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Well the deal is confidential, so we don't know the specifics other than its a patent cross-licensing deal. For all we know Amazon is getting over on Microsoft patents it can now use. Amazon is in business to make money and not give it away, so there must of been something in the deal that was good ...

They're just weak human beings and didn't want to get talked about by the Mac users in the office or at the coffee shop, .

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Stallman is a lover, not a fighter. Besides, I think he could take De Icaza pretty easy, .

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I thought Randall did a good job interviewing. Interesting interview. I always enjoy hearing from Linus.

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the group recommends that commercial banking customers "carry out all online banking activity from a standalone, hardened, and locked-down computer from which e-mail and Web browsing is not possible." Such a system might be a virgin install of Windows with all the proper updates, using something li...

Some people have been burned by iPods overheating, but the interesting thing is how Apple has used their lawyers to keep the story under wraps. And it doesn't seem they showed much love to their customers who were burned, literally. Let's see if this develops into a recall which I know Apple will fi...

an ironic fail on the part of Amazon - deleting 1984 and Animal Farm. What about the publisher deciding later they didn't want an electronic version. This is a good example of why DRM just doesn't work. Throw in all the music examples where they disable a server/service and people lose the content ...

This pretty much reiterates my feelings on the matter.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?stor ... 7043855128

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I guess Microsoft is trying to make Mono seem alright, but yet there "community promise" isn't complete. Personally, I still don't trust them. http://www.workswithu.com/2009/07/07/mono-now-safe/ Mono Now Safe? by Patrick Regan With Linux Distros taking sides, this week’s announcement that Microsoft ...

Minus the hiccups, great show and guest. Jeri is definitely an interesting lady. Being a ham I play with electronics, but it would be fun to have her kind of knowledge. I'm surprised she's not a ham, or at least my name lookup came up empty. In the following video she talked about having AM transmit...

Unlike the GNU/Linux bashers of LAS, I wouldn't own one of these devices. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/06/amazon-code-release-irrelevant-kindle-is-still-closed.ars Amazon code release irrelevant, Kindle is still closed Amazon recently released the source code of some of the component...

Joel has great insight into what is really going on in the middle east. Joel has spent a lot of time in the Middle East researching for several books as well as working with The Joshua Fund, and has some great insights into what is happening. He even covers Iran in great detail with very interesting...

Indiana lawyer found asleep in trash can The Associated Press Published: Friday, Jun. 19, 2009 - 7:12 am JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- An Indiana lawyer who was found asleep headfirst in a neighbor's trash can after a night of drinking has apologized and says he's embarrassed. No charges have been filed ...

Obama is of his father, the father of lies. He says all sorts of things, then does something else. Don't be fooled though, all of these politicians back the people that give them money. I don't think you can rise to this level of politics unless you've proven yourself to follow through in supporting...

If you're playing with Fedora 11 this is a good site with help:

http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/161/26/

I used the chart to edit my grub.conf file and get the graphical boot working. Used a few other tips as well since it's been while since setting up a brand new Fedora install.

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