This month's Computers in Business (the IT supplement from the Sunday Business Post) has an interesting article by Barry McCall which covers the "marriage" of open and closed source solutions in the corporate environment. Some of his reflections are quite incisive: Some competing Linux distributors are blindly following a pure open source path while some proprietary vendors … [Read more...] about Open Source vs Proprietary Software – A middle ground?
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WordPress 2 Released – Time to Upgrade?
Wordpress 2 has been released, so the big question now is whether to upgrade immediately or wait until things settle down. … [Read more...] about WordPress 2 Released – Time to Upgrade?
DVD Support on Ubuntu Breezy
The other evening I wanted to watch a DVD on my new laptop. When I originally setup my desktop PC I installed all the required libraries and codecs for DVDs etc., without keeping any record of where I got them from. … [Read more...] about DVD Support on Ubuntu Breezy
SpamAssassin 3.0.5 RELEASED
Justin Mason has announced the release of SpamAssassin 3.0.5. … [Read more...] about SpamAssassin 3.0.5 RELEASED
03 Magazine – Open Source
A new magazine, 03, was recently launched to cater to: .... IT professionals with current or planned future deployments involving open source, or those interested in the cost saving benefits of using open source solutions in an enterprise environment. O3 should also appeal to the small business owner who is interested in a strong, secure and scalable IT infrastructure without … [Read more...] about 03 Magazine – Open Source