06.08.08
Links 08/06/2008: GNU/Linux Conquers Low-cost PCs, Microsoft India Managing Director Quits
GNU/Linux
- The 10th anniversary of Mandriva
- How I Found Puppy
- 82 year old runs PCLinuxOS
He was very happy with the way PCLinuxOS had expanded the possibilities of his IBM, like the viewing of DVD movies and the burning of CD-R/W. And mostly that he didn’t find it difficult at all to get used to KDE interface. He was a bit apprehensive at first, but the end result was very much to his liking.
- Brand New Xubuntu on Damn Old Notebook
- 20080607 Slackintosh 12.1 released
- Thecus has eight- bay NAS
The OS is a custom job, very likely Linux based, that looks very similar to every other media center out there.
- Netbooks, MIDs, whatever - it’s about lower cost Linux
- Linux preferred over Microsoft Windows by Acer
Open, Free
- The Wiki-Way to the Nomination
Similarly, open-source software is created by groups working on “patches,” as programmers call them. Anyone can contribute, and the most useful ideas thrive. A result has been successes like the Linux operating system and the Firefox Internet browser.
- Asterisk is More Than Just a Phone System
- Plone: Official launch of PloneGov in Italy
The Chamber of Commerce of Ferrara, the first PloneGov Italian member, invites 100 representatives from the public sector and open source experts to participate to the official launch of PloneGov in Italy on September 16, 2008.
- Google Gadgets for Linux: One Step closer to Open Source
Microsoft
- Why Microsoft Will Never Win (Again)
- Nightmare on Microsoft Street
- Clarizen Touts ProjectMail SaaS as Effective Alternative to Microsoft Project
- CIOs Uncensored: For The Sake Of IT, Leave XP Alone
- Router crashes blamed on Windows XP SP3
- Microsoft India MD joins HP
In a major setback to IT giant Microsoft, its India Managing Director(MD) Neelam Dhawan has decided to call it quits and will join Hewlett-Packard (HP).
- A future without Microsoft
Windows Mobile has had a very hard life penetrating the mobile market; today, in 2008, Windows Mobile is still tottering. The only really usable device I’ve seen using it was one made by HTC: Andrea was showing it to me, pointing out that without HTC’s proprietary UI extensions (which are very iPhone-ish), HTC PDAs would be mobile nightmares. I am holding my breath, waiting for the HTC Dream to be released: that’s an Android-based PDA which should make the iPhone feel like a text-based terminal. And yes, Android is based on Linux. I suspect that once people start noticing Android-based devices (and they will, once HTC Dream comes out), the Windows Mobile market will shrink even further.
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.
tell me what sin is on your mind said,
June 8, 2008 at 5:15 pm
HAAAAAA hahhahaahaaaahahahha!
I’ll cry tears of joy should Microsoft’s evil empire finally crumble. What we have to be concerned about, however, is Mr. Gates going into American politics, a lot of fools love him, and even some intelligent FOSS users mouth they see good in him so they don’t appear to be anti-Microsoft (translation: they may be bright but they still want to fit in with their cow-minded peers who use Microsoft Windows because they are too retarded to know anything different in this WEE (wii) game playing mind fuck world).
We must band together and continue to inform, once Microsoft’s illegal monopoly’s grip is freed at the OEMs, Linux will pour in along with other operating systems and freedom of choice will truly begin anew, with the computer industry witnessing a fresh breath of innovation.
Don’t expect Egg sucking Ballmer or his monkey boy Gates to go away quietly into the night, this is one ruthless company, who I believe will go down very nasty, kicking and screaming like the spoiled rotten child that it is.