August 28, 2008
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Over the years, many of Microsoft monopolies have been successfully attacked by open source: Linux on the server; Apache for Web servers; Firefox for Web browsers; and so on. The one exception, and it’s a big one, is business e-mail. … Continue reading
August 28, 2008
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No one saw this coming. Cisco, the networking giant, announced today it was buying PostPath, maker of the Linux-based Exchange server replacement PostPath Server. PostPath is best known as a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Exchange. Unlike other would-be Exchange competitors … Continue reading
August 27, 2008
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While we’re still waiting for Dell to roll-out its Inspiron 910 mini-notebook, Dell had just announced, on August 27th, that it is now selling two more desktops and two more laptops that will come pre-installed with Ubuntu 8.04. These low-priced … Continue reading
August 26, 2008
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Once upon a time at a NASA space flight center a long way away, I was an e-mail administrator. At the time, the 1980s, e-mail was still chaotic. The RFC 822 standard was only beginning to bring rhyme and reason … Continue reading
August 26, 2008
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Want to know a dirty little secret? We, Linux and open-source users, love Apple’s devices. Of course, that’s not true of all of us. I’m sure Richard M. Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, wouldn’t be caught dead with … Continue reading
August 25, 2008
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I like Linux. I like Red Hat and Fedora Linux. I use them every day. What I don’t like, though, is not knowing what’s what with the recent security break-in into the RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Fedora file … Continue reading