Author: JT Smith
Thoughful New York Times article on potential good and bad things about the mainstreaming of Open Source software. (free registration required to read.)
Category:
- Open Source
Code Name: Mainstream (NYT on Open Source)
Another bid submitted for Iridium
Author: JT Smith
Another bid was submitted to buy the Iridium satalites (valued at 5 billion USD). “A California-based organisation named CMC International is offering to pay $US30 million ($A53 million) to acquire Iridium’s 88 satellites and other assets, according to a court filing submitted today.” (from Fairfax I.T.)
Category:
- Open Source
Report: UK Set for Cybercrime Surge
Author: JT Smith
E-commerce Times reports that a study stating that “cybercrime” will increase in the next 20 years has been released. “The report, “Future Crime Trends in the United Kingdom,” comes days after three men were arrested for using bogus accounts to steal money from Egg, one of Britain’s most high-profile online banks.“
Category:
- Linux
PC “Lemon Law” Bill Introduced In Pennsylvania
Author: JT Smith
A bill has been introduced in Pennsylvania to combat PC “lemons,” as reported by Foxnews.com. “While consumers normally demand the products they
buy actually work, computers seem to be an exception.“
buy actually work, computers seem to be an exception.“
Category:
- Unix
URLs Aren’t Property?
Author: JT Smith
Slashdot has posted a responce to a judge’s earlier ruling that URL’s are not property.
Round deux for Larry and Ray.
Author: JT Smith
ZDnet has an interesting summary of the weekly events. “Now that the KDE-Gnome rift in the Linuxcommunity is in the open, certain spinmeisters are doing their damnedest to paper over the differences“
Category:
- Open Source
osOpinion: Linux for the Desktop — Way to Go?
Author: JT Smith
Mark Summerfield has posted a list of things which need to be improved before Linux can be considered “desktop ready.”
Category:
- Linux
Buyer’s guide: high-end systems – August 2000
Author: JT Smith
Anandtech has a buyer’s guide for high-end systems. It covers 4 configurations: a dream system, a SOHO system, a “gamer” system, and a professional business system.
Category:
- Unix
U.S. online users shun ‘.us’ names
Author: JT Smith
Reports Austin 360,
“And that worries the U.S. government, which last week began seeking suggestions on making ”.us” more desirable to help relieve the crowded field of dot-com addresses.“
“And that worries the U.S. government, which last week began seeking suggestions on making ”.us” more desirable to help relieve the crowded field of dot-com addresses.“