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Sun Opens First Linux Competency Center
McGarnacle writes "Looks like our friends at Sun have opened the first Linux training centers at the headquarters of a Belleville, Ontario firm: beONix Technology. Now there's a worthwhile summer activity for the kids :)"
That's just the kind of uninformed badmouthing that we don't need, here in SE Ontario (I'm in Kingston, 45 minutes east of Belleville, or BelleVegas as we sometimes call it).
When I got up this morning, it was a balmy -23 degrees (-9 Fahrenheit to the unwashed) and my nostrils would stick closed when I breathed in.
Caribbean? Pah!
They've managed to introduce remote exploits via their alleged Security Hardening Package, and recent posts on the Cobalt developers lists show that their latest kernel update caused some machines to crash unrecoverably. They've promised an updated PHP on the Raq4 for an age now, but no sign.
That, coupled with the inordinate delay in patching OpenSSL when slapper appeared makes me a tad more unhappy than I used to be. Used to be a good service, but now seems to be in shambles.
Cheers,
Ian
Bellville is two hours east of Toronto.
UNIX/Linux Consulting
The AC below was a bit crass in his criticism of your post, but he does have a point - you obviously do not have any clue about what you're talking about here.
Sun did not "take away" the free version - they renamed it OpenOffice, and I'm sure that with a little effort, even you can manage to find that online.
Secondly, they were very open about the entire Star Office saga - there are numerous articles in news archives about how it was not being adopted by businesses *precisely because it was free*. Once they branched off the free version, they were able to start charging (and even then, they charge minuscule amounts compared to other office suites). Where did you get this "high price" from?
The AC below is wrong about one thing - you are not a typical Linux "hippie" - they at least are generally more well informed than you obviously are.
Ummm.... no tech companies? Let's see... Nortel Networks has their largest Enterprise Voice design center in Belleville. That's where all that nice CallPilot, Meridian and CallServer code comes out of. By the way, DSL and Cable have been availble for over 2 years.