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The Virtual Choir Project 58

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 03, 2010 @07:49PM from the is-it-real-or-is-it-youtube dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Conductor and composer Eric Whitacre has successfully created a virtual choir using the voices of 185 people who posted their performance on YouTube. The piece that's performed is called 'Sleep,' composed by the conductor himself in 2000. Anyone can join in — all you need is a webcam and a microphone."

Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable 393

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 16, 2010 @03:41PM from the show-me-the-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Since Oracle's acquisition of Sun, all open source projects that now have Oracle as their primary sponsor are worried about their future, and FUD is spreading quickly. Very few public statements have been made by Oracle executives, particularly regarding OpenSolaris. The community is arguing about the difficulties of forking the code base when most (if not all) of the developers are employed by Oracle. Now Oracle wants the community to prove that open source can be made profitable. What arguments can the Slashdot crowd provide to convince Oracle about that?" Reader greg1104 tips related news about licenses for Solaris. According to an account manager, "Solaris support now comes through a contract on the hardware (Oracle SUN hardware)."

Comment Take it to the people (Score 2, Interesting) 133

by wehup on Saturday March 13, 2010 @05:41PM (#31466912) Attached to: Brinksmanship Continues In Google-China Row Over Censorship

Could Google not go on the offensive by listing censored results and providing a link that leads not to the censored content, but to a page explaining that the government is afraid of the content?

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