Microsoft Linux Survey
Monday, December 22nd, 2003This is great: Microsoft is circulating a survey asking Linux users how Microsoft can improve its operating systems.
Archive for December, 2003
Mass Open-source
Monday, December 22nd, 2003More coverage in the Globe of the Massachusetts open-source policy debate.
Linux Users Group of Iraq
Thursday, December 18th, 2003Great story about two Iraqis trying to make the country Linux-friendly. You can send them some money here.
Ettore Perazzoli
Wednesday, December 17th, 2003Ettore Perazzoli, the Ximian developer with the best weblog, passed away last week. :(
Google Tracks Packages
Friday, December 12th, 2003Here’s something cool everyone should know about: Google now tracks packages and other numbers.
UPS tracking numbers example search: “1Z9999W999999999″ FedEx tracking numbers example search: “fedex 999999999999″ Patent numbers example search: “patent 5123123″ FAA airplane registration numbers example search: “n199ua” FCC equipment IDs example search: “fcc B4Z-34009-PIR”
[via Boing Boing]
LinEx
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2003Bruce Sterling writes about the Spanish autonomous region of Extremadura’s push for free software.
The features may be mundane, but they add up to something quite new: a patriotic regional operating system. The emailer’s logo is a stork, Extremadura’s most beloved bird. The word processor is named after a famous local poet. The desktop is crammed with hallowed symbols of the homeland. Extremaduran schoolkids could stand up and pledge allegiance to this thing.
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