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How to Install Apps With Ubuntu Software Center – PCWorld Business Center
“The latest release of Ubuntu 10.04, code-named Lucid Lynx, has a somewhat revamped user interface. One of the most significant changes is the Software Center, which provides a simple, user-friendly way to find and install your choice of thousands of free, open source apps. While there are many ways to install apps in Ubuntu 10.04, the easiest way is to click Applications from the top-left panel and select Ubuntu Software Center.”
tags: ubuntu
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Writer Neal Stephenson unveils his digital novel The Mongoliad | VentureBeat
“Author Neal Stephenson has been credited for inspiring today’s virtual world startups with his novel Snow Crash. Now he’s launching a startup himself: Subutai, where he is co-founder and chairman.
The company, based in Seattle and San Francisco, has developed what it calls the PULP platform for creating digital novels. The core of the experience is still a text novel, but authors can add additional material like background articles, images, music, and video. There are also social features that allow readers to create their own profiles, earn badges for activity on the site or in the application, and interact with other readers.”
tags: stephenson book
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In Search of the Right Case to Protect the iPad – NYTimes.com
“While the iPad’s aesthetics are exemplary, its built-in protection is a bit spare, especially when it comes to its 9.5-inch screen. Transporting the iPad can sometimes resemble a trip home from the grocery store with a dozen really expensive eggs.
But fear not, iPad owners: thousands of armed-guard-like cases are available to protect your frangible computing device. ”
tags: ipad
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iPad to get iOS 4.2 in November | Crave – CNET
“During Apple’s music event, Steve Jobs gave a brief preview of iOS 4.2, the iOS update that will finally bring the iPad up to speed. In November, the update will finally bring the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad up to the same iOS version, and it will also bring Game Center to the iPad.”
tags: ipad
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The End of the Virtual World — THE Journal
“Teachers are looking for alternatives as Linden Lab prepares to close down the Teen Grid–a region of the immersive virtual world Second Life designed just for teenagers and their education institutions. Where will all those teen avatars wind up? And is there an upside for those who’ve spent years developing educational resources on the proprietary platform?”
tags: second-life teen virtual-world
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A Look at the Reading Habits of E-Reader Owners – WSJ.com
“A study of 1,200 e-reader owners by Marketing and Research Resources Inc. found that 40% said they now read more than they did with print books. Of those surveyed, 58% said they read about the same as before while 2% said they read less than before. And 55% of the respondents in the May study, paid for by e-reader maker Sony Corp., thought they’d use the device to read even more books in the future. The study looked at owners of three devices: Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle, Apple Inc.’s iPad and the Sony Reader.”
tags: reading ebook
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Linux Day 2010 Tour
“Do you want to see how SUSE® Linux Enterprise can help you better manage your data center? Seeking ways to enhance your IT environment with the latest innovations? Want to understand where Linux and data center computing are headed?”
tags: linux novell ibm
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Streamlining Application Development with IBM and Novell Webcast: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 12 Noon ET
“In this session, Marc-Arthur Pierre-Louis will show you how Rational Team Concert, Rational ClearCase and Rational Software Architect provide the infrastructure to better manage software development.”
tags: ibm novell linux
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Time to Break Up Microsoft? – Forbes.com
“But maybe it’s not Ballmer that has to go–it’s Microsoft. What do you say we bust it up into three separate companies: Windows, Office and Web Ventures?”
tags: microsoft
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Limited Edition CC Shirt Designed by Shepard Fairey – Creative Commons
“Last year, we were thrilled to have Shepard Fairey craft a beautiful new design for our campaign T-shirt. Knowing they’d be a hot commodity, we kept a limited number of the shirts and are now making them available in our online store until they sell out. If you didn’t grab one of these beauties last fall, now is your chance! “
tags: cc creative-commons
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Oracle’s Java lawsuit undermines its open source credibility
“It raises very serious questions about the company’s stewardship of other open source technology that it obtained during the acquisition of Sun. The resulting uncertainty will likely not be conducive to retaining the customers and mindshare that Sun had built around certain open source products. It will also likely have a serious chilling affect on community involvement and third-party contributions.”
