"...I doubt that a query language as general and flexible as SPARQL will be the best basis for it... what’s needed is a query language where the result is another graph."

"A new development build of Elive, version 1.2.3, is ready for testing..."

I've heard for years how everyone is sick of Windows crashing and how Windows is a poorly made system. At the same time, I've heard about how much better a Macintosh is because it doesn't do any of these things. I've even heard that Linux is better than both of them.

Novell's restructuring moves may be costly, but they are necessary to ensure the company can execute well as it competes with Red Hat for direct Linux sales, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Terry Tillman told LinuxInsider. Novell had been benefiting from a partnership with Microsoft, which is eager to make its products more compatible with open source options, but sales from that agreement have been waning.

"While I’m talking about Ruby in Emacs, here’s a handy emacs function I wrote way back when..."

"There has been a new wave of interest in Common Lisp over the last few years. This paper is a November, 2007 survey of Common Lisp implementations that are currently being actively maintained. It also provides references to writings about why Lisp is interesting and important, Lisp textbooks, and useful Lisp resources including repositories of available libraries. I hope it will help you find the right implementation for your project or product..."

A Virginia-based company offering radio protocol conversion products for telecom infrastructure has reportedly licensed Enea's soup-to-nuts carrier-grade Linux and high-availability middleware suite. Enea says 4DK will use the "Enea Accelerator Platform" with its "SuperConnectivity" product, apparently aimed at enabling telecom infrastructure to support multiple cellular protocols.

The web contains an enormous amount of information, and Google has helped to make that information more easily accessible by providing pretty good search facilities. But not everything is written nor is everything well organized to make it easily discoverable. There are millions of people who possess useful knowledge that they would love to share, and there are billions of people who can benefit from it.