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February 15, 2019
by sjvn01
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The EU’s new copyright laws threaten to destroy the internet

Do you like sharing your favorite music videos like Old Crow Medicine Show’s Wagon Wheel? Do you use Twitter to track news stories like this one about President Trump? Do you link to interesting stories on Facebook? Well, if the latest version of the … Continue reading →

February 12, 2019
by sjvn01
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Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 released

There’s an old, wise IT statement: “Never fix what’s broken.” Of course, there’s an equally true tech management thought, which goes: “You snooze, you lose.” So, trying to satisfy both the tortoises and hares of IT, Red Hat‘s newest version of … Continue reading →

February 12, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on No, you can’t take open-source code back

No, you can’t take open-source code back

Some people are still unclear about what it means or what happens once they’ve published their program under an open-source license. In the most recent example, mikeeusa, the author of an obscure game called GPC-Slots 2, claimed he was rescinding the program’s … Continue reading →

February 8, 2019
by sjvn01
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Mirantis signs huge networking deal with AT&T

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is what will make 5G possible. So, it only makes sense that Kubernetes and OpenStack expert Mirantis will help AT&T build its next generation SDN-based infrastructure for its 5G network. Mirantis signs huge networking deal with AT&T More>