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Marc Lijour

Red Hat: 'Yes, we undercut Oracle with hidden Linux patches' * Channel Register - 5 views

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shared by Marc Lijour on 06 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • "We made the change, quite honestly, because we are absolutely making a set of steps that make it more difficult for competitors that wish to provide support services on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux," Red Hat chief technology officer Brian Stevens tells The Register, before naming those competitors. "Today, there are two competitors that I'm aware of that go to our customers directly, offering to support RHEL directly for them...Oracle and Novell."
  • "The work that we've done should not impede companies from building their own versions of Linux and supporting those for their customers," he says. "All the code we deliver through RHEL is out there. In most cases, the changes that go into RHEL. We already distribute into the upstream kernel. We have an upstream-first policy, where we're developing openly and then later integrating into our tree and then delivering it. So it shouldn't at all impede the community or anybody that's in the business of competing on that."
  • Marc Lijour on 06 Mar 11
     
    "We made the change, quite honestly, because we are absolutely making a set of steps that make it more difficult for competitors that wish to provide support services on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux," Red Hat chief technology officer Brian Stevens tells The Register, before naming those competitors. "Today, there are two competitors that I'm aware of that go to our customers directly, offering to support RHEL directly for them...Oracle and Novell."
hpmaxi -

How to Make Wealth - 0 views

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  • Startups usually involve technology, so much so that the phrase "high-tech startup" is almost redundant. A startup is a small company that takes on a hard technical problem.
  • Here is a brief sketch of the economic proposition. If you're a good hacker in your mid twenties, you can get a job paying about $80,000 per year. So on average such a hacker must be able to do at least $80,000 worth of work per year for the company just to break even
  • and if you focus you can probably get three times as much done in an hour
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  • I'm claiming you could be 36 times more productive than you're expected to be in a random corporate job.
  • then a smart hacker working very hard without any corporate bullshit to slow him down should be able to do work worth about $3 million a year
  • f you want to make a million dollars, you have to endure a million dollars' worth of pain.
  • Bill Gates is a smart, determined, and hardworking man, but you need more than that to make as much money as he has. You also need to be very lucky.
  • If you want to create wealth, it will help to understand what it is. Wealth is not the same thing as money. [3] Wealth is as old as human history. Far older, in fact; ants have wealth. Money is a comparatively recent invention.
  • talking about making money can make it harder to understand how to make money.
  • the craftsmen. Their hand-made objects become store-bought ones.
  • A programmer can sit down in front of a computer and create wealth. A good piece of software is, in itself, a valuable thing.
  • And so it's clearer to programmers that wealth is something that's made, rather than being distributed, like slices of a pie, by some imaginary Daddy
  • we had one programmer who was a sort of monster of productivity
  • A great programmer, on a roll, could create a million dollars worth of wealth in a couple weeks. A mediocre programmer over the same period will generate zero or even negative wealth (e.g. by introducing bugs).
  • The top 5% of programmers probably write 99% of the good software.
  • Hackers often donate their work by writing open source software that anyone can use for free. I am much the richer for the operating system FreeBSD, which I'm running on the computer I'm using now, and so is Yahoo, which runs it on all their servers.
  • You can't go to your boss and say, I'd like to start working ten times as hard, so will you please pay me ten times as much?
  • A programmer, for example, instead of chugging along maintaining and updating an existing piece of software, could write a whole new piece of software, and with it create a new source of revenue.
  • All a company is is a group of people working together to do something people want. It's doing something people want that matters, not joining the group
  • To get rich you need to get yourself in a situation with two things, measurement and leverage. You need to be in a position where your performance can be measured, or there is no way to get paid more by doing more. And you have to have leverage, in the sense that the decisions you make have a big effect.
  • If you're in a job that feels safe, you are not going to get rich, because if there is no danger there is almost certainly no leverage.
  • All you need to do is be part of a small group working on a hard problem
  • Steve Jobs once said that the success or failure of a startup depends on the first ten employees. I agree
  • What is technology? It's technique. It's the way we all do things. And when you discover a new way to do things, its value is multiplied by all the people who use it. It is the proverbial fishing rod, rather than the fish. That's the difference between a startup and a restaurant or a barber shop. You fry eggs or cut hair one customer at a time. Whereas if you solve a technical problem that a lot of people care about, you help everyone who uses your solution. That's leverage
  • If there were two features we could add to our software, both equally valuable in proportion to their difficulty, we'd always take the harder one
  • I can remember times when we were just exhausted after wrestling all day with some horrible technical problem. And I'd be delighted, because something that was hard for us would be impossible for our competitors
  • Start by picking a hard problem, and then at every decision point, take the harder choice.
  • You'd think that a company about to buy you would do a lot of research and decide for themselves how valuable your technology was.
  • Not at all. What they go by is the number of users you have
  • Wealth is what people want, and if people aren't using your software, maybe it's not just because you're bad at marketing. Maybe it's because you haven't made what they want.
  • Now we can recognize this as something hackers already know to avoid: premature optimization. Get a version 1.0 out there as soon as you can. Until you have some users to measure, you're optimizing based on guesses.
  • In that respect the Cold War teaches the same lesson as World War II and, for that matter, most wars in recent history. Don't let a ruling class of warriors and politicians squash the entrepreneurs
  • Let the nerds keep their lunch money, and you rule the world.
Djiezes Kraaijst

