Sun to finally release OpenSolaris, support prices available on 13th
May. They hope it can compete with LAMP software stacks:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145481/opensolaris_ready_for_prime_time.html
Cubans can now buy home computers, and Venezuela is running a
fibre-optic cable out to the island:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7381646.stm
Article on the low-cost laptops that are emerging, as technology can
suddenly put "enough" computer power in a small, cheap package:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0501/p13s02-stct.html
A review of 7 desktop Linux distributions. The surprise is they're all
good but Ubuntu rules the roost:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207200145
ODF gets adopted into the Malaysian and South African governments,
with Malaysia having a blow-by-blow department blog online:
http://hasansaidin.typepad.com/openmalaysia/2008/04/south-africa-ad.html
http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/solution-areas/desktop/OpenOffice.org/openoffice-adoption
And finally. A man in the UK causes outrage, mooning at a speed
camera. But the car was under the limit, so why snap it anyway?:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7378695.stm
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.