Fsf-friends January 2007

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The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

by Sandip Bhattacharya

In the Economic Times (at Bangalore) today, there is an article on page 6 titled "MS takes linux world by storm" """ When asked about its participation in Linux Asia, Microsoft said that the company will try to educate clients and communicate about its new stance towards open source. Mr Radhesh Balakrishnan, director, platform strategy, Microsoft, told ET, “Open source software is turning commercial and commercial software is becoming more open to open source. We believe that interoperability between the two is the way to the future. People have created a myth in the minds of clients that the world can work only either on open source. Rather than being carried over by rhetoric, clients should rather look at lowering TCO (total cost of ownership). According to a Frost & Sullivan study, Windows offers 15.9% lower TCO than Linux on the server side.’’ """ It is quite obvious what their point of participating in the event is about. I don't understand how a company which doesn't contribute to Linux is any positive/constructive way, can be allowed to participate in such an event. What is the criteria for participating in this apparently Linux event? Conversely, is there any way a Linux company can participate in an Microsoft promoting event and talk about the virtues of Linux? - Sandip

16 years, 4 months

Vista DRM Cracked on Launch Day

by പ്രവീ ണ്‍‌| Praveen എ|A

Vista DRM Cracked on Launch Day A ReactOS developer and first year student of bachelor's degree in software engineering Alex Ionescu [1] from Canada has blogged about a way to bypass the PMP (Protected Media Path), a DRM technique used in Windows Vista. Read the blog here [2] [1] http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Alex_Ionescu [2] http://www.alex-ionescu.com/?p=24 Cheers Praveen -- Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

16 years, 4 months

Re: [Fsf-friends] GNU Linux - trusted by Microsoft India

by Ajay Pal Singh Atwal

----- Anurag <anurag(a)gnuer.org> wrote: > Sometime on Monday 29 January 2007 12:45, CK Raju said: > > When a non-free proprietary software leasing agency like Microsoft > Inc has > > its portals hosted on Free Software (GNU Linux) platforms (details > at > > http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=microsoft.co.in), our > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > A point to note is that the domain "microsoft.co.in" has been squatted > over by > some ``eTechSupport.net'' and is not owned by Microsoft. > > The result being shown by netcraft are actual ones, eTechSupport does > run > gnu/linux. > Indeed the domain name in question does not seems to belong to Microsoft. Check the whois information, as has already been reported by Anurga, indeed it is some Nasik based company. Maybe MS layers in India are lazy. -- Sincerely Ajay Pal Singh Atwal Dept of CSE & IT BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab, INDIA -------------------------------- http://www.bbsbec.ac.in http://www.ajaypal.com -------------------------------- ajaypal[at]bbsbec.org, ajaypal[at]acm.org

16 years, 4 months

BlueJ threatened by Microsoft.

by Debarshi Ray

BlueJ is a free software IDE which aims to teach object-oriented programming and Java to beginners and is developed by University of Kent and Deakin University with support from Sun Microsystems. The following link tells you about how it is being threatend by Microsoft through software patents. http://www.bluej.org/mrt/?p=21 Regards, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

16 years, 4 months

GNU Linux - trusted by Microsoft India

by CK Raju

When a non-free proprietary software leasing agency like Microsoft Inc has its portals hosted on Free Software (GNU Linux) platforms (details at http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=microsoft.co.in), our government blinks and looks at the opposite direction (http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=mail.bsnl.in). Wonder why our government is so keen to go after services that even Microsoft doesn't trust !! Citizens from TN who voted Dayanidhi Maran to power may petition him on this issue. CK Raju --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers

16 years, 4 months

Re: [Fsf-friends] GNU Linux - trusted by Microsoft India

by CK Raju

On Prashanth Mohan's report at http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2007-January/004582.html. True. DNS can be configured to serve the purpose of load-balancing. But the point is at least one server should be on Microsoft whose information is being cached. In this case you don't find one such. If Akamai is being used, the servers' IP address should change everytime you request for details, when there are more cache servers. This also is not the case here. Lastly there is no *unusual* combination of Linux and Microsoft IIS 6.0, all combinations are Linux Apache which confirms absence of any *Akamai activity*. Microsoft.co.in's case appear to be truly "trusted entirely with GNU Linux" for Microsoft India. Isn't this more accurate ? CK Raju --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers

16 years, 4 months

Desktop Linux 2006: The Year in Review

by Tinku Sampath

The OSDL's Desktop Linux Working Group has published its first year-end report on the state of the overall desktop Linux ecosystem. The report provides insight into the year's key accomplishments in terms of functionality, standards, applications, distributions, market penetration, and more..... http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3453502692.html - Tinku Sampath

16 years, 4 months

Controlling spam.

by Debarshi Ray

http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/ListHelperAntiSpam The above link documents a nice way to control spam on GNU Mailman run mailing lists. I am using it on 2 lists.gnu.org lists and 1 non lists.gnu.org list. Things seem to be ok till now. Cheers, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

16 years, 4 months

BBC to host Multi OS debate

by james mathew

BBC is currently seeking submissions from all you Microsoft Windows, Mac and [GNU/]Linux devotees "in 100 words or less, why you are such a supporter of your chosen operating system and what features you love about it". They will then select one user of each platform to go head to head in a debate that will be part of the BBC's Microsoft Vista launch coverage on January 30th. Read the full story on slashdot: http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/01/25/036227.shtml -- HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE!

16 years, 4 months

UPA starts 2007 with a shame bang...

by CK Raju

Friends, Sancharnet, the BSNL mail service provider is undergoing a transition, if its MD is to be believed. The new domain would be bsnl.in, which, is on Microsoft platform. The MD's reason for migration was that this would help supervise and regulate *spams* more effectively! Indian citizens can now imagine a US Cop sitting on top of every mail originating or landing on their private mailbox with censor powers. (Of late mails from our mailing lists are not reaching my mailbox. Perhaps they are spams.) Another perfect entry to hall of shame... Details at http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://mail.bsnl.in Invariably, all e-mail traffic involving the users in subcontinent would be at the mercy of expertise from Microsoft. And all enquiries on such traffic will henceforth be extended only after the consent of US security agencies. UPA Government seems to be putting the technologists of the entire nation to shame, submitting, so meekly, its political will before a foreign power. CK Raju Thrissur --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers

16 years, 4 months

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