Kuala Lumpur: Software giant Microsoft has fired a broadside against the attempts by several Asian governments to introduce pro-OSS procurement policies. In Malaysia, where the government openly supports open source soft[...]
Microsoft lost a contract for programs to run 14,000 PCs for the Munich city government to the free Linux software. The City Council voted yesterday in a closed-door meeting 50-29 in favor of a detailed plan to switch to[...]
The dominance of mainframe computers* in the banking industry is over. Increasingly, PC servers are taking over key banking data management functions such as direct information feed collection and capture of reference da[...]
Most IT Security professionals believe that Linux is more secure than Microsoft platforms, primarily because of the way in which the open-source OS is created, Microsoft however believe their OS’s are secure; the f[...]
Perbedaan utama antara distribusi debian dengan distribusi Linux yang ada sekarang adalah model pengembangannya yang terbuka (open development). Namun bukan hanya ini yang membedakan debian dengan distribusi lainnya. Yan[...]
Distribusi (atau singkatnya ‘distro’) merupakan koleksi software yang dikemas bersama dalam satu atau lebih CDROM (meski distribusi yang mengunakan disket juga ada). Distribusi Linux disini termasuk sistem op[...]
Sangat sulit untuk mendapatkan perbandingan sistem operasi yang obyektif, karena orang-orang yang mengeluarkan perbandingan memiliki kepentingan masing-masing. Anda mungkin tidak akan percaya perbandingan yang dikeluarka[...]
ASIAN governments are adopting the freely available Linux operating system in a bid to cut costs and address security concerns, helping the region drive global growth in demand for the software, vendors and analysts said[...]
Kai Chang would like to send a Gmail free activation code to an interested reader via a random drawing on 15th June 2004 [Link]. I hope win the contest, yess.. it could be me! The Pjammer Chronicles rabble-rouser sardoni[...]
Hal penting pertamakali dalam mempelajari Linux adalah bagaimana membacanya. Banyak orang membacanya dengan suara “i” yang dipanjangkan seperti membaca “line ucks”. Orang lain membacanya dengan suara “i” yang[...]
