Friday November 12, 7:30 AM
Microsoft search encounters glitches on first day
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp.'s widely anticipated search engine,
which launched in test mode on Thursday, encountered some glitches on its
first day, the world's largest software maker said.
The new search engine, Microsoft's first assault on Google Inc.'s leading
position in the market, returned "temporarily unavailable" messages to
some users looking for answers to queries at its Web site at
beta.search.msn.com.
"In the process of making our new MSN Search Beta globally available, we
experienced technical difficulties that rendered it unavailable for some
consumers for periods of time," Microsoft said in an e-mailed statement.
Microsoft said it had expected such problems with MSN Search during its
beta, or test mode, while soliciting feedback from users.
"We expected to find some problems in the beta, and we anticipate there
will be additional times when we limit service availability for
maintenance purposes," the company said.
Microsoft had been working on its search engine for the last 18 months
after deciding to challenge Google's leading position the market.
Microsoft's said its new search engine would deliver results from a
database index of more than 5 billion indexed
Web documents and pages. Google said on Wednesday that it had nearly
doubled its index database to 8 billion pages.
SWITCHOVER to Linux: Insurance majors to invest Rs 400 crore
Financial Express - New Delhi,India
... Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive officer, comes calling next
week, he has to convince government-owned insurance companies that rival
Linux is no ...
<http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=73952>
A new GNU/Linux distribution based on GNU/Debian aimed
at desktop users has Gnome as its Desktop and includes
new vesrsions of the most wanted softwares, like word
processor, web browser, image processing .... It
features brand new Gnome 2.8 (latest) and you can
order cds now (CDs are free of cost not even shipping
cost!). So hurry and download the single feature rich
cd or order.
http://www.ubuntulinux.org
bimal pandit wrote:
> Dear Sriharsha,
>
> there is a project for the same purpose as you are looking for and not
> to say help from all over the globe even here in india!!
>
> the project is LTSP(linux terminal server project) just give it a
> thought and i will try to help you as much as i can.
>
> the site is <http://www.ltsp.org>
I think you wanted to point to http://k12ltsp.org/ rather than LTSP
page. However, I think he does not want a LTSP setup .. (but LTSP will
make things easier to maintain) .
After grepping through my memory, I was able to locate the following
projects that may be helpful to you
http://schoolforge.net/ --> start your search here
http://www.linuxforkids.org/ -- lots of softwares, well indexed and I
hope much better than what your friend is planning to use :-)
http://www.bluelinux.org/ --> BlueEDU is a distribution of the Linux
operating system focused on educational packages.
http://www.tux4kids.com/tux4kids/projects/ --> more software
That should be enough to get you started
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Pantoto communities software
Anand Balasubramanyan <anand.groups(a)gmail.com> informs that the PANTOTO
Communities software is being made available on Source Forge. The software
is available under both GPL and Apache Licenses. Says Balasubramanyan:
"Please join the effort." http://SourceForge.net/projects/pantoto>
PANTOTO is a platform independent, web-enabled software product that allows
end-users to configure information management systems, online communities,
and extranets It is targeted at SMEs, not-for-profit organizations and
government organizations by being a software that aims to reduce the
dependency on the software developer. Developed in Java, PANTOTO uses a
MySQL database and a Tomcat/Resin web-server. The user interface has been
developed using the WebMacro template engine. To know more about the PANTOTO
Communities project please visit http://www.PANTOTO.com
Who is developing PANTOTO?
* Development of the PANTOTO Communities project is being driven by
Servelots Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
* Servelots is a Bangalore based IT company and its sole agenda is to
develop, enhance and service the PANTOTO software.
* With a current team strength of ten, the team is expanding, also
into other cities, to meet a growing set of customization needs of
clients.
* PANTOTO is a free/open source software on sourceforge.net, and the
developer circle extends beyond the team at Servelots.
What is the profile of PANTOTO users?
Mostly from the NGO and SME sector. PANTOTO adopters are typically
functional experts who are not computer savvy, but are able to put
together simple web-based applications for information and community
management for their needs.
~~~~Calling for Participation~~~~
* We are currently seeking software developers who have worked with
Open Source and in an Open Source Environment.
* We also invite participation from individuals who have experience in
information management/documentation/networking with an interest in
the social development sector.
Working with us in this project requires an understanding of the
significance of your contribution to the NGO sector. We are today in
an environment where IT resources are inaccessible to the NGO and SME
sectors. Visit < http://PANTOTO.com> for more information.
----------------------------------------- PANTOTO Communities - Communities
Managing Community Knowledge
3354 KR Road, Bangalore 560070
totomaster(a)servelots.com
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