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Author: Roy SchestowitzRoy Schestowitz
Date: Dec 24, 2006 23:55
Wireless Wars Update
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| The IEEE itself shut down that task group last June to conduct
| an investigation, after charges of conflict of interest and favoritism
| on the part of the chair, as well as stacking the vote by some members,
| were leveled. The IEEE standards board conducted an investigation, and
| found "a lack of transparency, possible 'dominance,' and other
| irregularities in the Working Group."
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061224120620915
It seems like industry standards are being 'bought', rather than chosen based
on their merits.
Related:
MA Governor-Elect Names MS Anti-ODF Lobbyist to Technology Advisory Group
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| That person is Brian Burke, the Microsoft Regional Director for Public
| Affairs, and if that surprises you, it surprises me as well, given the
| degree of acrimonious debate and disinformation...
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Author: Roy SchestowitzRoy Schestowitz
Date: Dec 24, 2006 23:48
This one from Groklaw... (DOC file from Microsoft's Web site, May 2004)
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| Many factors are considered when making a network operating system
| platform decision. While the direct acquisition costs of licensing
| and support clearly play a role in IT decisions, this study has found
| - after comparing such costs in medium and enterprise scenarios
| throughout a five year period - that they do not significantly
| differentiate the server product offerings from Microsoft, Red
| Hat or Novell/SUSE.
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http://download
. microsoft.com/download/7/3/9/739c7ab3-25c4-4b8c-9680-81ae10573b9d/BearingPoint.d...
So, Microsoft does not deny that its products are far more expensive to
acquire. Then, it argues that running costs are indistinguishable. Not at
all what experience suggests, e.g.:
IT in 2006: Google, Linux, Digg, Web-based Apps
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| While their size and market share will bail them out, in terms of
| getting work done, Microsoft has been the single biggest stumbling
| block. Note that I'm not talking about the Mac...
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Author: Roy SchestowitzRoy Schestowitz
Date: Dec 24, 2006 23:26
__/ [ John A. Bailo ] on Sunday 24 December 2006 23:30 \__
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> I did a search on the NYT and came up with these, some from HP and Dell,
> and one from Neoware (but that was just the first page of results, there
> are many more)
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> The HPs install Mandriva. The Neoware doesn't say what distro. The Dell
> says "Linux WS 4.0".
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Author: Roy SchestowitzRoy Schestowitz
Date: Dec 24, 2006 23:16
__/ [ ray ] on Monday 25 December 2006 04:02 \__
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:23:31 -0500, mlw wrote:
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>> No monopoly has ever had 100 percent control, but has had "enough" control
>> limit or eliminate viable competition while dictating pricing. That was
>> the story with Standard Oil as well as Microsoft Corp.
Very recent... while on the issue of eneregy...
EC can curb Gazprom monopoly says Sweden's Bildt
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Author: flatfish+++flatfish+++
Date: Dec 24, 2006 08:43
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:36:57 -0800, Larry Qualig wrote:
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> Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>> Larry Qualig wrote:
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>>> Roy Culley wrote:
>>>> begin risky.vbs
>>>> ,
>>>> William Poaster writes...
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Author: flatfish+++flatfish+++
Date: Dec 24, 2006 08:12
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:01:47 +0000, 7 wrote:
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> Has anyone got this working under qemu?
> Its frozen on mine and I just think distros should test under qemu like
> DSL / Elive / Knoppix etc to minimally verify their distros won't go astray
> in an emulated environment.
You have to use blobix with -f -s- c- r- e- w- u options along with the
zorchwrapper and it will run fine.
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Author: flatfish+++flatfish+++
Date: Dec 24, 2006 08:09
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:09:09 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Mget
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> | Movie Get aims to be a simple console script allowing a user to
> | download embeded movies from various video hosting services. It uses
> | common *nix programs to download the file and convert it from flv to
> | mpg format... 22.12.2006 - mget 1.10 released
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> http://green.kom.pl/~mget/
"Movie Get aims to be a simple console script"
It fails.............
Also, that has to be one of the worst looking web pages I have ever seen.
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Author: flatfish+++flatfish+++
Date: Dec 24, 2006 08:04
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:27:35 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> openSUSE 10.2 Final Report
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> | In conclusion, openSUSE 10.2 performs marvelously on my new mobile |
> computer. This whole experience has been a pleasure from start to |
> finish. Most hardware is detected and auto-configured right out of | the
> box. Most of what requires further configuration are user-friendly | to
> set up. Important components like power management work great as well.
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> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/12077
It sure doesn't take much to excite today's Linux user.
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