tags: java oracle google
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Intel, Nokia tout MeeGo as inclusive alternative to Android
“The MeeGo project was launched earlier this year when Intel and Nokia brought together their respective mobile Linux platforms in a combined effort to reduce fragmentation and offer device vendors a standardized platform. The MeeGo platform is endorsed by the Linux Foundation, which has taken on a stewardship role with the aim of facilitating collaboration around the software. Although the underlying software components on which MeeGo is based are relatively mature and functional, the convergence process is still ongoing.”
tags: meego nokia intel android linux mobile
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Oracle apparently shuts doors on OpenSolaris | Deep Tech – CNET News
“The move shows how dramatically Sun’s products are being reshaped under the new ownership. Oracle is a large company accustomed to playing hardball and attuned to the profit priorities of a publicly traded company. Solaris, Sparc, and Java are becoming mere business assets to be sold rather than the mechanisms by which Sun tried to revolutionize the computing industry.”
tags: oracle opensolaris open-source
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Systems biology software package developed at VBI is now open source for all users
“In development for over a decade, COPASI (Complex Pathway Simulator) involves an international collaboration between VBI Professor Pedro Mendes’ research groups at Virginia Tech and the University of Manchester and Professor Ursula Kummer’s group at the University of Heidelberg. Allowing users with limited experience in mathematics to develop models and simulations of biochemical networks, COPASI supports the Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) standard for systems biology software and provides researchers the computational tools needed to investigate how a system is working through the construction of biochemical models.”
tags: biology software open-source
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Manila Standard Today — Linux safer than Windows — 2010/august/10
“Experts on both sides of the fence will argue these points back and forth, but ironically, the most relevant argument is the one that Windows supporters themselves offer. There are simply more threats in Windows, and that alone should give a new user pause.”
tags: linux security
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Linux Foundation launches major open-source license compliance program – Computerworld Blogs
“The Linux Foundation, the non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Linux, announced on Aug. 10 at LinuxCon the launch of the Open Compliance Program, a comprehensive initiative to help companies and developers comply with open-source licenses. “
tags: linux open-source
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A Guest Post from IBM’s Jean Staten Healy | Linux.com
“By keeping IT infrastructures open, there is ample opportunity for the Linux community, software developers, entrepreneurs, and even large enterprise to drive business value from mobile platforms.
IBM believes mobile computing is key to building a smarter planet. It’s also the next big thing for the Linux community.”
tags: linux mobile
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Open Ajax breaks Microsoft disability advantage | ZDNet
“The IBM-led OpenAjax Alliance has announced new tooling technologies aimed at helping the disabled navigate Web 2.0 sites, a real breakthrough for accessibility.
Ajax may seem like great stuff to the sighted, but how is a blind person to understand what is happening as they mouse over a word cloud? This has been a big problem for many years.”
tags: open-ajax accessibility
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IBM, open source community aim to improve Internet accessibility | ZDNet
“IBM and groups like the OpenAjax Alliance are launching a few initiatives to make the Internet more accessible to folks with mobility or sensory disabilities.
The overarching theme here is that the Internet needs voice Web development and other interfaces to address 750 million people around the world with disabilities and another 900 million illiterate folks. The elderly as well as people with disabilities have largely had to sit out the Web 2.0 advances such as social networking.”
tags: ibm open-source accessibility
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What’s New in VERDE 4.2 VDI/Desktop Management Solution
“iVERDE™ Built on the open-source iDesktop™ client, iVERDE allows iPad and iPhone users to access VERDE Windows 7, Windows XP and Linux desktops. iVERDE is fully integrated with the VERDE distributed connection broker and user console, providing a user experience identical to any other VERDE client. iVERDE has been contributed to the open-source community under the GPL license, and is available through Apple’s AppsStore.”
tags: verde virtual-bridges
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Open source WordPress powering CBSNewYork.com on NewscastStudio Blog
“The use of WordPress in this case is significant because it represents one of the highest profile installations of the free, open source software. Long a favorite with smaller scale Web sites and blogs, the software was originally developed for bloggers but has expanded its capabilities to include full-scale Web site content management.”
