Python slithers to 'significant' release
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| The open source community this week hailed the most significant update
| to Python in five years.
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| Python 2.5 contains major improvements in reliability, performance
| and efficiency, according to release manager Anthony Baxter.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/09/22/python_upgrade/
Even Microsoft can no longer ignore the power of Python, which is largely
used by some of the world's largest companies, Google included.
Microsoft Ships IronPython 1.0
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2012641,00.asp
Eclipse director: Open source development bests proprietary
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| In this exclusive interview, Milinkovich explains how his organization
| was able to effectively deploy 10 projects simultaneously to Eclipse
| developers while proprietary vendors struggled to even get their code out
| the door at times, and why having a lot of plug-ins is great so long as
| IT managers can find them effectively.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1215034,00.html
It is no surprise that Microsoft attempts to infiltrate Open Source
conferences where it does not belong, in order to woe developers it
constantly loses.
PHP, Windows: Not an Oxymoron?
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| Most PHP developers use a Windows desktop to develop their code, but then
| turn to Linux when it comes time to deploy their apps. It's a situation
| that Microsoft is hoping to change.
|
| [...]
|
| Though Microsoft is a sponsor of the php|works conference, Stagner noted
| for the record that Microsoft did not pay for him to speak and he wasn't
| lost and knows that the conference isn't TechED.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3632136
Yet another example:
LinuxChix Brazil Meeting - Webcast, teachers and sponsors
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| LinuxChix Brazil Meeting - Webcast, teachers and sponsors
|
| [...]
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| To make all this possible, we this year have the support of several
| companies and people, and two major sponsors: Caixa Economica Federal and
| Microsoft. The Caixa, as a Brazil federal institution, has always been
| involved in supporting development projects. And to go ahead with its
| "let's talk" movement, Microsoft supports the Meeting, as well will also
| be open to talk about their recent actions to cooperate and interoperate
| with Open Source community. We invite all attendees to debate with the
| representants their ideas and give suggestions.
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http://www.linuxchix.org.br/?q=node/72
I have come across more examples where Microsoft distributed freebies to
Linux developers. Microsoft has degraded to the point where it's akin to a
80-year-old pervert who uses his wallet to sleep with teenagers.
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