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News Linux News for Sep 01, 2007:
Effective Evangelism & Disinformation
(2007-09-01 00:00:24) PlexNex: "The activities around OOXML indicate that this is the playbook..."
When the Standards Are This Low, No One Wins
(2007-09-01 02:00:02) Computer Business Review: "The approvals process has been one of the most petty, underhand, deceitful, and childish events I have had the misfortune to witness during ten years in the technology industry..."
Open Source Booming in K-12 Education
(2007-09-01 04:00:18) ZDNet: "An eSchools report says open source spending is growing 70% per year, and will be up 800% in 2011 from last year’s level..."
GNOME: 10 Years Old But Did We Need It?
(2007-09-01 06:00:12) iTWire: "There are plenty of celebratory noises emanating from the project but one needs to ask: was a second such project really needed...?"
In Defense Of Open Source
(2007-09-01 08:00:47) Profy: "The topic around which the most discussion encircled was open source, and boy were there divergent views among the week's ensemble..."
Wind River Reports Good Results, But Slips on Disappointing Guidance
(2007-09-01 12:00:23) Seeking Alpha: "Wind River reported revenue for its fiscal second quarter ended July 31 of $84.6 million, with pro forma EPS of 12 cents; that beat the Street at $78.87 million and 4 cents..."
Microsoft Salutes Debate on Office Open XML
(2007-09-01 14:00:16) Africa News: "Microsoft Corporation has welcomed the current debate on the proposed global standardization of the Ecma Office Open Extensible Markup Language..."
The ISO/IEC Voting Process on OOXML Explained (And What Happens Next)
(2007-09-01 16:00:39) ConsortiumInfo: "I've had several questions from journalists today who want to know how the votes will be counted on the OOXML vote..."
PostgreSQL 8.3 Features To Be Available After Labor Day
(2007-09-01 18:00:54) InformationWeek: "Full text search and other features will become available for free download in beta code after Labor Day; with the final release to follow by 8-10 weeks..."
Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth on Productivity and Linux
(2007-09-01 20:00:35) Lifehacker: "Founder of Ubuntu Linux Mark Shuttleworth took time out of his busy schedule to talk with us about email, productivity, travel, web applications, Ubuntu, free software and much more..." [Link repaired--ed.]
Linux: The Really Fair Scheduler
(2007-09-01 22:00:43) KernelTrap: "During the many threads discussing Ingo Molnar's recently merged Completely Fair Scheduler, Roman Zippel has repeatedly questioned the complexity of the new process scheduler..."
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