tags: wordpress open-source
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Google Wave Washed Out — InformationWeek
“Though loudly cheered by developers when it was introduced at the 2009 Google I/O developer conference, Wave has just not been widely used. Despite a year-long beta period, no one really succeeded in finding a compelling use for the technology. It found fans as a way to interact during conferences and as a real-time collaboration tool, but these business use cases never translated into popular appeal. “
tags: google wave
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Historic Tours and Charters – Blue Mountain Lake, NY
 “Our two hour scenic boat cruise crosses three beautiful lakes: Blue Mountain, Eagle and Utowana. The Osprey and Neenykin, vintage 1916 launches, along with the 40′ Towahloondah perfectly complement the historical narrative spun by experienced guides. In the late 1800s, Blue Mountain Lake attracted the very wealthiest families in America as a great retreat; some of their great camps are still visible from the water. Behind the scenes, the servants and lumberjacks of the area lead to many interesting stories that give this region its rich cultural heritage. Our tour features the camps, hotels, steamboats, workers, and players in the late 1800s.”
tags: historic tours adirondacks ny
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Linux skills more in demand than Unix for the first time – 03 Aug 2010 – Computing
“Demand for Linux programming skills has exceeded that for Unix programming skills for the first time ever, according to Richard Nott, director of recruitment site CWJobs.co.uk.
Possible reasons for this include the fact that more mobile platforms are supported by Linux, as are HD boxes, Nott said. In addition, the increasingly popular open source operating system Ubuntu also runs on Linux.”
tags: linux skills
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Why Linux Is More Secure Than Windows – PCWorld Business Center
“Either way, however, when it comes to security, there’s no doubt that Linux users have a lot less to worry about.”
tags: linux security
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24 Addictive Free Linux Games (Part 1 of 3) – Linux Links – The Linux Portal Site
“The purpose of this article is to identify some of our favourite free Linux games which have these addictive qualities. They may not offer breathtaking graphics, innovative ideas, or the highest presentation. However, what they do provide is great gameplay coupled with the urge of always having just one more play.”
tags: linux games
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OpenLogic’s Open Source Scanning Solution Driving Explosive Revenue Growth
“OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software support and governance solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced that OpenLogic continues to see impressive growth.
“As our scanning business has taken hold, our revenues continue to increase at an even faster rate,” said Steve Grandchamp, CEO of OpenLogic. “Companies are realizing that combining the accuracy and efficiencies of OpenLogic’s OSS Deep Discovery with a comprehensive governance and support strategy ensures successful, safe and cost effective open source adoption.” ”
tags: openlogic open-source
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Can the founders of Sun Microsystems finally break our textbook habit? | ZDNet
“Scott McNealy, former CEO of Sun Microsystems, has been a long-time advocate of free, open source textbooks and educational materials. Now that Sun is no more, he and Vinod Khosla (co-founder of Sun) are more actively pursuing their efforts to radically change the way educational materials make it into kids’ hands and, hopefully, taking us closer to a point where our reliance on expensive, dead-tree textbooks goes the way of their former company.
McNealy and his social learning/textbook site, Curriki, were profiled by the New York Times yesterday and he called out something that most of us already know: the cost of textbooks is unacceptable and open source models can completely disrupt the multibillion dollar industry to the benefit of worldwide education.”
tags: sun education textbooks
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Fever° Red hot. Well read.
“Your current feed reader is full of unread items. You’re hesitant to subscribe to any more feeds because you can’t keep up with your existing subs. Maybe you’ve even abandoned feeds altogether.
Fever takes the temperature of your slice of the web and shows you what’s hot.”
tags: feedreader reader software
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How to Take Screen Shot on iPhone Without Screenshot App | eHow.com
“This iPhone secret is notoriously difficult to discover, but explains how everyone gets those gorgeous quality images of the iPhone to post in blogs or screenshots illustrating applications in the iTunes App Store. Why it’s so difficult to find is anyone’s guess. But here is the simple 1,2,3 on how to do it yourself.”
tags: iphone screenshot
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Poll: Does the type of open source license matter to you? | Programming and Development | TechRepublic.com
“When you are evaluating an open source development tool, how important is the kind of license it uses to you? Let us know by answering this poll question.”
tags: linux open-source poll
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Ubuntu 10.10’s New File System: btrfs | WorksWithU
“Between ext3, ext4, reiserfs and others, Ubuntu has no shortage of file systems to choose from when installing a new system. And those options are set to become yet more numerous in Ubuntu 10.10, which will introduce support for btrfs. Wondering what this new file system is all about and why it might matter to you? Read on for an introduction.
