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Free Market News Network – Mar 19, 2007
In other words, neither the recipient nor the sender need beware that you are cheating. Open Office and Firefox also run under the several zillion Linux installations, so our next experiment, on a cold snowy Wallace morning, was to go looking for a Linux version that would enable us to function without learning anything as dreadful as new computer science. By happenstance more than wisdom, we landed upon Ubuntu, downloaded the disk, and installed it on our Windows XP Sony Vaio laptop, where these operating systems now peacefully co-exist. Every time you start the laptop up, it asks if you want to play in Windows or if you want to play in. We choose Ubuntu every time…
Brand-new computer, sitting here on top of the desk. Chicken-out, go with Windows, or take the Linux plunge. Let’s see: $800 for Vista and Office 2007, single install, or Ubuntu, Firefox and Open Office, all for free. The Ubuntu CD slid smoothly into the drive. It asked us a couple of dumb questions, primary of which, what would our password be, because anyone wanting to shove a virus into this machine or modify its operating system (including us) would have to know this password from here to eternity. Ubuntu installed Firefox and Open Office, went to the web for updates (they occur daily, not every year or two in the form of some gigantic service patch), cleaned itself up and went to work. We like Ubuntu’s philosophy, to wit: Ubuntu is an African concept of “humanity towards others.
Dell takes baby steps toward Linux
InfoWorld – Mar 19, 2007
Critics are already pointing out that the survey offers a needlessly limited set of options. But Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu’s founder, thinks ignorance of the Linux market might be the least of Dell’s worries.
Sun To Provide Commercial Support for Glassfish
DevX.com – Mar 19, 2007
“We’re going to come up with a few models of subscription based pricing. In addition to enterprise features and support, Sun is also pushing Glassfish further into platforms beyond Sun’s Solaris. Last November, Sun. Hinz noted that work on that effort is ongoing…
Hinz noted that work on that effort is ongoing. “Ubuntu Feisty Fawn is due to be released on April 19th,” Hinz said. “We’re right in the final throes of getting the licensing and final packaging considerations put together for that.
Sun hires Debian Linux founder
ZDNet – Mar 19, 2007
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