2006 January

I would agree that there is likely to be an OSS boom this year. But I am going to reserve judgement about Linux adoption on a wide scale in the US for now.

Oh this is pretty juicy. Could Open-Xchange Server 5 be the collaborative environment that we have all been waiting for? I am going to say yes…

Could it be that OSS will power the video on the Internet revolution? Yes, as a matter of fact it is already happening…

I knew I was right! There is more and more growing evidence that Google is exploring the idea behind a Linux desktop!

Alright, so the title of the article below must sound sort of messy. In a way, if someone does get a way with this ‘podslurping’, the consequences could in fact become very messy…

I am the first to admit that locating good Linux games can be a tricky proposition. Having said this, knowing where get the game is really just a matter of knowing where to look. You know, like in this article below for instance…

What? I didn’t even realize Word Perfect was still being used? With Oo and ThinkFree as options that run on Linux, is there really a need for Word Perfect any longer?

Wow, this is short, sweet and frankly - right to the point. If you are working to make your ‘bean counter’ understand the value of switching to Linux, this is a great place to start…

It’s a simple matter of cost. In the developing nations, MS software is perceived as out of reach. But with Linux, not so much…

Alright, so Xandros has been getting really close to the schools lately. That is super, but I hope that the focus on the home user market has not been ignored too much in exchange…

Well now, it seems that some ports were just meant to be! Take the potential for one coming to the T1 chip…

Boy, just when we thought we had enough issues with OS vulnerabilities! Now we have to fight off the rootkit situation as well.
It seems that experts at this year’s Black Hat Conference see rootkits infecting BIOSii this year, a very real and present danger in this era of locked-down warez. While Windows is currently rock [...]

To be honest, there are a number of scanners that will work with Linux. The challenge can be making sure that you check things out first, before buying a new one. It sucks to have to make multiple exchanges just to get scanners to work, but it happens.

OK, we are consistently bombarded with ads asking to get the facts in the Windows vs Linux debate. Well, here is yet another opinion on the matter.

Cool, but I only see one port on that that list that even remotely interests me; iTunes. Short of that, I am really not all that impressed by the list.

What’s this? A company known as Ampro Computers offering to do things right and with the customer in mind? By George, that’s what is it sounds like to me! Seriously, I think they are working at making sure both accessibly and expandability is being addressed.

I may have touched on this once already. Still, it needs to be said again: Red Hat on a Mac seems really odd to me.

Alright, perhaps talking about GPL 3 is not the most exciting thing in the world. Regardless, you really ought to read up on what this article has to say on the matter regardless.

Even with stuff that I dig, venture capital makes me nervous. I mean if you think about it, there is just too much faith placed on the ‘what if’ factor. Still, at least this gives some Linux supporting companies a real shot at making it big.

This article nails it perfectly: “economic forces driving adoption”. Even with all of the progress being made, those forces are still very much working against us.