Introduced last year, btrfs is a new file system intended to address the shortcomings in ext4, which is currently the default choice for Ubuntu and most other Linux distributions. While ext4 is pretty robust and efficient, it lacks some advanced features, such as support for snapshots and advanced scalability, that are particularly important in the enterprise environment.”
tags: linux ubuntu btrfs ext4
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A Web Designer’s Guide to Linux Fonts
“Linux users might make up a small part of your user base, but they’re technologically savvy, engaged, and often quite vocal. You’ll win some well-earned appreciation and support by serving your Linux users’ needs in allowing them to see your site in “their” fonts. Besides, it’s the right thing to do.”
tags: linux fonts typography
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Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » Healing old wounds
“We should start every discussion in free software with a mutual reminder of the fact that we have far more in common than we have differences, that individual successes enrich all of us far more in our open commons-based economy than they would in a traditional proprietary one, that it’s better for us to find a way to encourage others to continue to participate even if they aren’t necessarily chasing exactly the same bugs that we are, than to chastise them for thinking differently.”
tags: shuttleworth ubuntu linux open-source
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Google Watch – Bing – Google Neutralizes Microsoft in Search By Aping Bing
“Bing can keep pumping out new features, and Google can keep copying them. This deprives Bing of claiming it offers something Google doesn’t.
With Google matching Bing’s feature sets, there is no practical differentiator. That’s a huge competitive advantage for Google and a big reason why Bing will never beat the Google gorilla.
Of course, Google won’t beat Facebook in the social arena. Maybe Facebook and Microsoft should just get together and become more cozy than a simple search integration.”
tags: google bing microsoft
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What Microsoft isn’t saying about its iPad compete strategy | ZDNet
“Bottom line: “WinPads” are still about a year away, I’m predicting. Expect Microsoft execs to downplay the coming Windows Embedded Compact slates and start acknowledging that this year’s Windows 7 slates are business-centric devices. Instead of risking another Kin debaucle (launching then pulling a misguided product at great cost), Microsoft is rethinking its answer to the iPad. Better late than lame….”
tags: microsoft apple ipad slate
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Ubuntu’s two big advantages over Windows and Mac | ZDNet
“I’ve been using the latest version (10.04) of Ubuntu Linux since April and there’s a lot to like about it. I announced earlier this year that I was giving desktop Linux another look, and I went with Ubuntu because it is the Linux distribution most focused on a desktop OS. I have lots of observations about the Ubuntu experience and how it compares to Mac and Windows, but I’m going to save most of that feedback for another article.
Today I want to talk about two significant advantages that Ubuntu has over Windows 7 and Mac OS X.”
tags: ubuntu linux windows
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Novell Releases SUSE Gallery for Publishing and Sharing Linux-based Appliances — WALTHAM, Mass., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –
“Novell today released SUSE® Gallery™, a new online showcase for registered SUSE® Studio users to publish their appliances and cloud-based applications. With SUSE Gallery, end users can browse published appliances for the solution to their particular commercial or personal need, and then download the appliance free of charge. With an appliance, the end user avoids the typical installation and configuration headaches that come with many traditional software applications. For independent software vendors (ISVs) and other software developers, SUSE Gallery represents an opportunity to broaden the exposure of their application and reach an entirely new audience.”
tags: suse novell linux
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DIY-BOAT.COM – Articles
“In a world where you can buy rod holders in gold metal and dock lines in every color of the rainbow, it was perhaps inevitable. But it is nonetheless shocking. Duct Tape, considered among the most useful inventions since it was developed during World War II, has gone designer.”
tags: boat diy
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Government Computers to Get Linux-Based Operating System | Business | The Moscow Times
“The government is hoping to launch the first version of a “national operating system” for its computers as early as next year, a senior Communications and Press Ministry official said Thursday.
