25 Apr
Posted by erikbowman as Uncategorized
BELLINGHAM — Open-source guru Jon "Maddog" Hall, executive director of Linux International, spoke to an overflow crowd this morning at LinuxFest Northwest in Bellingham, making the case that open-source software is as relevant and critical now as ever.
Hall gave an overview of the open-source movement, including his own early work with Linus Torvalds, before concluding [...]
Windows watchers Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera report today that Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 7 will be accompanied by a special "Windows XP Mode" that uses virtualization technology to run applications made for the (much) older operating system.
The move is interesting because of the widespread software compatibility problems that plagued the release of Windows Vista, XP’s [...]
More than 600,000 Facebook users cast virtual ballots, with 74.4 percent voting in favor of the document drafted after a controversy erupted in February when the social networking giant altered its terms of service in a way that stirred fears about privacy and ownership of material posted on the site., more