Dominic Sartorio began his career as a "traditional" software developer, but his career path has been indelibly marked by two things: a solid appreciation for the open source method, and a desire to understand the big picture of open collaboration and how that can ultimately create long-term benefits for the industry and for customers.
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Redhat Summit hears 'ODF has won!'
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ODF (Open Document Format) has benefited from the two-year battle over the ratification of Microsoft's rival OOXML (Open Office XML) standard, which is native to its Office 2007 suite, Microsoft's national technology officer said Thursday during a panel discussion at the Red Hat Summit in Boston.
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Whispers from Former Microsoft Employees Inside the Open Source World
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We take a look at two not-so-open-source companies that live among us and are run by former Microsoft employees
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Microsoft’s Bad Smell Follows OpenSUSE
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Intellectual Monopolist to Keep Eye On: Commissioner Mccreevy
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Commissioner Mccreevy is up to no good again (this time copyrights, not software patents in Europe)
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Firefox 3 - triumph or disaster?
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Not everything went to plan during the Firefox 3 launch - first the servers just could not cope with the traffic, leaving potential downloaders fuming, and then a security firm announced that it had discovered a flaw that left the browser open to attack.
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How to prevent a package from being updated in Ubuntu
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If you want to update all the packages other than one package in your Ubuntu system follow this procedure...
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Darl's Dreams for the Future Amplified
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Yesterday, we reported that Darl McBride said that the plan for a reorganization is to spin off the "Unix assets" and leave him behind as CEO of the remnants of the company, that is, of the litigation. There are more details in the Daily Herald today, and apparently that is only one possibility...
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A Compilation of Libraries You Might Need on Debian
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This post lists the necessary libraries needed to either compile or run several applications on Debian Lenny. For the applications already included in the repositories (like Amarok, Wine, Banshee and so on) use this guide. Make sure to always try apt-get build-dep application_name first, then see if you really need some other dependencies.
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Make your own video transition with cinelerra and inkscape
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As you can see, Cinelerra is very useful, but seems to have relatively poor video transitions. But maybe not... In my life, I have discovered that OpenSource has no limits. Ready to prepare a new recipe? Let's go!
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winetricks 20080614 released
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Here are the main changes since the 20080527 release: Added AutoHotKey verb, Added Microsoft Common Controls verb, Added Obsolete DirectShow Filter verb, Added DivX verb, Updated Xvid
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Linux on a Wii
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Today I played around a bit with the stuff done by the Wii homebrew/hacking community, which is far more advanced than I had expected.
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Zenwalk Live 5.2 is ready!
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Zenwalk Live 5.2, the latest Zenwalk in its Live CD format is ready!
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KDE Maintenance Guide
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Tips for cleaning up maintaining and tweaking KDE for better performance.
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Electronic medical data the watchword, says Harvard Medical School CIO at Red Hat Summit
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Dr. John Halamka, the CIO at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, told IT professionals at this year's Red Hat Summit in Boston today to prepare for a world of fully integrated, accessible data -- because it's coming. Halamka also relayed how a migration from Unix to Linux-based servers shaved costs and created higher network throughput.
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