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Stories · 3

  1. Partnership Initiatives In Companies That Support OSS?

    Ask · Technology · · posted by Cliff · from the keep-them-organizations-a-comin' dept. · 89 comments
    reptyle asks: "Over Xmas dinner, a friend of the family told us she was considering launching a partnership between her employer FNMA (colloquially known as Fannie Mae; they are a semi-private company that guarantees mortgages) and Microsoft to provide training and eventually, surplus hardware to private individuals and non-profit outfits. I lamented this choice and she suggested that I e-mail her names and URLs of companies as alternative recommendations. So far I have come up with: Debian, Red Hat (distributions), VA Linux, Penguin (hardware companies), and maybe a few non-profit advocacy groups, but I think the list is still a bit too short. I can't think of any other entities that might be appropriate so I figured I'd ask Slashdot readers for help in providing other organizations that I may have missed. I don't care whether the organization uses Linux or BSD, just as long as it's not a proprietary model."

  2. Fibre Channel and RAID Arrays

    Ask · Technology · · posted by Cliff · from the tracking-the-elusive-problem dept. · 8 comments
    reptyle asks: "Anyone have useful experience with Fibre Channel RAID arrays? I deal with some Seagate Barracudas and one or another fails once in a while, but with no regularity. Before you ask: Yes, they are RAID5 compliant. The problem here is that I have trouble tracing the origin of the failure; it's not always the same hard drive; it's not necessarily the encasement or the adapter, and it's not clear what it is. But I suspect the particulars are less interesting than general collective testimonials of experience. I read that FC-AL is the kick-ass hot commodity, but I'm having problems seeing the performance boosts over the SCSI that were promised. I've read the FAQS, installed the latest firmware and drivers, and replaced individual hard drives, all to no avail. Any insights?"

  3. DOJ vs NSI

    Internet · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the going-after-the-beast dept. · 33 comments
    reptyle writes "The washington Post has an article in today's paper about a DOJ probe of Netwrok Solutions on antitrust concerns. "