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  kostenloser freier webspace werbefrei mit domain ftp dns         


Author: Clint Eastwood
Date: Jan 6, 2008 22:17

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  [News] [Rival] BBC Chooses Microsoft and Siemens... and It Shows!         


Author: Roy Schestowitz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 18:47

BBC Scotland's Digital Fiasco As Computers Crash

,----[ Quote ]
| Exclusive Computer Shambles At New Hq Threatens Live Broadcasts
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http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/01/06/bbc-scotland-s-digital.../

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MPs rap BBC over Siemens deal
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  [News] Customisation the Way to Go, Microsoft Software is Not         


Author: Roy Schestowitz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 18:47

An Interface of One’s Own

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| Microsoft Word. Light of my mind, fire of my frustration. My sin, my soul.
| Mi-cro-soft-word. The mouth contorts with anti-poetry. My. Crow. Soft. Word.
|
| [...]
|
| After lo this lifetime of servitude, I intend to break free. I seek a writing
| program that understands me. Goodbye to Word’s prim rulers, its officious
| yardsticks, its self-serious formatting toolbar with cryptic abbreviations
| (ComicSansMS?) and trinkety icons. Goodbye to glitches, bipolar paragraph
| breaks and 400 options for making overly colorful charts.
`----

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/magazine/06wwln-medium-t.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref...

TeX? KISS? Uncluttered and under-encumbered UI like Google Apps? Or tailoring
one's own UI, which is impossible with closed-source software?

"Even for the next ten years, [DOS] will have a significant role to play."

--Bill Gates, Timeline of Microcomputers (1990-1992)

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  [News] OpenDocument Format Also in Dozens of Countries, Governments, Applications         


Author: Roy Schestowitz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 18:44

Countries adopting ODF (OpenDocument Format) Annual Report and Future Outlook

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| Following the trend at the national level, three regional governments -
| Kerala (a state in southwestern India), Misiones (a province in northeast
| Argentina), and Paraná (a state in southern Brazil) – adopted policies
| requiring the use of ODF. The year ended on a high note, with the Netherlands
| and South Africa officially adopting policies requiring ODF’s use by
| government agencies, joining ten other countries that had already done so.
| Norway required the use of ODF for all published, revisable documents on
| government web sites.
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http://fanaticattack.com/2008/countries-adopting-odf-opendocument-format-annual-report...

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ODF happening in Berlin

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| This should be a good event to get the pulse on ODF adoption in Europe.
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http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=408

South Africa adopts ODF as govt standard
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  [News] McAfee Licks Microsoft Boots by Doing FUD Work, Does Crime         


Author: Roy Schestowitz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 18:43

McAfee throws some FUD at the GPL

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| In its annual report, Windows security software vendor McAfee told its
| investors that open source software licence terms it vaguely characterised
| as " ambiguous" might "result in...
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  [News] GNU/Linux PCs Cross New Barrier, Price Drops Below $200!         


Author: Roy Schestowitz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 18:39

Shuttle to release sub-$200 Linux box

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| ONE OF THE potentially biggest announcements at CES will probably go
| unnoticed by most, a Linux box from Shuttle. Get ready for a low priced
| machine from a big name, a first that I am aware of.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/06/shuttle-release-sub-200-l...

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Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs
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  [News] [Humour] Novell 'Interoperability' Lab         


Author: Roy Schestowitz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 18:38

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  [News] A Comprehensive Visual Tour of KDE 4.0.0 (Near Final)         


Author: Roy Schestowitz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 18:37

First look at the unreleased KDE4.0.0 (with screenshots)

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| KDE 4.0.0 is days away from being released. In this post I show you some
| pieces of the final look of KDE4.0.0 and mention some of the most anticipated
| features of this great step forward for the Free software desktop. Let's take
| a look at the final state of this highly anticipated release.
`----

http://drowstar.blogspot.com/2008/01/first-look-at-unreleased-kde400-with.html

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Kubuntu 8.04 Featuring KDE 4

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| Yes, you heard that right! Kubuntu 8.04, the Hardy Heron, will provide you
| the option of using either KDE 3.5 or KDE 4. Jonathan Riddell just posted the
| news in an email to the Kubuntu Developer’s mailing list...  
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http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.12.20/kubuntu-804-featuring-kde-4/

KDE 4 Preview
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  [News] [Rival] Is Microsoft Suing Apple by Proxy Now?         


Author: Roy Schestowitz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 18:35

http://www.groklaw.net/newsitems.php

[PJ: Hahahahaha. Hey, is this sue-your-competitor-by-proxy-thing getting more
and more transparent, or is it just me that finds it hard to believe a
consumer wants her music protected Microsoft's way enough to sue over it ...
bit of a stretch, no? That reminds me: Microsoft's Silverlight uses Windows
Media Video:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/%%0Dpress/2007/apr07/04-15WPFEPR.mspx

"We depend on Microsoft Windows Media technologies, and we’re excited about
Microsoft Silverlight as a platform to enable instant watching of great
content for all our members, on multiple platforms.â€

"Silverlight customers will also enjoy compatibility with the broad ecosystem
of Windows Media-enabled tools and solutions, and the proven scalability and
reliability of the Emmy Award-winning Windows Media technologies. At the
discretion of content providers, Silverlight will also deliver digital rights
management support built on the recently announced Microsoft PlayReadyâ„¢
content access technology — with feature parity on Windows and Mac....
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  Shit just quieted down         


Author: Sinister Midget
Date: Jan 6, 2008 17:36

I decided to kill all responses to Oxxie Moron. That's in addition to
killing Oxturd itself.

Sure got quiet all of a sudden........

--
An example of pro and con: Progress and Congress.
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