Legal Pad - Fortune on CNNMoney.com - 0 views

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shared by Djiezes Kraaijst on 09 Dec 08 - Cached
  • A no-fly zone to protect Linux from patent trolls
  • initiative designed to help shield the open-source software community from threats posed by companies or individuals holding dubious software patents and seeking payment for alleged infringements by open-source software products.
  • call to independent open-source software developers all over the world to start submitting their new software inventions to Linux Defenders (Web site due to be operational Tuesday) so that the group’s attorneys and engineers can, for no charge, help shape, structure, and document the invention in the form of a “defensive publication.”
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  • In effect, the defensive-publications initiative mounts a preemptive attack upon those who would try to patent purported software inventions that are not truly novel — i.e., innovations that are already known and in use, though no one may have ever previously bothered to document them, let alone obtain a patent on them, a process usually requiring the hiring of attorneys as well as payment of significant filing fees.
  • The Linux Defenders program is largely the brainchild of Bergelt, who took over as Open Invention Network’s CEO this past February. The program also reflects a new, more proactive role Bergelt envisions for OIN than the group has played in the past.
  • The Linux Defenders program will actually have three components. The first will be a peer-to-patent component that, like New York Law School’s existing program, will reach out to the open-source community in search of evidence of “prior art” — proof of preexisting knowledge or use of certain inventions — that can be used to challenge applications for patents that have been filed but not yet granted.
  • The second component will be a natural extension of the first, to be known as “Post-Grant Peer to Patent,” which will enlist similar community assistance in the search for prior art relevant to patents that have already actually issued. In this case, the goal would be — assuming such prior art is found — to initiate an administrative reexamination proceeding before the U.S. PTO to get the patent invalidated
  • The third component is the defensive-publications initiative.
  • Djiezes Kraaijst on 09 Dec 08
     
    On Tuesday a consortium of technology companies, including IBM (IBM), will launch a new initiative designed to help shield the open-source software community from threats posed by companies or individuals holding dubious software patents and seeking payment for alleged infringements by open-source software products. The most novel feature of the new program, to be known as Linux Defenders, will be its call to independent open-source software developers all over the world to start submitting their new software inventions to Linux Defenders (Web site due to be operational Tuesday) so that the group's attorneys and engineers can, for no charge, help shape, structure, and document the invention in the form of a "defensive publication."
Sandra Nowakowski

The new HP laptop with linux, is it the right choice for you? - 0 views

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shared by Sandra Nowakowski on 09 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Sandra Nowakowski on 09 Sep 08
     
    In the Microsoft Windows dominated world, it is big news when a company announces that it is going to implement a Linux operating system on one of its computers. It is even more surprising that when that computer is a laptop. But that is exactly what H...
Marco Castellani

The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials - 0 views

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shared by Marco Castellani on 31 May 09 - Cached
  • Marco Castellani on 31 May 09
     
    This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge
James Cady

The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11.4 (GNOME) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials - 0 views

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  • James Cady on 02 Jul 11
     
    This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 11.4 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
samonjur

Keywodrs is very important for every website. - 0 views

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shared by samonjur on 17 Jun 15 - No Cached
  • samonjur on 17 Jun 15
     
