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Hedging against recession with free and open source software
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| Is free and open source software (FOSS) a way to cut business costs? As
| concern about recession - even depression - deepens, more and more companies
| are asking this question. However, many have trouble knowing how to begin to
| find an answer.
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| Certainly, many companies have been looking for FOSS solutions in the last
| six months. Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, predicted
| last December that GNU/Linux and other FOSS technologies would become more
| attractive in hard economic times. “Lower cost, faster time to market, higher
| profit margins, better branding — these are all things that are in favor of
| Linux and not in favor of Windows,” he writes, and his comments seem
| accurate. According to Business Week, FOSS-based companies like SugarCRM,
| Digium and Zenoss, all reported record quarters last fall, while Red Hat had
| over $500 million in revenue over the last twelve months.
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http://blog.worldlabel.com/2009/hedging-against-recession-with-free-and-open-source-software.html
Open Source Media Center Apps Are Growing Up
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| Back in December, MediaPortal 1.0, an open source application that turns a
| PC/TV into a sophisticated media center and digital video recorder, arrived.
| Originally based on the XBMC project, version 1.0 was a nearly complete
| redesign, and has gotten quite a bit of notice, despite a few bugs. On March
| 15th, the folks behind MediaPortal plan to release a 1.0.1 version with
| usability improvements
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http://ostatic.com/blog/open-source-media-center-apps-are-growing-up
Recent:
10 Most Awesome Linux Applications
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| I know, I know. Not another blog post that lists the “top 10 something or
| other”. But bear with me.
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| I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes a given application awesome.
| I use a lot of applications every day, many I couldn’t do my job without… but
| not all of them are awesome.
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| It’s hard to describe just what “awesome” is. It could be the reliability of
| something. Or the sheer joy it brings when you use it. Or that it does
| something truly unique and inspiring.
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| With that in mind… my list of the top 10 most awesome applications for the
| Linux desktop (in no particular order).
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http://lunduke.com/?p=131
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