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Submission + - Open-source community's double standard on MySQL (com.com)

Submitted by

AlexGr

on Monday August 13, 2007 @11:29AM

AlexGr writes: "Matt Asay raises a really good point in his CNET News Blog: Deja vu. Remember 2002? That's when Red Hat decided to split its code into Red Hat Advanced Server (now Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Fedora. Howls of protest and endless hand-wringing ensued: How dare Red Hat not give everything away for free? Enter 2007. MySQL decides to comply with the GNU General Public License and only give its tested, certified Enterprise code to those who pay for the service underlying that code (gasp!). Immediately cries of protest are raised, How dare MySQL not give everything away for free? http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9758671-7.html?ta g=head"

Submission + - The $100 personal gym?

Submitted by

Corson

on Monday August 13, 2007 @11:24AM

Corson writes: "CBC reports that the 21st century diabetes epidemic affects almost 7.5% of the world population, almost 250 million people. Diabetes, or complications from the disease, now kills 3.8 million people a year or about the same number as HIV/AIDS. Nine out of 10 Canadians with diabetes have Type 2 and the percentage is probably similar in other developed countries. There is no cure for this condition; diet and exercise are recommended to keep Type 2 diabets and its complications in check. While there is hope that new drug therapies will become available in the near future (see also /. article Bone Hormone Linked to Obesity and Diabetes), one of the experts cited indicates that "There is no doubt that this is linked to the epidemics of overweight and obesity, and there is no doubt that this increase in overweight and obesity is linked to the profound way in which the life of those children and adolescents has changed over the past 10 to 20 years." But exercising is more easy said than done — for reasons that have to do mainly with mood, fatigue, time, and money. I wonder if the time has come to consider building an affordable, "$100 Personal Gym" that everyone could have in their bedroom to exercise on a regular basis with minimal time and financial constraints. Also, given that "...as long as developing countries continue to embrace the bad health habits associated with affluence, the diabetes epidemic will continue to grow.", they might benefit more from such a device than from the $100 Laptop."

Submission + - Ziff Davis Launches Green Technology Site (goodcleantech.com)

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mikemuch

on Monday August 13, 2007 @11:17AM

mikemuch writes: "Part of Ziff's suite of newer blog-style sites like Appscout and Gearlog, the new GoodCleanTech launched last Thursday and focuses on all things green and technical. Recent entries include stuff like a tidal turbine project in the East River, a wind-up MP3 player, and a combo solar/electric barbecue. And of course there's reportage of Al Gore's every movement."

Community vs. Corporate Linux, The Coming Divide 201

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 13, 2007 @11:15AM from the deja-what-now dept.

tobyj writes "MadPenguin.org discusses the great divide that will separate corporate Linux (companies that are working with Microsoft) and community Linux (companies that haven't yet partnered with Microsoft) and their impact on Linux as a whole. Matt Hartley writes, "For Linux enthusiasts, the rules are simple and clear to interpret. But for Microsoft and its Linux partners, we will see plenty of them pointing to self-created loopholes, which will result in fierce debate, and perhaps even worse, blatant defiance. As a collective community, we'd like to think that this whole issue will just blow over, but with the massive migration of so many Windows users and companies that wish to capitalize on this migration, defiance of the GPL will happen and more so than ever before."

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