TECTONIC NEWS - 13 July, 2006 Tracking the shifts in technology
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ETHIOPIAN ACTIVISTS PROMOTE FOSS http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1054&s=news
NGOs APC and Catia have joined forces with the Ethiopian Free and Open Source Network to host a series of workshops over the next 10 days to promote the use of of free and open source software in that country. The series of three workshops will range from FOSS policy
discussions to advanced systems administrator training.
MOROCCAN FISHERIES ESCAPES PROPRIETARY NET http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1055&s=news
One of Morocco's first government departments to start the move to free software has chosen to switch its servers to Mandriva Linux and is looking at switching desktops to Linux in the near future in a move that could save them as much as 80% of their acquisition and
support costs.
DONATE TO ADVERTISE OPENOFFICE.ORG http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1053&s=news Following the successful community-based marketing efforts that raised awareness of the FireFox browser, another grassroots organisation is planning a similar campaign to market the OpenOffice.org suite. The campaign's first project is to place a full
back page advert in New York's free daily Metro newspaper.
IBM 182, SCO 0 http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1048&s=news Linux enthusiasts breathed a huge sigh of relief as almost two-thirds
of the SCO group's case against IBM was booted out of court because of lack of specific evidence.
SCALIX SLASHES WHOLESALER'S COLLABORATION COSTS
http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1049&s=news Another MS Exchange server bites the dust. Pietermaritzburg IT company, DcData, recently completed a Scalix implementation for a large KwaZulu-Natal wholesaler. Tectonic asks how it went.
MICROSOFT CODEPLEX OPENS DOORS TO DEVELOPERS http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1047&s=news Microsoft launched its new collaboration software development portal,
CodePlex, at the Open Source Business Conference in London, last week. The website will also act as a vehicle for sharing source code.
LOTUS NOTES AVAILABLE FOR LINUX
http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1056&s=news According to IBM, Lotus Notes on Linux provides millions of Lotus Notes users worldwide with software that enables an open desktop alternative to proprietary desktop operating systems.
BOOKS: AN EASY INTRODUCTION TO AJAX http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1052&s=news Today's Ajax is all about creating interactive web pages that update
magically to the back-end server. Pragmatic Ajax by Justin Gehtland, Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer is meant to give asspiring web developers a fast-track start to using Ajax to spice up existing and new web applications.
OPINION ----------------------------------------------------- A GREAT OPERATING SYSTEM IS ABOUT DETAILS Alastair Otter http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1051&s=news
A couple of weeks ago I found time to install Dapper Drake, the latest Ubuntu Linux release. In the same week my wife bought a brand new MacBook. The inevitable comparison got me thinking about what makes an otherwise good operating system great.
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