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Vista Reignites Visions of Past Releases
One of the most overused adages in the IT industry is, “Change is the only constant.” That is true in most contexts, but at Microsoft the more applicable cliché is, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” I couldn’t arrest an involuntary smirk when I started reading over the past few days…
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The Well-Tempered Debian Desktop
I recently reported on my good results with migrating an old server from RH7 to Debian Sarge, beginning with the network-install CD. Responding to my comments that an install of a Sarge desktop on my old Thinkpad left me less than impressed, several readers admonished me for not installing Etch. I’ve now done an Etch…
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A Medical Open-Source Legal Hell Hole
To open-source or not to open-source was never in question as far as Steve Shreeve, founding CEO and largest shareholder of Medsphere Systems Corp., was concerned. So, this summer, Steve, self-proclaimed open-source software leader, and his twin-brother Scott, released the company’s matured code on SourceForge under the GPL. Their reward? They were then sued for…
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Judge Dismisses Patent Lawsuit Against Google
Google has won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a small Wisconsin software company involving patents for database search technology. HyperPhrase Technologies of Madison, Wis., in a lawsuit filed last April, had claimed that the popular, freely distributed Google search tool bar infringed upon its own proprietary search mechanism. HyperPhrase aimed its lawsuit at the…
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Job Seekers Fear They’re In for a Long Haul
Nearly 40 percent of job seekers feel that their age, and not the economy, has kept them from finding a new job, according to the results of a phone poll released Dec. 28 by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a global outplacement consultancy in New York. An additional 6 percent of respondents said other forms of…
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IBM Rolls Out Lotus Notes for Mac OS X
IBM’s Lotus Software division is taking a bigger bite of Apple’s Mac OS X. The Armonk, N.Y. company on Dec. 28 formally rolled out the latest version of its Lotus messaging software package, dubbed Notes 7.0.2, which will include e-mail, calendar management tools and instant messaging that is specifically designed for Mac OS X users.…
