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Comment Nothing new (Score 1) 239

by iGraphiX on Friday April 25, 2008 @03:47AM (#23195016) Attached to: New "Iron Curtain" for Russian Internet

Ra-ra-rasputin... Oh, those Russians! I have a friend in Leningrad, he told me that his website was brought down because he had a link to a blog that was offering DIY information on how to build a gun. Isn't it that funny since the most developed weapon trading is made in East and South of Russia. Only God knows what's happening in the far East. But his humble site has been taken offline for a simple link. Meanwhile, politicians do their business with trading guns and kill "unwanted" reporters, which is not dangerous for the Government and their democracy, but a link is definitely dangerous.

Gartner Analysts Warn That Windows Is Collapsing 868

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 11, 2008 @08:18AM from the the-sky-is-falling-if-you-have-enough-ram dept.

spacefiddle writes "Computerworld has an article about a presentation from Gartner analysts in Las Vegas claiming that Windows is 'collapsing', and that Microsoft 'must make radical changes to the operating system or risk becoming a has-been.' Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald provided an analysis of what went wrong with Vista, and what they feel Microsoft can and must do to correct its problems. Larry Dignan of ZDNet has his own take, and while he agrees, he suggests that the downfall of Windows will be slow and drawn-out. As an interesting tangent to this, there's also a story from a few days prior about Ubuntu replacing Windows for a school's library kiosks, getting good performance out of older hardware. '[Network administrator Daniel] Stefyn said he was "pleasantly surprised" to discover that the Kubuntu desktops ran some applications faster with Linux than when they ran on Windows. An additional benefit of Windows' departure from student library terminals saw the students cease 'hacking the setup to install and play games or trash the operating system.'"

VIA Announces Open Source Driver Initiative 134

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 08, 2008 @05:37PM from the itching-for-source dept.

Aron Schatz writes "VIA has announced that they will start a new site (http://linux.via.com.tw — doesn't exist yet) specifically for the development of open source drivers. From their press release: 'Over the following months, VIA will work with the community to enable 2D, 3D and video playback acceleration to ensure the best possible Open Source experience on VIA Processor Platforms. 'To further improve cooperation with the community, VIA will also adhere to a regular quarterly release schedule that is aligned with kernel changes and release of major Linux distributions. In addition, beta releases will be issued on the site as needed, and a bug report and tracking feature will also be integrated.' Nvidia should be next."

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