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  1. Craig on Triple-Engine Browser Released As Alpha · · Score: 1

    Are there plans for a Mac OS X version? I'm still waiting for Google Chrome to arrive on the Mac. I unfortunately have to use both Firefox and Safari. Firefox on Mac doesn't reliably render http://surfline.com/ It seems to render it sometimes and then I lose the navigation menus for the site about 1/4 of the time.

  2. Google Getting Increasingly Powerful Over Media on Google Kills Yahoo Ad Deal · · Score: 1

    Google is getting increasingly influential over how the world gets access to media. There's an analysis here about how the beta launch of the Chrome browser generated 450,000 independent blogs over the course of 60 days. Google Chrome is also the top sponsored link for searches on "browser" or "web browser." On the organic search side, Google Chrome ranks near the top on Google Search, Google Blog search, and Google news.

      http://is.gd/6mJk

  3. Re:Bad source for legal advice on OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions · · Score: 1

    yes, but SCO's viewpoint is extremely biased to benefit SCO. In any debate, you need to here two sides. Up till now, SCO has been making all the noise.

    My personal opinion is that if you read the QA, it is a much more balanced argument than the stuff that SCO puts out.

  4. Re:Wow! on OSDL Position Paper on SCO and Linux · · Score: 1

    My opinion is that statements are valued based on the perceived level of experience of the speaker.
    Thus, kids of disadvantaged in this respect since they have had less time to gain experience in the area in which they are speaking about.

    However, credibility can be increased dramatically, if you are speaking on behalf of a group. Thus, a child could be taken very credibly if he or she were head of an organization like a local Linux users group and were speaking on behalf of the group.

  5. Re:"Leading experts"? on OSDL Position Paper on SCO and Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    The big point is that he is the general counsel for the Free Software Foundation. So, Moglen knows the nuances of the GPL.

  6. Re:Text extracted from PDF, with permission on OSDL Position Paper on SCO and Linux · · Score: 1

    Eben originally wrote the paper using LaTeX. I can send people the .tex file if they want it. I also have an HTML version of the file that Don Marti at LJ did for me. We're trying to get OSDL to put the HTML version up.

  7. Re:Bias? on OSDL Position Paper on SCO and Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting
    OSDL clearly says that it is an organization that is advocating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise. It is a non-profit, vendor-neutral, publication-neutral organization of Linux IT vendors, Linux developers, and Linux end-users.


    It is of course, biased toward Linux.


    Gartner is an analyst firm. The two organizations serve entirely different functions.

  8. Re:Wow! on OSDL Position Paper on SCO and Linux · · Score: 1

    The problem of course is that not every IT manager is as clever as you. Some people read the articles about the claims that SCO makes and don't question the article contents as much. Linux needs more people like you that are taking a public stance that about dismissing SCO's claims. The more public, the better. Everyone needs to know that SCO's claims have a lack of merit. Get the word out.

  9. Re:Pacific Hi(on-drugs)Tech on IBM's DB2 and TurboLinux being Bundled · · Score: 3

    In the US TurboLinux 3.0.1 is USD 49. In Japan,
    it is about the same price for TurboLinux 3.0 Japanese.

    There are other products, one is a server and the other is TurboLinux Pro that incorporates a commercial office suite. These are more expensive. There is more information on both
    Japanese products at http://www.turbolinux.com/products/in dex.html

  10. Re:What junk on High Availability Clustering · · Score: 1

    Hi, as far as I know, the monitoring code was all developed by TurboLinux and is all original. The kernel development also diverged from Wensong's OpenSource project and future versions will continue to diverge. Since the kernel patches will be under GPL, it is possible that Wensong's project may take in the TurboLinux work. Though, that would be up to them.

  11. Re:Eddieware does more.. on High Availability Clustering · · Score: 1

    Hi, I'm familar with and impressed by the eddieware project. One thing about high-availability solutions is that vendors require intensive hand-holding, enterprise 24x7 global support, and commercial technical integration.

    We're simply trying to help Linux get into the enterprise. There is no need for competition. I hope we all succeed in our own projects. If every project succeeds, Linux in general becomes stronger and this is what we really want.

  12. Re:Yeah, but read the license! on High Availability Clustering · · Score: 1

    Another thing to consider is that since all our development work on the kernel patches are and always will be under the GPL, all OpenSource projects will benefit. In version 2.x of the cluster product, we will completely rewrite the kernel modifications to drastically improve routing performance and will contribute this back to the community so that all can benefit.

  13. Re:What does all this mean? on High Availability Clustering · · Score: 1
    The Beowulf clusters run in parallel and require
    special programs written for these clusters. These are primarily used in intensive computation areas such as thermal modelling.


    The clustering solution that TurboLinux has is a
    routing technology combined with monitoring tools. The routing technology allows multiple servers to act as a single server. This is the primary goal of Wensong's virtual server project. The other component is a system of monitoring utilities. These are based on heartbeat tools that send signals to the different nodes.


    The TurboLinux solution also has heartbeats for the main router node. Every node on the cluster can be both a router and a server.

  14. Re:Linux high availability on High Availability Clustering · · Score: 3
    Hi, the monitor and config tools were developed completely seperate of any other project. Although the kernel patch by Wensong eventually came to be used in modified form in our product, it is being replaced in future versions. We tried to give Wensong appropriate credit on our main web site http://www.turbolinux.com. The credits to Wensong were there from the time we announced the product and we have a good relationship with Wensong.

    I've linked this site to our community home page.

    The statement that it is simply repackaged is incorrect. As the development continues, we'll always release the source for the kernel routing features and hopefully help the progress of the free software projects.