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[newbie2]

http://lxer.com/

[Perfect Storm]

Umm..I found this news on it, quite interresting:
http://www.tectonic.co.za/viewr.php?id=631

[newbie2]

Umm..I found this news on it, quite interresting:
http://www.tectonic.co.za/viewr.php?id=631
http://mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=828

[BWF89]

I've been going to LXer for awhile now. I've found that it always has the most up to date news on everything going on in the open source world.

[newbie2]

yep...i found this one on it -->
http://beta.news.com.com/Ubuntu+carves+niche+in+Linux+landscape/2100-7344_3-5886194.html?

[Ubunted]

It's a nice alternative to the sellouts at LinuxToday.

[BWF89]

This thread should probably be stickied so as many people as possible will know about the best open source computer news source.

[blastus]

I found a link to this article on that site: Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170724,00.html)


Worse, the policy represents an attack on market-based competition, which in turn will hurt innovation. The state has a disaster in the making.

This should be called for what it is; it may only hurt Microsoft's "innovation." They have branded OpenDocument as a locked-in, unsuitable, and incapable format. Microsoft could have chosen to participate in the OpenDocument specification, but clearly they wanted a proprietary format that they have exclusive control over. They have indicated their refusal to support OpenDocument.


The policy also fails to consider accessibility by citizens and state employees with disabilities who rely on assistive technologies (search). Several such technologies, including screen readers and speech recognition, are not readily supported by applications that use OpenDocument formats. In commentary submitted to the Massachusetts Information Technology Division (search), the Bay State Council of the Blind and individuals with vision impairments strongly opposed the proposed policy.

State employee Sharon Strzalkowski wrote, “We have worked long and hard to get the computer access we now enjoy, and it would cause much harm to go to this new and inaccessible system.”

Some have suggested that the policy would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (search).

The idea of using OpenDocument is to promote healthy competition and to promote broad accessibility to everyone and not just users of MS-Windows. What about people with disabilities who run Linux? While OpenDocument is not a panacea, the patent burdened and proprietary vocabulary of MS-Office formats is NOT the answer to ensuring universal accessibility in the future.

[newbie2]

I found a link to this article on that site: Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170724,00.html)
This should be called for what it is; it may only hurt Microsoft's "innovation." They have branded OpenDocument as a locked-in, unsuitable, and incapable format. Microsoft could have chosen to participate in the OpenDocument specification, but clearly they wanted a proprietary format that they have exclusive control over. They have indicated their refusal to support OpenDocument.
The idea of using OpenDocument is to promote healthy competition and to promote broad accessibility to everyone and not just users of MS-Windows. What about people with disabilities who run Linux? While OpenDocument is not a panacea, the patent burdened and proprietary vocabulary of MS-Office formats is NOT the answer to ensuring universal accessibility in the future.
lol...i wonder who is reading that murdoch's crap nowadays....:razz:

[newbie2]

lol...see what i found on lxer.com -->
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/44400/index.html
:rolleyes:

[newbie2]

This thread should probably be stickied so as many people as possible will know about the best open source computer news source.
yep...you can also follow the migrations -->
http://lxer.com/module/db/viewby.php?uid=108&option=&value=&sort=108&offset=0&dbn=12

or the several patents -->
http://lxer.com/module/db/viewby.php?uid=115&option=&value=&sort=115&offset=0&dbn=13

:)

[Brunellus]

lol...i wonder who is reading that murdoch's crap nowadays....:razz:
Enough people to secure his allies places in government, and his networks influence in the industry.

[newbie2]

Announcing Ubuntu 5.10RC (Release Candidate) (http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/44752/index.html)

[newbie2]

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/45457/index.html

[newbie2]

"New Ubuntu Release Works in a Crisis"
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/45484/index.html

[newbie2]

Ubuntu Wins Linux Journal Favourite Linux Award 2005
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/45604/index.html

[newbie2]

"In this installment of his FAQ, Mark covers the thinking behind the default Ubuntu brown, and the secret of the naming convention, and other quirks that make Ubuntu what it is."
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/45695/index.html

[newbie2]

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/45980/index.html

[newbie2]

Comment of the Day - January 5, 2006 - Fundamental Mistake in Article About Ubuntu
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/51227/index.html

[Lovechild]

The absolute finest sources for Linux news would be
Linux Weekly News (http://lwn.net)
KernelTrap (http://www.kerneltrap.org)
Planet GNOME (http://planet.gnome.org)