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IT Management Linux News for Oct 30, 2008
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Novell Makes a Move -- Motion for Constructive Trust and Payment Now - Updated 2Xs, as text (Oct 30, 2008, 23:36)
Groklaw: "Here we go. Novell has filed a motion
asking the bankruptcy court to confirm the constructive trust
amount and order SCO to pay it now:"
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Is Linux Truly Small Business Ready? (Oct 30, 2008, 22:36)
Datamation: "Nearly everyday we hear about how
the modern Linux distributions are not only ready for the home
user, they can even meet the growing demands of many small
businesses as well. But rather than debating this point, I'll
examine the tools that would potentially mean that more small
businesses would feel the confidence to take the open source
plunge."
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Germany: 'Cost of Open Source Desktop Maintenance is by far the Lowest' (Oct 30, 2008, 22:06)
Metamorphosis: "Open Source desktops are far
cheaper to maintain than proprietary desktop configurations, says
Rolf Schuster, a diplomat at the German Embassy in Madrid and the
former head of IT at the Foreign Ministry."
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Intel to Establish Software Center in Taiwan (Oct 30, 2008, 18:36)
Washington Times: "Intel Corp. announced
Thursday it will join the Taiwanese government in setting up a
Linux software center in Taiwan to help better market locally
produced laptops and mobile Internet devices to the world."
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U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Business Method Patents (Oct 30, 2008, 17:45)
Reuters: " U.S. patent appeals court ruled on
Thursday that business methods, such as Amazon.com Inc's one-click
to buy goods on the Internet, cannot be patented."
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12 Great Apps for Bridging Windows, Linux and Macs (Oct 30, 2008, 17:36)
Network World: "Windows, Mac, and Linux --
can't we all just get along? Blogger Ron Barrett has scoured the IT
world to bring you this list of affordably priced business
productivity tools that run on any desktop (many are even
free)."
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Ghost Story: Fear of Microsoft Fades (Oct 30, 2008, 16:06)
Between the Lines: "It probably didn't cost
much to produce the latest three commercials in its "Mac vs. PC"
series. But their effect appears to be much greater, across the Web
at least, than what Microsoft is able to generate in its $300
million campaign about Life Without Walls."
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Novell Turns Mobile Setback Into Victory (Oct 30, 2008, 15:36)
The VAR Guy: "When Lenovo de-emphasized Novell
SUSE Linux on ThinkPads, some skeptics thought it was a serious
setback for desktop Linux and Novell's own open source efforts. The
VAR Guy knew better. Fact is, Lenovo was bolstering its Novell
relationship in two other areas. Here's the scoop."
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Sabre Holdings: Red Hat Thrives in Place of Unix (Oct 30, 2008, 15:06)
Enterprise Networking Planet: "Linux has made
the transition from rebel code to respectable corporate operating
system faster than a speeding Usain Bolt."
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Linux to Ship on More Desktops than Windows (Oct 30, 2008, 14:36)
Jim Zemlin's Blog: "For those that decry the
constant prediction of the “year of the Linux desktop”
I am happy to say that next year Linux may actually ship on more
desktops than Windows or the Mac. That is right, I said next year.
What is driving this? Two words: fast boot."
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Understanding OSPF Routing (part 2) (Oct 30, 2008, 06:06)
Linux Planet: "In today's installment of the
classic Networking 101 series, Charlie Schluting guides us through
the vital innards of OSPF, the Open Shortest Path First routing
protocol: LSAs (Link-State Advertisements), packet types, and area
types. Knowing these things ensures you will always understand your
routing infrastructure, and never make daft mistakes."
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Install and Configure PowerDNS with MySQL (Oct 30, 2008, 04:36)
TrulyManaged: "PowerDNS features a large number
of different backends ranging from simple BIND style zonefiles to
relational databases and load balancing/failover algorithms. A DNS
recursor is also included as a separate program."
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Open Source Makes New Inroads in Asia and Sardinia (Oct 30, 2008, 00:06)
OStatic: "Slowly but surely, open source
software is making its way to countries that have previously seen
very little FOSS adoption, and the good news is that for many of
these countries, it's the best technology choice to make"
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