Earlier today I posted Microsoft: Free Software Violates Patents!. Todd Bishop has a lengthy article on his blog today about this topic. However the article is more about the Free Software Foundation and it’s draft of the General Public License Version 3 (GPL, the license under which many open-source programs are distributed). Eben Moglen is the legal counsel to the Free Software Foundation and had this to say: The recent “saber-rattling” further illustrated the importance of protecting against Microsoft’s attempts “to disrupt free software production through the inculcation of a large inventory of most-likely invalid patents.” There also appear to…
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If you are interested in testing or just seeing what the new Fx 2.0.0.4 is all about, you can download the RC3 build via the Mozilla FTP server . It is important to keep in mind this may or may not be the final release. The developers have already had to “re-spin” the RC builds twice now because of new bugs that have been discovered during testing. News Source: mozillaZine
Microsoft must be losing lots of money to free software such as Linux and OpenOffice.org, as they are now whining that “Free Software Violates 235 Patents”: The Linux kernel – the deepest layer of the free operating system, which interacts most directly with the computer hardware – violates 42 Microsoft patents. The Linux graphical user interfaces – essentially, the way design elements like menus and toolbars are set up – run afoul of another 65, he claims. The Open Office suite of programs, which is analogous to Microsoft Office, infringes 45 more. E-mail programs infringe 15, while other assorted FOSS…
Back in January I raved about the then FastStone Capture. Earlier this week FastStone Capture version 5.4 was released and much to my disappointment has become shareware. You get a free 30-day trial then you have shell out $30 to get the “real” (usable) version. Now granted version 5.3 may not have all the new features (not they are any exciting much less worth paying for) or be bug fee (not that I have had any issues with bugs) but it was freeware. Now, there a couple options available if you do not want to do that Shareware version. First…
From the Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles, Todd Bishop snaps a picture of the “light bub” PC which took second place at this Microsoft-sponsored PC design competition. Interesting concept, the device is suppose to sit on your desk in the cut-out normally used thread cables through from the floor. It would sit upright with the ports pointing upwards. In theory you are suppose to be able to connect your mouse, keyboard, monitor and other peripherals into this device. This looks more like a hub then an actual “PC”. Also looks like it would connect to your…
Fx/TB 1.5.0.12/2.0.04 – Fx & TB 1.5.0.12 updates are almost completed and testing should begin soon. More problems for Fx 2.0.0.4 require another re-spin to RC3. “Final release date might be pushed by a few days”. If that happens it could mean the release could be pushed back to May 25th or 30th (28th is Memorial Day). The final release for the Fx 1.5.0.X builds ideally were suppose to be out by April 24th (six months from when Fx 2.0 was released). TB3– volunteers wanted to help with the 2007 Mailnews Code Roundup in preparation for moving mailnews to use…
I was able to get the new drives installed with some difficulties, but they are installed and working. I was able to download the nearly 700 MB ISO file for Ubuntu and burn it to CD (after two attempts). I could even boot off of this CD (after some tweaking in the BIOS), but after that I run into problems. If I select the option to Run/Install Ubuntu or Check CD for Errors, it will start up by initializing a couple files. After that however I end up with a black screen with a dead cursor (flashes but doesn’t respond…
The other night when I did the entry, New Tag: Ubuntu I had planned on adding more details but never got around to this. Today, MagnoliaSouth posted this comment on this entry: If you do begin trying Ubuntu, are you planning on writing details about your experience with it? I’d be very interested to follow a series such as that. I am so not a programmer and don’t know much about that kind of stuff, but if Ubuntu works well and is compatible with the software/hardware I use, I might consider a switch. First off, yes I do plan on…
Here’s a photo taken at a Best Buy store of one the new “Stunning. Breakthrough. Entertaining.” features of Windows Vista: Click Image For Full Size Version Makes me want to rush right out and purchase Windows Vista…NOT! News Source: One Post at a Time
I have added a tag for Ubuntu. Now I need to go through my old posts (I think there is only one) which I have mentioned Ubuntu and re-tag them.