Alliance to encourage open-source software
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- Alliance to encourage open-source software
- Azapo campaigns for township vote
- Q&A: Hewlett-Packard’s Linux Chief
- Oracle freebie woos students and developers
- ‘Haiti voted for my return’
Alliance to encourage open-source software
Nation Multimedia – Feb 24, 2006
The alliance has a national open-source platform in mind. Manoo said Sipa and Nectec were now considering strategies and plans for the platform. "We are looking at Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu. The final version will be used in the government's 'One Laptop per Child' scheme," said Manoo. Manoo added that Debian was considered the most suitable as the national open-source platform, with its ease of use, easier maintenance and free upgrades. "Which distribution we use ultimately doesn't matter. The cost of upgrades and ease of use are important," said Manoo…
We are working to port some applications, such as the Lexitron Dictionary, onto the Ubuntu base," said Wasin. Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu's founder, travelled to Thailand recently as part of a tour of 13 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific. He said Ubuntu was released regularly and predictably – a new release is made every six months. "It comes with full commercial support from hundreds of companies around the world. Each release is supported with free security updates and fixes for at least 18 months," he said. "Ubuntu is committed to the principles of free software development that encourage people to use free and open-source software, improve it and pass it on. Ubuntu is a free, open-source operating system that starts with the breadth of Debian.
Azapo campaigns for township vote
Independent Online – Feb 26, 2006
An elderly man with few teeth left shouted as the cars passed: “Ons moet vote maar ons kry fokkol. ” (We must vote but we get f*** all). In Kimberley’s black Ubuntu township, Lottie Mokgere began dancing in front of her corrugated iron shack when she saw Mosibudi walk through the gap in her fence that passed for a gate. An unemployed mother of five, she had been living there since 1998. They will do it (deliver services) for us,” she said enthusiastically of Mosibudi, whom she addressed as “my pa” (father). The party’s president however wasted little time on a sceptical Johannes Magakwe, 40…
Magakwe, employed part-time on a stormwater drain project, smiled. “With due respect I say,” which he followed with a dismissive wave of his arm. Speaking at the conclusion of his tour of Ubuntu, Mosibudi said: “This confirms what I’ve seen everywhere in the country – the lack of housing, water, roads. and at the base of it all is unemployment. “We know that part of the problem is that too many promises have been made.
Q&A: Hewlett-Packard’s Linux Chief
InformationWeek – Feb 28, 2006
I started as the vice president in November. CRN: To what extent will Linux on the desktop grow?Martino: Desktop Linux is still growing. It has taken off in some geographies, and we’ve done some work with Mandriva and Ubuntu [Linux distributions]. But it’s a very emerging space. CRN: What is the hottest trend in Linux and open source these days?Martino: The open source middleware and applications area. And growth in the overall Linux market. We also have been seeing a deeper integration of Linux in the data center, running more complex workloads.
Oracle freebie woos students and developers
VNUNet.com – Mar 1, 2006
Thomas Kyte, vice president at Oracle, said: "This product has hit the markwith developers and ISVs who want free access to proven, high-quality databasesoftware. "Oracle Database XE delivers an entry-level database with all of theenterprise-level functionality that the development community has come to expectfrom Oracle. "Oracle Database XE is generally available on 32-bit Windows and a wide rangeof Linux operating systems including Mandriva Linux 2006 Power Pack+, Novell’sSuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and SuSE Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,Fedora and Ubuntu. The software can be downloaded free from the Oracle Technology Network. Have your say Send to a friend Print Share this:.
‘Haiti voted for my return’
Mail & Guardian Online – Feb 24, 2006
“In Haiti earlier this month Bishop Desmond Tutu said it reminded him of the old days of apartheid. “I agree with him because although Haiti was the first black independent country in the world since 1804, today we still have walls of apartheid in Haiti dividing the 1% of the population controlling 51% of the wealth, while the huge majority are living with less than $1 a day. “So South Africa is an inspiration for many countries, including Haiti, where we can have rich and poor, government and civil society, joining hands in the spirit of Ubuntu and dialogue and justice and building not walls of apartheid anymore but bridges of solidarity. So I am more than happy to keep investing in education. “If politics has to do with serving the people, you can be elected president and you serve your people. As you can be a normal citizen and you keep serving your people and I will do that.
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