At the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Bill Gates gave his thoughts on where the pharmaceutical industry was going, and where it should be going. However, he also slipped up a bit and criticized the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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Sarkozy’s broadband tax plan snagged by Eurocrats
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"THE EU COMMISSION has warned that France’s quest for universal internet access would be hampered by a presidential proposal to tax broadband usage. The plan is to supplement the licence fee for public broadcast television and radio which has a funding shortfall due to the decision to abolish advertising in order to 'raise standards'..."
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Richard Stallman’s head explodes…
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"...Free Software advocates always seem to ascribe malicious intent Gate’s actions, but based on this distorted logic, Hanlon’s Razor seems apropos."
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Linux expanding into mid-range phones
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Linux is expanding its influence outside of the world of smartphones, and is poised to take a significant share of the mid-range mobile phone market as well, according to a new study from ABI Research.
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Getting data into and out of an OpenOffice.org Base database
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The ability to import and export data is crucial to any database management system, and OpenOffice.org Base is no exception. While you may be surprised to discover that OpenOffice.org lacks a dedicated import/export feature, it does allow you to get data into and out of a database in a variety of ways.
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Red Hat Prepping Managed Services Strategy
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The convergence of open source with managed services and software as a service (SaaS) continues. The latest example: Red Hat, arguably the world’s best-known open source company, has created two staff positions to serve hosting partners. Plus, Red Hat is evaluating a strategy to work more closely with managed service providers, MSPmentor has learned. Here’s the scoop.
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Enterprise Unix Roundup: And the Most Reliable OS of All Is ...
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If you were to be asked, out of all the server operating systems on the market, which platform had the highest reliability (in terms of downtime), what would your guess be?
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Breaking into the enterprise server market
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The big Linux story of the week is Ubuntu Linux takes on enterprise server market with new OS. Looks like a slick job of integration. Hooray—pulseaudio out of the box.
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Linux firewall fits inside Windows laptops
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Yoggie will offer its tiny Linux-based hardware firewall in the PCMCIA ExpressCard form factor. Available next month, the Gatekeeper Card Pro firewall fits completely inside host laptops, and runs 13 different applications aimed at keeping Windows-based PCs safe from viruses, spam, malware, and other security threats.
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From camera to website: Building an open source video streamer
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YouTube is a very popular web service that allows people to share video content online. Although YouTube and other streaming video websites satisfy many users, you may have reasons to create your own streaming video website. Perhaps you work for a company that wants a more professional face on their media. Or, you may want more control over exactly how your videos are presented.
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Howto: Loop Movie, Video, and Display Screensaver as Desktop Wallpaper in Ubuntu Linux
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Want to loop a video clip or movie on your desktop? I did and found a nice little tool that does just that! Check out this easy howto
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How To Make a Screencast
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Learn how-to make a screencast using one of a variety of tools Shawn Powers demonstrates in this video.
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Ubuntu hating and Microsoft bashing? The future of GNU/Linux
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Lately I’ve noticed an emerging trend of Ubuntu bashing. It seems that the Linux community has now included Ubuntu bashing as a extension of the Microsoft bashing fringe.
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Massive Desktop Linux deployment (52 MILLION new users!)
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KDE on Linux has stepped up to become the software platform in the primary school education system in Brazil. That may sound like a bold claim, but the numbers are staggering and speak for themselves:
By the end of this year 29,000 labs serving some 32,000,000 students will be fully deployed and in active use.
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Free Choice: the "Social Business" model and Free Software
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Free Software developers fall into two main categories: those that stand by the principles behind free software - patent-free, license-free and unrestricted distribution and those that are simply happy to compromise to some extent, for example to download libdvdcss to watch DVDs, or to install proprietary software such as Skype, on the basis that there is simply no (or no better) alternative
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