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Open Source Blog: May 2006 Archives
Learning to type with one hand
May 17, 2006
when someone being sick on you is the greatest thing ever, either you are filming a new series of Jackass or you are holding your first child. Due to the early arrival of Joseph William Hudson Aslett on friday I'll be taking a "blog break" to get to know him and look after his Mum. I'll leave you in jason's capable hands.
Does the Linux kernel need a break?
May 10, 2006
Could the Linux kernel do with a break from ongoing development for some much-needed bug fixing? That’s the latest question doing the rounds the upper echelons of the Linux development hierarchy after maintainer Andrew Morton suggested the kernel needed a holiday.
Open source sys man – greater than the sum of its parts?
May 09, 2006
Six of the leading open source systems management vendors including Qlusters, Emu Software, Zenoss, Symbiot, the Webmin project, and Ayamon have created a new consortium to further the adoption of open source systems management software and develop open standards.
Meet the experts : at OpenLogic
May 08, 2006
Open source services firm OpenLogic has come up with an interesting new way of providing support to its customers while rewarding key open source software experts, creating a new Expert Community for development support.
Microsoft: the end of an Empire?
May 05, 2006
Is Microsoft dead in the water? Columnist John Dvorak certainly thinks so, and had outlined eight reasons why he believes the software giant is in a "bed-ridden condition".
Reading the list I was reminded of a recent discussion about how the fall of an Empire is inevitable once it has expanded beyond its capabilities to sustain itself.
ODF approved as an ISO standard
May 03, 2006
The OpenDocument Format for productivity applications was last night approved as an official ISO standard, reducing the potential for the format being undermined by 'open standards' FUD.
Open source management: the next big thing?
You can tell a market segment has momentum when you write an article about it and by the time it gets published new players have already emerged to expand it. Such is the case with the open source systems management market, which is expanding at a rapid pace.
My recent article looked at the rise of open source in the infrastructure management space and tried to identify some of vendors and projects that it was worth keeping an eye on.
Since the article was completed, several new players have come to our attention, joining the list of five "ones to watch" identified in the article.
Open source: business as usual
May 02, 2006
One of the problems with working on a daily publication is the nagging feeling when you take time off that you are missing a big news story. It was with some relief, therefore, that I returned to work after a 5-day weekend to find that Microsoft had not agreed to acquire Red Hat.
One thing that had occurred was a warning from analyst heavyweight IDC to services vendors that they need to act now on open source or risk missing the boat.
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