News Linux News for Feb 01, 2008:

Microsoft is Like the Matrix
(2008-02-01 01:00:18)
In Search for Ultimate Programming Language: "The majority of the users Just Don't Know. The reference to the 'Matrix' movie is both stunning and crystal clear. Right now, nine years after the first film was produced, I have been enlightened..."

Money, Money, Money... and FOSS
(2008-02-01 02:30:02)
iTWire: "Open source software is developed for a variety of reasons, with the starting point often being the need to fill a need which the creator of a package faces. It's known as scratching your own itch..."

Asus Eee PC: Why is it SO Hot?
(2008-02-01 04:00:17)
Datamation: "If you want to see the future of the portable PC, forget about the MacBook Air..."

SWAT Your Samba Problems
(2008-02-01 05:30:42)
Linux.com: "SWAT allows you to set up all aspects of your Samba server through an intuitive Web interface in a style similar to Webmin..."

Do More With Less: Build a Linux VLAN
(2008-02-01 07:00:29)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "Virtual LANs (VLANs) divide your local network logically, rather than relying only on physical switches and routers..."

Virtualization Made Easy In Ubuntu 8.04
(2008-02-01 08:30:02)
Phoronix: "One of the features that was introduced a year ago into Ubuntu 7.04 'Feisty Fawn' was support for KVM, which is the Kernel-based Virtual Machine..."

Developing a FOSS-based Business: Five Questions to Ask
(2008-02-01 10:00:43)
Datamation: "Contrary to what you may have heard, free and open source software is not anti-business. But neither is it pro-business..."

Fires Ravage Local One Laptop Project
(2008-02-01 11:30:30)
Tectonic: "The South African arm of the One Laptop Per Child project has suffered a setback following the past weekend's devastating fires in the Western Cape..."

California Company Introduces New Mobile Linux Platform
(2008-02-01 13:00:35)
LinuxWorld: "Another mobile Linux platform, this time from Azingo, hit the market on Wednesday, joining an increasingly crowded market of Linux phone software..."

Open Source Up 26% in the Enterprise
(2008-02-01 13:45:43)
Computer Business Review: "More good news for the open source community just in: an analysis of its enterprise customers by OpenLogic found that for 2007 as a whole, the use of open source among enterprise customers is up 26% year-on-year..."

PHP 4 is Dead--Long Live PHP 5
(2008-02-01 14:30:29)
internetnews.com: "PHP 4, deployed on tens of millions of servers globally, is among the most successful languages of all time. But its run is coming to an end..."

I *Did* Seriously Consider It...
(2008-02-01 15:15:25)
Funtoo by Daniel Robbins: "The short answer is that Seemant was more interested in pursuing a more independent and non-political direction to help Gentoo, similar to the path I outlined in a prior blog post--working with the community..."

Linux Australia Chief Bids Goodbye
(2008-02-01 16:00:09)
"For Jonathan Oxer, the president of Linux Australia, today, the final day of the 2008 Australian national Linux conference is a day of fulfilment and also some sadness..."

Microsoft's Open-Source Strategy: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
(2008-02-01 16:45:22)
All About Microsoft: "Does Microsoft have an open-source strategy--beyond finding new ways to thwart Linux and other non-proprietary wares...?"

Getting Ready for the Python Breakage
(2008-02-01 17:30:32)
ZDNet Australia: "The launch of version 3.0 of Python, expected within the next year, will see major changes to some fundamental elements of Python, release manager Anthony Baxter explained in a keynote speech at linux.conf.au in Melbourne..."

KDE King Seigo Talks Life, Free Software and Reinventing the Desktop
(2008-02-01 18:15:39)
Computerworld Australia: "Aaron J Seigo worries about client side software, thinks Plasma will challenge Flash, and Apple doesn't understand the open source development model..."

The Unsurprising Surprise of Open Source M&A
(2008-02-01 19:00:26)
tecosystems: "There must be something going around, something in the water. That was how one commenter put it to me this week. How else to explain the rash of open source acquisitions...?"

Will Open Source World Welcome Microsoft-Yahoo Combo?
(2008-02-01 19:45:46)
The VAR Guy: "Microsoft has confirmed that it's seeking to acquire Yahoo! Some folks--you know, the open source crowd--will likely bash a proposed Microsoft-Yahoo combo..."

Should We Fight the Proprietary Open Source Power?
(2008-02-01 20:30:56)
ZDNet: "Mr. Buzzword for February appears to be proprietary open source..."

So Open Source Is Mainstream--Now What?
(2008-02-01 22:00:25)
InformationWeek: "This may not be 'the year of Linux on the desktop'--and who knows, maybe it is--but there's little to no question that this is a pivotal year for open source as a mainstream economic phenomenon in the tech world..."

The Why Behind Microsoft's OSS Strategy?
(2008-02-01 23:30:59)
Editor's Note: "When Sam Ramji, Director of Platform Technology Strategy and the Open Source Software Lab at Microsoft, describes his company's open source strategy, I believe him. Every word..."

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