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video http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=828&tag=nl.e099.dl090722&tag=nl.e099 Senyonjo M Dennis Bsc.Computer Science III On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:50 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: It is starting to get cold in hell. (Niles Collins) > 2. Launchpad goes Open-Source (Simon Vass) > 3. Re: Re: LUG Digest, Vol 59, Issue 51 (Wire James) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:31:45 -0400 > From: Niles Collins <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] It is starting to get cold in hell. > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Well there is apparently more coming. > > > http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/311928/microsoft_makes_second_gplv2_release_many_days > > Microsoft has made its second release under the General Public License in > two days with software for the open-source online learning system Moodle. > > Microsoft released the Live Services Plug-in for Moodle under the GPLv2, a > move outlined in a blog > post< > http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/07/21/the-live-services-plug-in-for-moodle-debuts.aspx > >by > Peter Galli, a community manager for Microsoft's Platform Strategy > Group. > > > The plug-in adds Microsoft's l...@edu services such as e-mail, calendar, > instant messaging and search directly into the Moodle user experience and > makes them available via single sign-on, he wrote. > > Moodle is a free open-source course management system that teachers use to > create online learning Web sites for their classes, and it has about 30 > million users in 207 countries, according to Galli. > > The Microsoft Live Services Plug-in for Moodle is the first of what will be > a set of software releases for the education community that Microsoft will > make available for download > online<http://www.educationlabs.com/pages/default.aspx>via its > Education Labs Web site, the company said through its public > relations firm. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20090722/4ec767b8/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:30:16 +0000 (UTC) > From: Simon Vass <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUG] Launchpad goes Open-Source > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <15238891.14841248276616932.javamail.r...@mail> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Canonical delivers good on promise. > > http://blog.canonical.com/?p=192 > > Simon Vass > Technical Manager > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:48:24 +0300 > From: Wire James <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 59, Issue 51 > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <1248324506.4603.17.ca...@wire> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Senyonjo > > Sentiments aside, they are good business men. They have mastered the art > of survival. > > Wire > > > On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 14:06 +0300, Dennis M S wrote: > > > I think i see where their play is leading to, the attempt to appear > > generous is not the open source spirit as we now it, but rather a > > sheilded way of retaining windows is dominant market share..case in > > point, by having better virtulization support for *nix variants, this > > will make the windows linux virtualisation usage more friendly hence, > > giving current windows lovers another reason to stay on the obese > > OS,..thus cementing linux or any *nix variants as cheap options to it, > > with rudimentary support for device drivers ,media plugin's etc..as we > > already know to the non technically inclined, downloading/updating or > > even surfing in a virtualized environment is "impossible" as it cant > > be concieved by them that the host and virtual OS can use the same > > hardware concurrently..such a stain can't be shakenoff in the end > > user's mind's..,the same stain will stick to products's like ChromeOS > > or Android which champion the linux brand....These M$ guy's are truely > > evil. > > > > Senyonjo M Dennis > > Bsc.ComputerScience III > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific > > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: a ping says more than a thousand words (Peter > > Lubambula) > > 2. Re: It is starting to get cold in hell. (Simon Vass) > > 3. Re: a ping says more than a thousand words (Peter C. > > Ndikuwera) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:40:08 +0300 > > From: Peter Lubambula <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] a ping says more than a thousand words > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Exciting last days. Not to be greedy, but i expected faster. > > not just 3x. > > > > On 7/22/09, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday 22 July 2009 03:05:50 pm Markus A. Wipfler > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > uganda#ping 87.248.113.14 re 10 > > > > > > > > Type escape sequence to abort. > > > > Sending 10, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 87.248.113.14, timeout > > > > is 2 seconds: !!!!!!!!!! > > > > Success rate is 100 percent (10/10), round-trip > > > > min/avg/max = 201/201/202 ms > > > > > > > > > Great stuff! > > > > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted > > them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not > > responsible for them in any way. > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:56:47 +0000 (UTC) > > From: Simon Vass <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] It is starting to get cold in hell. > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <2166698.14051248253007883.javamail.r...@mail> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > Sorry shouldn't that be beware geeks bearing gifts?! Thank > > you Thank you I'll be here all week. > > > > Simon Vass > > Technical Manager > > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul Bagyenda" <[email protected]> > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, 22 July, 2009 08:35:50 GMT +03:00 Iraq > > Subject: Re: [LUG] It is starting to get cold in hell. > > > > > > Beware Greeks bearing gifts. > > > > > > Still, why does anyone run Linux on top of Windows?! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 22, 2009, at 06:35, Niles Collins wrote: > > > > > > > > > > They could theoretically take over the entire OS by > > contributing the most code. Lord knows they have enough money > > to throw some talented programmers on the case. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jul 21, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Wire James < > > [email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Very good news. I like their change of heart and strategy. It > > shows that they did not achieve market dominance by mistake. > > They are a malleable company. > > > > Wire > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 10:07 -0400, Niles Collins wrote: > > > > > > > http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/07/microsoft-aims-at-vm-market-with-linux-kernel-code-offering.ars > > > > > > > > Microsoft is contributing approximately 20,000 lines of source > > code to the Linux kernel with the aim of improving support for > > running the Linux operating system in virtualized environments > > on Windows servers. The move is part of a broader trend at > > Microsoft towards collaboration with the open source software > > community. > > > > Prominent Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced > > the code submission today in a message posted to the Linux > > kernel mailing list. He says that the new drivers contributed > > by Microsoft will soon land in the staging tree where they > > will undergo some refinement before they are merged directly > > into the mainline kernel. Microsoft is making the code > > available under the terms of GNU's General Public License > > (GPL), the open source software license that is used by the > > Linux kernel. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing > > list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG > > is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The > > above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not > > responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not > > responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not > > responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not > > responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:49:05 +0300 > > From: "Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] a ping says more than a thousand words > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Woah!!! > > > > So when can wanainchi start subscribing? > > > > On 22/07/2009, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was about to leak the rumours, but decided against it. > > Congrats > > > guys. I am almost tempted to dust off the biblical > > allusions. > > > Something along the lines of seeing clearly for once, etc. > > > > > > And what a way to announce the revolution, with ping > > times :) > > > > > > P. > > > > > > On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:05, Markus A. Wipfler wrote: > > > > > >> uganda#ping 87.248.113.14 re 10 > > >> > > >> Type escape sequence to abort. > > >> Sending 10, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 87.248.113.14, timeout > > is 2 > > >> seconds: > > >> !!!!!!!!!! > > >> Success rate is 100 percent (10/10), round-trip min/avg/max > > = > > >> 201/201/202 ms > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Markus > > >> > > >> > > >> PS: This is highly unofficial so don't get too excited, but > > we are > > >> basically there. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> LUG mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > >> > > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted > > them > > >> (including attachments if any). 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