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Why Open Source is good for Academic Institutions? »
Posted by: schestowitz 1 month ago in Science & Technology
Open Source with its promise of distributing source code and allowing anyone to modify it or derive other software from it, makes it an excellent ...
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Free and open source software lets you laugh in the face of recession »
Posted by: schestowitz 3 weeks, 3 days ago in Science & Technology
With the world economy in tatters, many of us will soon find ourselves unemployed – as many as two million in the UK by Christmas, we ...
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Ministry says no as school opts for free software »
Posted by: schestowitz 1 month ago in Science & Technology
The school is deploying the GNU/Linux operating system, aiming to have free software across the board by 2010, and the complete switch to Linux ...
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Recession Worries? Open Source Software Is a Great Way to Cut Costs »
Posted by: schestowitz 1 month ago in Science & Technology
With the world economy in shambles many businesses are already battening down the hatches expecting rough seas ahead. IT budgets will shrink along with all ...
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Cuba Opts for Linux to Guarantee Technological Independence »
Posted by: schestowitz 5 days, 5 hours ago in Science & Technology
Assistance with the understanding and expansion of the Linux computer operating system was the main outcome of the Free Software Festival of the Youth Computing ...
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The Hindu : Kerala / Kochi News : Free software centre likely by December »
Posted by: schestowitz 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Kochi: The Kerala State Information Technology Mission is keen to set up the proposed International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) by December ...
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Linux News from Linux Loop»Blog Archive»Linux's Market Share: Is There Any Way To Know? »
Posted by: schestowitz 3 months ago in Science & Technology
Canonical is claiming that 11% of businesses use Ubuntu. (If that is the case, just imagine how many use Red Hat or Suse.) Gartner says ...
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The Commercial Bear Hug Of Open Source »
Posted by: schestowitz 3 months ago in Science & Technology
While there is never any shortage of hope in the world of technology, perhaps the largest gusher in the last 20 years came from two ...
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ANZ women in Open Source gain momentum »
Posted by: schestowitz 3 months ago in Science & Technology
With increasing interest and influence in the open source movement, women in Australia and New Zealand are pushing their way into a normally male-dominated arena.
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The Brampton Factor: Analysts fail on open source »
Posted by: schestowitz 3 months ago in Science & Technology
For open source software to achieve its full potential, people's perceptions must change. Yet how can that happen when open source is so woefully ...
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Opening minds to open source »
Posted by: schestowitz 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Everyone who uses a computer uses open-source programs, said Christian Muise, whether they are aware of it or not.
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IBM Ditches i and AIX in U.S. Open Systems for Linux »
Posted by: schestowitz 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
There was a time when IBM took a lot of pride in supporting the IT needs of big sporting events like the Olympic Games and ...
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OpenICE.org Officially Launches. »
Posted by: schestowitz 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
September 5, 2008 OpenICE.org, a community of engineers, hackers, and users, launches today going up against two giants in the mobile computing industry, Microsoft ...
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LinuxPlanet - Opinions - The Road to Geekdom - Foo Tech Transforms Your Life! »
Posted by: schestowitz 2 months ago in Science & Technology
The best part of the FOSS world is making friends all over the planet. Because it is free and open, unencumbered by delicate corporate sensibilities ...
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[compiz] [ANNOUNCE] compiz-0.7.8 »
Posted by: schestowitz 2 months ago in Science & Technology
New plugin "obs" that handles opacity, brightness and saturation bindings and matches.
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