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Microsoft Launches Linux Labs Website 275

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 06, 2006 @04:55PM from the getting-the-message-out dept.

mjdroner writes "ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft is launching a website to 'share the activities of its internal Linux laboratories.' Microsoft says its goal is to foster communication with those who use open-source. The article also mentions that Microsoft runs a 300-server Linux installation to test open-source products." From the article: "Customers will be able to submit requests to Microsoft employees. For example, a person could ask how to best test the use of Linux desktops working with Microsoft's directory software. In addition, Port 25 will do video interviews with Microsoft employees with experience in the open-source or Unix world, Hilf said."

Comment Re:Interesting... (Score 5, Informative) 1032

by rjpcal on Wednesday February 02, 2005 @04:08PM (#11554196) Attached to: Cellphone Drivers Drive Like Drunks

I shall have to see if I can acquire these reports. However, I would feel better about the conclusions if they came from more than one source: D. L. Strayer and W. A. Johnston appear to have done the bulk of the work [in both reports] collaboratively. A second report from a wholly different group would help validate Strayer & Johnston's work.

Treffner, PJ; Barrett, R Hands-free mobile phone speech while driving degrades coordination and control TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR, 7 (4-5): 229-246 JUL-SEP 2004
McCarley, JS; Vais, MJ; Pringle, H; et al. Conversation disrupts change detection in complex traffic scenes HUMAN FACTORS, 46 (3): 424-436 FAL 2004
Rakauskas, ME; Gugerty, LJ; Ward, NJ Effects of naturalistic cell phone conversations on driving performance JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH, 35 (4): 453-464 2004
Gugerty, L; Rakauskas, M; Brooks, J Effects of remote and in-person verbal interactions on verbalization rates and attention to dynamic spatial scenes ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION, 36 (6): 1029-1043 NOV 2004
Golden, C; Golden, CJ; Schneider, B Cell phone use and visual attention PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, 97 (2): 385-389 OCT 2003
Spence, C; Read, L Speech shadowing while driving: On the difficulty of splitting attention between eye and ear PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 14 (3): 251-256 MAY 2003

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