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Women in Open Source

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This post is our contribution to the community to highlight some of the women in Open Source and to hopefully engage other women to join.
“We here at Pingdom have been talking about why we don’t see that many women in Open Source, and were actually about to investigate it further and possibly write a blog [...]

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Interview: Reiser Talks to ABC’s 20/20

The murder trial against Hans Reiser starts on Monday. Even without a body, prosecutors say they have a solid case. Reiser, a prominent and successful East Bay computer programmer, is accused of killing his wife Nina a year ago. ABC’s 20/20 got an exclusive interview with him. It’s been little more than a year since [...]

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Michel Xhaard: One man Writes Linux Drivers for 352 USB Webcams

A LONE HOBBYIST programmer sitting at his home in France is responsible for adding 352 USB webcams to the list of those supported by Linux. He tells the INQUIRER about this often unknown and unrecognised achievement.Near three years ago, I purchased the cheapest USB webcams -actually, one pair- I could find at the time, without [...]

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Video: Novell CEO: We’ll ‘fight’ Vista

update: Novell will continue its march against Microsoft and any uptake of Vista despite a recent alliance with the software giant.
“We’re excited by the muted reaction to Vista,” Ron Hovsepian, Novell president and CEO, told the media at a breakfast meeting in Sydney today.
“We’re going to attack [Microsoft] vigorously and go after their footprint as [...]

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Linus Torvalds Officially a Hero

“The European edition of the Time magazine has selected Linus Torvalds as one of the heroes of the past 60 years. From the main article: ‘In the 60 years that Time has been publishing an Atlantic edition, extraordinary people have emerged from the churn and turmoil, creativity and chaos of a period that witnessed the [...]

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