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Marco Castellani

Why I Use Linux | IT News Today - 0 views

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shared by Marco Castellani on 14 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Linux kept getting better and better. The things that took me hours to set up before only took a minute or two with the advancements that were made later. Linux was advancing extremely fast around this time, and it was very refreshing. The more I used Linux, the more comfortable with it I became.
  • Linux is ready for the desktop, it’s just that not everyone is ready for Linux
  • Marco Castellani on 14 Jun 09
     
    Linux kept getting better and better. The things that took me hours to set up before only took a minute or two with the advancements that were made later. Linux was advancing extremely fast around this time, and it was very refreshing. The more I used Linux, the more comfortable with it I became.
anonymous

12 More of the Best Free Linux Books - Part 1 - LinuxLinks News - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 20 Aug 10
     
    "12 More of the Best Free Linux Books Many computer users have an insatiable appetite to deepen their understanding of computer operating systems and computer software. Linux users are no different in that respect. At the same time as developing a huge range of open source software, the Linux community fortunately has also written a vast range of documentation in the form of books, guides, tutorials, HOWTOs, man pages, and other help to aid the learning process. Some of this documentation is intended specifically for a newcomer to Linux, or those that are seeking to move away from a proprietary world and embrace freedom. There are literally thousands of Linux books which are available to purchase from any good (online) book shop. However, the focus of this article is to highlight champion Linux books which make an invaluable contribution to learning about Linux, and which are also available to download without charge. We have tried to select a fairly diverse selection of books in this article so that there should be something of interest here for any type of user whatever their level of computing knowledge. This article should be read in conjunction with our previous article on free Linux books, entitled 20 of the Best Free Linux Books."
Scott Beamer

Pinguy OS - 4 views

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shared by Scott Beamer on 26 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Scott Beamer on 26 Sep 10
     
    Pinguy OS an out-of-the-box working operating system for everyone, not just geeks This OS is for people that have never used Linux before or for people that just want an out-of-the-box working OS without doing all the tweaks and enhancements that everyone seems to do when installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu or other Linux based Distro's.
Scott Beamer

Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe - 0 views

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shared by Scott Beamer on 12 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Scott Beamer on 12 Jul 09
     
    Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained [Linux-based] boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
  • Scott Beamer on 12 Jul 09
     
    Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
Marc Lijour

RMS On Header Files and Derivative Works - Slashdot - 2 views

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shared by Marc Lijour on 20 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • "In this email from 2003, Richard Stallman says 'I've talked with our lawyer about one specific issue that you raised: that of using simple material from header files. Someone recently made the claim that including a header file always makes a derivative work. That's not the FSF's view. Our view is that just using structure definitions, typedefs, enumeration constants, macros with simple bodies, etc., is NOT enough to make a derivative work. It would take a substantial amount of code (coming from inline functions or macros with substantial bodies) to do that.' This should help end the recent FUD about the Android 'clean headers.'"
cecilia marie

Virus Protection Software - 1 views

My files are often lost if not corrupted in my disk drive, and sadly, those where important documents. Sometimes, I fail to backup all my files, that is why, by the time it is corrupted, I am left ...

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started by cecilia marie on 09 Sep 11 no follow-up yet
seth kutcher

Excellent Computer Repair Service - 1 views

My work relies heavily on computer. That is why I cannot afford to delay my report just because I am having computer problems. I bought this computer unit 5 years ago and maybe because it is alread...

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cecilia marie

Best Shield Against Computer Viruses - 1 views

I have always wondered why my files are often corrupted and to think that I have installed an antiVirus software. I always scan my external disks each time I insert them in my unit. It was only lat...

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started by cecilia marie on 04 Nov 11 no follow-up yet
bryan yu

K3b 2.0.0 has been releasd! - 4 views

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  • bryan yu on 29 Jun 10
     
    We both knew that K3b was a great CD/DVD creator for Linux. It has released new version 2.0.0 recently. This version has improved Blu-ray support that was really a big effort...
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How to install 64bit flashplayer in openSUSE 11.1 x86_64 - 0 views

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  • bryan yu on 02 Oct 09
     
    You maybe want to know why i need to install 64bit flashplayer in openSUSE 11.1 x86_64, and openSUSE 11.1 default installation contains flashplyer package. That is because flashplayer dead silent when i opened any flash media for a while even 32bit flashplayer can run on x64 platform. You can see that as below picture...
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