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 Perl 5 Is Dying: Languages Posted by: comforteagle
From the Sinking Ship dept.:
"When 5.12 hits we have a chance of winning programmers back, but the language has so much baggage -- both technical and social -- that I don't think it will win anyone back. We're losing because we didn't need marketing when we were the duct tape of the internet and now we sneer at it. We're losing because we rested on our laurels and scoffed at the up-and-comers. We're losing because older programmers ignored the concerns of the younger programmers. We're losing for the same reason that there are still people who object to images on Web pages, much less Flash and Javascript."
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MySQL 5.1 Released, Not Quite Up To Par: Databases Posted by: comforteagle
From the Not Reassuring dept.:
"It's no secret that MySQL 5.1 has been a long time in the making, with the first beta release being in Nov 2005, but MySQL 5.1.30 has finally been released as GA. MySQL users can expect new features such as table/index partitioning, row based replication, a new plugin architecture, an event scheduler and a host of performance improvements from 5.1."
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openSUSE Kills EULA: Legal Posted by: comforteagle
From the Agree or Else dept.:
Just in time for openSUSE 11.1 RC 1, we’ve finished the new and improved license for openSUSE 11.1. The days of agreeing to a EULA for openSUSE are over!
... the highlights are:
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Fedora 10 Released: Linux Posted by: comforteagle
From the Cambridge dept.:
Fedora 10, aka 'Cambridge,' was released today. Some of the major features include: 'wireless connection sharing enables ad hoc network sharing, better setup and use of printers through improved management tools, virtualization storage provisioning for local and remote connections now simplified, SecTool is a new security audit and intrusion detection system.' Versions of major software include: Gnome 2.24, Eclipse 3.4 and RPM 4.6.
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Final judgment: SCO owes Novell millions (plus interest): Legal Posted by: comforteagle
From the Until More Appeals dept.:
Federal district judge Dale A. Kimball has handed down the final judgment in the SCO case. The decision dismisses SCO's latest claims, grants declaratory relief to Novell, and sustains the court's previous judgment that SCO owes Novell over $2.54 million (plus interest) for unjust enrichment.
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Red Hat offers mainframe-class support: Linux Posted by: comforteagle
From the dept.:
Red Hat has introduced a new level of support for customers operating mission-critical workloads, offering decade-long product lifecycles for participating Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.
Available immediately, the Red Hat Advanced Mission-Critical Programme offers service levels previously available only on mainframe-class systems, according to the firm.
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Taxman Coming for Mozilla: Mozilla Posted by: comforteagle
From the Bloodsucking dept.:
With the release of the Mozilla Foundation's 2007 financial report, questions have been raised by the IRS who are due to perform an audit on the non-profit organization behind the massively popular Firefox browser. Last year the Foundation received $66 million of its total $75 million revenue (88 percent) from search engine maestro's Google, so the IRS are looking for blood over the organizations tax exempt status.
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State of Mozilla Corp.: Mozilla Posted by: comforteagle
From the Lizard Finances dept.:
Our revenue remains strong; our expenses focused. Mozilla’s revenues (including both Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation) for 2007 were $75 million, up approximately 12% from 2006 revenue of $67 million. As in 2006 the vast majority of this revenue is associated with the search functionality in Mozilla Firefox, and the majority of that is from Google. The Firefox userbase and search revenue have both increased from 2006. Search revenue increased at a lesser rate than Firefox usage growth as the rate of payment declines with volume. Other revenue and support sources were product revenues from online affiliate programs and the Mozilla Store, public support, and interest and other income on our invested assets.
The agreement between Google and the Mozilla Corporation that accounts for the bulk of the revenue has been renewed for an additional three years, and now expires at the end of November of 2011.
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OpenOffice five times more popular than Google Docs: Open Source Posted by: comforteagle
From the Offline dept.:
Confirming recent comments by Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer, an independent study released Friday found OpenOffice.org's free office suite to be five times more popular among adult U.S. internet users than Google Docs.
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Security Updates for Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey: Mozilla Posted by: comforteagle
From the Patch dept.:
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 and SeaMonkey 1.1.13 have been released. These releases contain several critical security updates, which include patches for crashes and remote code execution. All users are encouraged to update to the latest versions.
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