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[News] Financial Times Writes About the Success of GNU/Linux, Failures of Proprietary Technolgies

  • Subject: [News] Financial Times Writes About the Success of GNU/Linux, Failures of Proprietary Technolgies
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:12:07 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Interview: On a mission to silence the doubters

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| How can a bunch of "hackers" create an operating system that can run 
| mission-critical applications?" This is a question that Jim Zemlin is proud 
| and relieved to say is no longer asked of Linux, the open source software 
| that is increasingly becoming a force in corporate computing.   
| 
| It is now used by, among others, the banks Credit Suisse First Boston and 
| Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). The internet retailers Amazon and Ebay both use 
| Linux as does Tivo, the innovative personal video recorder group. Motorola 
| (NYSE:MOT) has used a version in the Razr mobile phone; and IBM is a 
| prominent supporter of Linux, as are Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Oracle 
| (NASDAQ:ORCL).     
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071120/bs_ft/fto112020070958104470

Anti-piracy moves 'hurt sales'

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| Retailers are urging the music industry to drop piracy protection for online 
| downloads after new figures showed the average Briton has bought fewer than 
| three digital tracks in the past three years.  
| 
| Incompatible proprietary technologies, aimed at defeating rampant piracy in 
|              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| the digital music era, are instead "stifling growth and working against the 
| consumer interest", said Kim Bayley, director-general of the Entertainment 
| Retailers Association (ERA).   
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6ed6dd08-970a-11dc-b2da-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F6ed6dd08-970a-11dc-b2da-0000779fd2ac.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1
http://tinyurl.com/2k8l4e


Recent:

Did IT work: Putting Linux on desktops

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| While Linux servers are now commonplace, the desktop version of the Linux 
| operating system has been slow to penetrate – particularly in enterprise 
| workgroups.  
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d637fe7a-8c95-11dc-b887-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fd637fe7a-8c95-11dc-b887-0000779fd2ac.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&nclick_check=1


Related:

A gutsy new Linux system

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| As part of the installation process, the software checks that your hardware 
| is adequate – although, as with other versions of Linux, Ubuntu’s 
| requirements are minimal. You will need 256Mb of memory and 4Gb of free hard 
| drive space.   
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/988034e6-7d7f-11dc-9f47-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

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