Sun and Ubuntu: (Also) Happy Together
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- Sun and Ubuntu: (Also) Happy Together
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- OpenOffice may seek OOXML peace deal
- Mint Linux & Mac internet sharing HUAWIE
Sun and Ubuntu: (Also) Happy Together
InformationWeek – Apr 3, 2008
Now, Sun wants to build stronger ties with another open source player, one that might be even more visible and politically advantageous: Ubuntu. Sun’s getting ready to provide support for the server flavor of Ubuntu on its small-to-midsize server hardware, in conjunction with Canonical. Its existing Linux lineups include Red Hat Enterprise and SUSE, two well-established server players, with Ubuntu Server as the newest addition.
Digital Life – laptop news and articles
The Age – Apr 3, 2008
His group is meeting with top PC makers next week in Austin,Texas, in hopes of accelerating their efforts to sell Linuxmachines. The top PC makers have so far treaded carefully. Dell’s websitesells Ubuntu computers in a separate section for open-source PCs,out of direct comparison with Windows machines. Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden said the placement reflects thefact that Linux is still not a mainstream consumer product. Linux is partly hampered by its greatest asset: its widelydispersed nature. Linux is a core set of code called a kernel; developers builddifferent layers of software on top of it to serve differentcomputing purposes. (Open-source providers make money by chargingfor add-on services, such as technical support or securityupgrades.
OpenOffice may seek OOXML peace deal
ZDNet.com.au – Apr 3, 2008
then suddenly you have an investment of a lot of money and lobbying and you get artificial results,” said Shuttleworth. “The process is not set up to deal with intensive corporate lobbying and so you end up with something being a standard that’s not clear. Shuttleworth also said that his company Canonical, which oversees Ubuntu, would “not. invest in trying to implement a standard that is poorly defined”. “If we get close to implementing it, Microsoft would move the goal post,” Shuttleworth added…
invest in trying to implement a standard that is poorly defined”. “If we get close to implementing it, Microsoft would move the goal post,” Shuttleworth added. “Microsoft doesn’t think it’s bound by the standard. OOXML is crucial to the future development of Microsoft’s Office suite, and the chief rival to that product is the free OpenOffice suite. John McCreesh, the marketing lead for OpenOffice.
Mint Linux & Mac internet sharing HUAWIE
Whirlpool – Apr 3, 2008
), and previously SMB sharing (not preferred) on a Ubuntu 7. Have not been able to get the HUAWEI working on the Mint box, despite a couple of days of trying; plenty of info out there, but no success. As a last resort I will have to get an ADSL2+ connection I suppose, and forget sharing the Mac internet access…
Have not been able to get the HUAWEI working on the Mint box, despite a couple of days of trying; plenty of info out there, but no success. As a last resort I will have to get an ADSL2+ connection I suppose, and forget sharing the Mac internet access.
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