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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Linux 3.0 a steady step forward; Rackspace's cloud going all OpenStack

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Linux 3.0 a steady step forward
Bucking standard conventions in software versioning, Linux Torvalds has designated the new release of the Linux operating system kernel, posted Friday, as version 3.0, even while maintaining that the release is only a routine update. Read More


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Rackspace's cloud going all OpenStack
Rackspace is planning to deploy the open source OpenStack software across its entire cloud infrastructure. Read More

The Cloud Gets More Open, But Can You Have Too Much Open?
Alan Shimel: A new open cloud group was launched at OSCON. It is called the Open Cloud Initiative. Read More

DotNetNuke Ups The Ante With Major New Release
Alan Shimel: DotNetNuke, an open source content management system for .Net, announced a major upgrade to all three versions of their product yesterday including the free community version. Read More


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WikiLeaks, Epsilon, TJX: Explosive headlines tell us that data leaks are common and dangerous. According to IDC, "Increasing Database security is one of the most efficient and cost effective measures an organization can take to prevent data leaks." Register Today!

The hard-line anti-anonymity approach for Google+ shows Google still doesn't get social
Joe Brockmeier: While Google seemed to be getting it right on Google+ initially, the missteps it's making in handling user demand for pseudonyms and anonymity are every bit as clueless as Facebook's privacy policies. Read More

The Garden and the Horse Race
Stephen Spector: When a new implementation of an already existing feature is submitted to an open source community, the community can take two actions. One action is like a horse race and the other is like a garden. Read More

Custom distro hammers hardware to detect system failures
Joe Brockmeier: One of the things I love about Linux? You can do so many interesting things with it. Take, for example, Breakin — a stress-testing and hardware diagnostic tool that will put hardware through its paces to make sure it's production-ready. Read More


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Open Source Contributors - The Days of Volunteers is Over
Stephen Spector: Matthew Aslett at the 451 group posts an interesting article on the breakdown of contributions to the Eclipse project based on looking at 22 random sub-projects. Read More

Microsoft and SUSE Linux Renew Their Vows
Andy Patrizio: It's been four years since Microsoft and Novell inked their controversial interoperability agreement and it still had a year left to run, but Microsoft decided to re-up the deal for another four years and $100 million. Read More

Oracle ordered to lower damages claim against Google
Oracle has been ordered to lower its multibillion-dollar claim for damages in its patent infringement lawsuit against Google and its Android operating system, court papers show. Read More

Oracle buys Ksplice for Linux 'zero downtime' tech
Oracle has purchased Ksplice, maker of technology that allows Linux administrators to apply important security updates without having to reboot the system, Oracle announced Thursday. Terms were not disclosed. Read More

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