February 5, 2007
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In a message entitled, “Super Kernel Sunday!” to the LKML (Linux Kernel Mailing List), Linus Torvalds announced news far more important than the Colts beating the Bears — to serious Linux users, anyway. The newest stable version of the Linux … Continue reading
February 1, 2007
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When Novell and Microsoft announced their unlikely partnership, a part of the arrangement that got little attention at the time was that they’d create a joint research facility, where both company’s technical experts would collaborate on new joint software solutions. … Continue reading
January 29, 2007
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Adobe Systems Inc. on Jan. 29 announced that it has released the full PDF (Portable Document Format) 1.7 specification to AIIM, the Association for Information and Image Management. AIIM, in turn, will start working on making PDF an ISO standard. … Continue reading
January 16, 2007
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Sun is going to add the upcoming GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) to OpenSolaris in addition to its current CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License). This may give OpenSolaris a much needed kick in the pants. I have … Continue reading
January 12, 2007
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When you think programming languages and Linux, the languages that tend to come to mind are C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python and, lately, Ruby. But, Java probably doesn’t enter your mind at all — that’s because until recently Java was … Continue reading
January 1, 2007
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Linux is growing by leaps and bounds, and it only makes sense that the organizations that track and guide its growth are finally getting together. So, if all goes well, sometime this February the Open Source Development Labs and the Free … Continue reading