24, 2008, 12:34)
Tech Source From Bohol: "9. Hard Work and
Practice in Programming
There's a long arc in computing that teaches us how much we gain
through advances in ease-of-use, with the iPhone being the latest
breakthrough success..."
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Demise of the Hard-Disk? I Think Not (Dec 24, 2008, 01:34)
Another Signpost on the Information
Superhighway: "Computer world is running a post talking
about the demise of the hard-disk (HD) in favor of solid state
drives (SSD). The post has so many errors in it I have a hard time
figuring out where to begin."
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