The operating system, for use on the computer systems of government agencies and state-run companies, will be 90 percent based on the open-source Linux operating system, Deputy Communications and Press Minister Ilya Massukh said.”
tags: linux government russia moscow
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Build a $200 Linux PC – How To by ExtremeTech
“So we asked ourselves: What’s the lowest point at which these two goals could intersect? If we needed a simple computer right away, and wanted to spend as little as possible, what could we build? We knew we wanted to aim low, almost ridiculously low—so we decided on what seemed like almost an unthinkable total: $200, which would include everything needed for the base computer itself (but not counting the monitor, keyboard, and mouse, or tax and shipping charges).”
tags: computer linux build
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Java’s team of rivals: Conflicts and alliances in the Oracle era
“Oracle may be Java’s new proprietor, but SpringSource, Apache, and Eclipse are driving the development agenda too”
tags: java oracle eclipse apache
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Social Media Draws a Crowd – WSJ.com
“Analysts and ad executives say the space won’t be dominated by small competitors for long because advertising holding companies and bigger public-relations firms will likely ramp up acquiring the smaller boutique firms, much like they have done with other digital areas such as search advertising.”
tags: social media
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Virus targets Siemens industrial control systems | Technology | Reuters
“The German company said the malware is a Trojan worm dubbed Stuxnet that spreads via infected USB thumb drives, exploiting a yet-to-be-patched vulnerability in Microsoft Corp’s Windows operating system.”
tags: virus siemens microsoft windows
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Amazon Says E-Books Now Top Hardcover Sales – NYTimes.com
“Amazon.com, one of the nation’s largest bookstores, said Monday that for the last three months, sales of electronic books for the Kindle, Amazon’s e-reader, outnumbered sales of hardcover books for the first time.”
tags: amazon kindle ebook
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Linux First Steps | ITworld
“Every now and again someone writes me and asks me “What’s the best way for me to get started in Linux?” Over the years, I’ve answered in several different ways, but here’s the summarization of my thoughts.”
tags: linux
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Mozilla Ups Security Bounty from $500 to $3,000 | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
“Fancy a bug? Mozilla has upped the cash bounty it’s awarding industrious users that find security-threatening bugs in its Firefox, Thunderbird, or Firefox mobile products. As well, users will be eligible for the $3,000 award—kicked up a notch from the previous $500 award—for hunting down security bugs in Mozilla services that, “could compromise users of those products, as released by Mozilla Corporation or Mozilla Messaging,” says the company.”
tags: mozilla firefox security
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Initial program | DrupalCon Copenhagen August 23-27 2010
“After reviewing 240 sessions submitted for the conference, the track chairs, the Copenhagen team and the Drupal Association are proud to present the DrupalCon Copenhagen program.”
tags: drupalcon program drupal opensource
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10,000 Boat Names – Home
All the names you could ever want.
tags: boat names
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Windows Phone 7: Don’t bother with this disaster | Mobilize – InfoWorld
“Microsoft needs to kill Windows Phone 7 and avoid further embarrassing itself by shipping this throwback. It’s not a question of whether Windows Phone 7 will fail — it will — but how long it will take Microsoft to admit the failure. For the company’s sake, the earlier it fesses up, the better.”
tags: windows phone
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Five Reasons You Don’t Need Microsoft Office 2010 – PCWorld Business Center
“So, the bottom line is this: forget Microsoft Office 2010. It’s not worth the money, the few updated features, the prolonged learning curves, the decreased efficiency, or the headaches.”
tags: microsoft office
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451 CAOS Theory » Judgment day for open source at Oracle
“There are signals of continued problems and dysfunction — namely lack of support, organization and communication — in the OpenSolaris community. This follows on a deterioration of the OS leadership and support since Oracle bought Sun Microsystems, including the elimination of OpenSolaris CDs, one of the things that made the open source version of Solaris more like Linux. “
tags: oracle opensolaris sun
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OpenSolaris board in OpenRevolt against Oracle | Deep Tech – CNET News
“One of Sun Microsystems’ ambitious dreams, a vibrant open-source community for the Solaris operating system to rival the Linux collective, is in serious danger of evaporating in the Oracle era. “
tags: opensolaris oracle sun
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