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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:22 PM Subject: [TECTONIC] Tectonic News Update To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TECTONIC Newsletter The source for open source news www.tectonic.co.za Tuesday, 28 October 2008 12:10pm ------------------------ WE'RE MORE COMMITTED TO ODF THAN EVER: SA GOVERNMENT http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3502 Open standards are critical so that the South African government can both avoid vendor lock-in and ensure better democracy, says minister of home affairs. She also says that the ISO-OOXML process has made South Africa more committed than ever to open standards and ODF. SHUTTLEWORTH: NO MONEY IN LINUX DESKTOP http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3500 Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth says that there is no money to be made from the Linux desktop. Unless of course you have decent services to wrap around it. WINDOWS AZURE TO SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3496 Azure cloud computing initiative is 'open' and will include support for open source development tools, says Microsoft. TORQUE IT ADDS SUSE LINUX TRAINING http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3489 Novell appoints local training outfit as Suse Linux training partner. DESKTOP DATA MANAGEMENT NEEDS RE-THINK, SAYS SHUTTLEWORTH http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3487 Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth says that the old file and folder metaphor for desktop PCs is undergoing a revolution and he wants free software to lead the way. FIVE ACCOUNTING APPS FOR LINUX http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3475 One of the most often heard complaints from users looking to migrate to Linux is that there are no good accounting applications. To be fair, there is a degree of truth in that concern. At least there was, until now. UBUNTU INTREPID RELEASE CANDIDATE OUT http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3467 Developers put final touches to Ubuntu 8.10 with encrypted directories, better 3G and hardware support. Final release due out next week. US$10.8BN FOR FREE SOFTWARE? http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3462 How much does it cost to develop a Linux distriubution? The Linux Foundation reckons that if Fedora 9 had to be built from scratch today it would cost US$10.8 billion. In a new whitepaper the foundation has based this on the amount of code in the operating system and the resources needed to reproduce it. The paper says that the Linux kernel itself would have cost close to US$1.5bn to develop. Check out the whitepaper for some interesting reading. THREE MILLION OPENOFFICE.ORG 3 DOWNLOADS http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3453 More than three million copies of OpenOffice.org 3.0 were downloaded in the first week following its release. UBUNTU EXPLAINS OPENOFFICE.ORG 3.0 DECISION http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3447 Released just over a week ago OpenOffice.org 3.0 looked to be a dead cert for inclusion in Ubuntu 8.10, due out next week. The Ubuntu team has decided, however, to hold back the latest version of the office suite until the April 2009 release of Jaunty. Ubuntu's Colin Watson explains to Tectonic why this decision was taken. IN BRIEF -------------- SILVERLIGHT 2.0: KILLER FEATURES, NO FLASH KILLER http://www.tectonic.co.za/?page_id=2754&bid=2353 SECURITY FLAW DISCOVERED IN GOOGLE'S G1 MOBILE PHONE http://www.tectonic.co.za/?page_id=2754&bid=2354 5 SIMPLE APT TRICKS FOR DEBIAN AND UBUNTU http://www.tectonic.co.za/?page_id=2754&bid=2350 NEW VERSIONS OF UBUNTU LINUX FOR DESKTOPS, SERVERS TO LAUNCH THURSDAY http://www.tectonic.co.za/?page_id=2754&bid=2351 LINUX REACHES OUT TO PORTLAND - LINDEPENDENCE 2008 http://www.tectonic.co.za/?page_id=2754&bid=2352 LINUX INCOGNITO PART THREE: WINDOWS VISTA http://www.tectonic.co.za/?page_id=2754&bid=2347 CANONICAL IS NOT CASH FLOW POSITIVE http://www.tectonic.co.za/?page_id=2754&bid=2348 OPEN MOVIE EDITOR: LINUX VIDEO EDITOR WITH PLOT TWISTS http://www.tectonic.co.za/?page_id=2754&bid=2349 Contact Tectonic: Editor Alastair Otter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 083-267-7657 ------- Tectonic's newsletter is sent out weekly to subscribers and delivers the best of open source news from around the continent direct to their desktop. 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