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Open source: getting started
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| OPEN source software can reduce costs and improve security dramatically, yet
| many people are a bit apprehensive about getting their feet wet. Typical of
| this concern, reader John Cohon wrote in with a number of questions about
| shifting to open source. To the extent that my answers to him might help
| other companies or individuals make the shift, I’m running them here.
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| Question: If one were to do the big shift from Microsoft Windows software to,
| say, Linux, what should one do about all the files he has accumulated
| throughout the years, all written in Microsoft Windows software? Can these
| files be read by Linux? Will there be any loss of data, or perhaps corruption
| of the files?
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http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_dec23_2008
FLOSS Manuals sprints to build quality free documentation
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| Hyde says a broad range of people contribute to FLOSS Manuals -- artists,
| professional technical writers, developers, people in the One Laptop Per
| Child community, and folks with a casual interest in technology. He says that
| FLOSS Manuals is a great way for people who aren't developers to contribute
| to free and open source software.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/155205
Recent:
Open source licence violations manual published
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| Dutch software engineer Armijn Hemel has just published a manual on how to
| detect violations of open source software.
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| The GPL Compliance Engineering Guide details how to take apart bootloaders
| and firmwares, using tools such as Hexdump, Strings and Grep.
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| It even includes soldering instructions to attach a serial cable to a router,
| as sometimes that is the only way to get access to the system's software.
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| Hemel works at Loohuis, an IT consultancy in the city of Utrecht and is
| active in the GPL Violations project.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/86993,open-source-licence-violations-manual-published.aspx
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