The Day I Closed The Windows
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| The Debian installation was largely trouble-free and, as you can see from the
| screenshot, I've got a rather stylish system running which also happens to be
| as solid as a rock. That other slice? Well, as I write this DesktopBSD's
| excellent package manager is gathering and installing some program upgrades.
| A couple have failed (source-based installs of Mozilla Thunderbird and
| Mozilla Firefox, incidentally) but, no matter – solving problems is all part
| of the fun of learning to use a new operating system. I'm as excited about
| having my first permanent DesktopBSD system to play with and learn about as I
| was with my first Linux distribution all those years ago.
|
| Do I miss Windows? Not yet – it's only been a few days – and to be honest, I
| don't expect I ever will.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=386
The True Cost of Spyware
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| Ever wonder why The VAR Guy is so happy running Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux?
| Perhaps it has something to do with the true cost of spyware — an epidemic
| problem mostly limited to the world of Windows. So, how does spyware impact
| user productivity?
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/03/05/the-true-cost-of-spyware/
He relies on the study from CompTIA, a Microsoft lobbying arm which blames the
users, not Windows.
Recent (CompTIA, Microsoft mouthpiece extraordinaire):
Security skills of IT workforce lacking, survey finds
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| A majority of organizations are in need of IT workers with security, firewall
| and data privacy skills, but more than 40 per cent surveyed by the Computing
| Technology Industry Association in the US said their IT employees are not
| proficient in such skills.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=483933484&rid=-50
Related:
Software of Choice [CompTIA attacks Stallman]
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| GCN recently covered online a lecture by software developer Richard
| Stallman, a vocal advocate of the free-software movement and a critic
| of restrictive commercial-software licensing (see this issue's GCN
| Insider, Page 31).
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http://www.gcn.com/print/26_11/44301-1.html
Industry body to push OOXML in Philippines
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| Microsoft and industry body Computing Technology Industry Association
| (CompTIA) have teamed up to drive the adoption of Office Open XML in the
| Philippines.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62034394,00.htm
CompTIA Adds New Intellectual Property Rights Depth to Its Advocacy Team
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| Well regarded within the intellectual property community, Katopis will work
| for the interests of CompTIA’ s membership primarily on intellectual property
| rights, patent reform, and tech-neutrality in government procurement.
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http://www.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=291304461
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Top CompTIA Poll on Most Influential IT Industry
Personalities of the Past 25 Years
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| The co-founders of two of the world's most successful, recognizable and
| innovative information technology (IT) companies are the industry's most
| influential personalities of the past 25 years, according to a poll by the
| Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
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http://www.pr-inside.com/bill-gates-steve-jobs-top-comptia-r288815.htm
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