internetling.com - 2/10/2009
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Tux_bible If you’re a Linux enthusiast like me, you’ve probably tried to convert a few people over to Linux from another operating system. Even though you succeed many times, there are always a few ‘geniuses’ out there who need some real persuading to switch over to Linux. So here are some quick ...
reuters.com - 2/11/2009
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reuters.com —
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba launched its own variant
of the Linux computer operating system this week in
the latest front of the communist island's battle against what it views as U.S. hegemony. The Cuban variant, called Nova, was introduced at a Havana ...
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Cuba launches own Linux variant to counter U.S.
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linuxpromagazine.com - 2/9/2009
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linuxpromagazine.com —
"At 11:31:30pm UTC on Feb 13, 2009, Unix
time will reach 1,234,567,890. Where will you be at
this momentous second?" - from Bell Labs This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30 seconds EST. If you want to find out what time it will be in your ...
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One of those magic times: On Friday the 13th! - Linux ...
itmanagement.earthweb.com - 2/10/2009
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itmanagement.earthweb.com —
About the Author: Bruce Perens is the creator
of the Open Source Definition, the manifesto of Open
Source and the criterion for Open Source software licensing. Perens represented Open Source at the United Nations World Summit on the Information ...
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Bruce Perens: Combining GPL and Proprietary Software
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