News Linux News for Jan 13, 2007:

Usenix.org: 5th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '07)
(2007-01-13 00:30:00)
"The 5th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technolgoies (FAST '07) brings together storage system researchers and practitioners to explore new directions in the design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems."

Linux Watch: Can Java become an important Linux language?
(2007-01-13 02:00:00)
" When you think programming languages and Linux, the languages that tend to come to mind are C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python and, lately, Ruby. But, Java probably doesn't enter your mind at all -- that's because until recently Java was a proprietary language. Sun, however has now liberated Java under the GPLv2 open-source license"

InternetNews.com: McBride: SCO is Not Done Yet
(2007-01-13 03:00:00)
"In a letter sent to SCO (Quote) customers, SCO President and CEO Darl McBride assured his customers that the company is still doing all right. In the letter, written in advance of SCO's Jan. 17 fourth-quarter earnings report, McBride assures customers that SCO is not done yet."

developerWorks: Access z/OS batch jobs from Java
(2007-01-13 04:30:00)
" Learn how to reuse programs while still accessing them from Web. Historically, the mainframe has had a huge capacity of processing high volumes of data in batch by running Job Control Language (JCL) statements that control the execution of programs. In this article, Nagesh Subrahmanyam provides step-by-step instructions on how to use a Java program to submit batch jobs from a z/OS mainframe -- the missing link between the traditional batch processing capability of a mainframe and the flexibility of the Web."

Rudd-O.com: Is Ubuntu really going low-spec?
(2007-01-13 08:30:00)
"Say it out loud: they’re building a cripple from the outset. It will never be as functional as any environment that comes with either KDE or GNOME."

Digital Copyright Canada: Economic impact of open source software in the EU
(2007-01-13 12:30:00)
"Whether your issue is job creation (governments) or job training (schools), it is clear that the legacy proprietary-only (and sometimes platform specific, such as Microsoft) proposals are ill advised."

Linux.com: Make Wget cater to your needs
(2007-01-13 16:30:00)
"Most Linux users are familiar with using GNU Wget to download single files by passing the URL as an argument to the wget command, but you can also use Wget with desktop applications. It requires a little preparation, but it's easy to integrate Wget with your favorite browser and other desktop applications. You can also use Wget in scripts to categorize batch downloads and make them fault-tolerant. Here's how to get Wget to sit up and beg for you."

Starry Hope: 10 Ways The Nokia N800 Is Better Than Apple’s iPhone
(2007-01-13 20:30:00)
"I realize that there are areas where the iPhone will be better than the N800, I just don’t think it’s worth the extra cost and lack of freedom that comes along with having owning an iPhone."

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