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+ - In search of a new OSS busines model-> 0

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on Thursday November 15, 2007 @06:51PM

tim_abell writes "In this article I set out a possible middle way for funding OSS development, half way between one off contracts and full collaborative funding.
All destructive criticism gratefully received ;-)"
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+ - coroner calls for "insult chatrooms" to be-> 0

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on Thursday September 13, 2007 @08:18PM

tim_abell writes "The BBC is reporting the controversial call for an end to "insult chatrooms" after the suicide of a man using them."
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Comment: Just use a VM ... and Windows XP (Score 1) 234

by tim_abell on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @09:32AM (#17521452) Attached to: Internet Explorer 7 on Linux

Just use a VM

This implies having a Windows XP licence, which is a bit more than "Just"
some prices
Even if these prices are out of date, you get my drift that this is an extra overhead.

I don't think you are allowed to run IE without a windows licence anyway, so the whole idea of running IE in linux would only be for convenience.

Just so you know I have an msdn subscription and therefore legal access to windows, however I would dearly love to ditch this dependency.

Having to test for IE clients is yet another lock in to windows.