Posted on 12/06/2006 10:26:45 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Linux is now so important that technology vendors are fighting for competitive advantage over their peers.
fyi
LINUX IS ON THE WAY TO DESTRUCTION.
CSIRO researchers will today demonstrate the fastest and most efficient wireless link ever achieved.
The CSIRO ICT Centre today announced that it has achieved over 6 gigabits per second over a point to point wireless connection with the highest efficiency (2.4bits/s/Hz) ever achieved for such a system.
Multi-gigabit links operate at speeds that leave current wireless networks far behind. For example the entire works of Shakespeare could be transmitted over this 6 gigabit link in under seven thousandths of a second or a full DVD movie in just over three quarters of a second.
At the demonstration today, the team will transmit 16 simultaneous streams of DVD quality video over a 250 metre link with no loss of quality or delays. This impressive demonstration nevertheless only utilises one quarter of the capacity of the link.
Dr Jay Guo, Director of the Wireless Technologies Laboratory at CSIRO said that this breakthrough is just a first stage towards direct connections of up to 12 gigabits per second.
Read more at the link, GO AUSSIES!
It's gonna fry some endangered bug,....I just know it...
LOL!!!!!
BTW, My FR Anniversary is tomorrow... but I will be heading back to MN so I'm not sure if I will be available tomorrow. ;)
Why the Novell Deal is Bad & SCO's Memo in Support of Motion for SJ: We Did Not Breach the GPL
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However, there is a concerted effort, in my opinion, to destroy the GPLv2, death by a thousand cuts and compromises. I think they'd like to do to Linux what they did to Unix. The GPL stands in their proprietary way, so they are doing all they can dream up to overthrow it or get around it with cleverness. That is one reason we need GPLv3, obviously.
Here is one extreme example, SCO's contribution to the effort. It's important to remember, as you watch SCO try to persuade the court that it didn't do what it did, or that the GPL doesn't mean what it says and what its authors say it means, that this was one of the prime goals of this litigation:
I sort of agree the Novell deal is great for Linux. Its not nearly enough for me to get off of RedHat but if I had no in place agreements and infrastructure I would think about going with them.
But I think the whole IP boogy man has been somewhat defanged by the SCO fiasco..
Gates runs UBUNTU on his home PC! ;^)
But IBM has more than anyone else. We're seeing right now with SCO what happens when someone threatens IBM's business.
I have that up and running right here,...the latest one out today....
I think Ubuntu is ready for the average user's desktop. I'm sure Gates uses it!
IBM's gross income and stock market cap are both down since the SCO lawsuit began. Don't expect a bump even if they win either. IBM's back focusing on AIX, from using it on their next generation supercomputers to working on a unified UNIX spec.
You're obviously confused with Bill Clinton.
http://politics.netscape.com/story/2006/09/29/clinton-all-you-need-is-ubuntu
Looks like many others are considering switching off Red Hat as well.
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2006/12/07/red-hat-pacific-crest-survey-finds-red-hat-customers-willing-to-stayfor-a-price/
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