Latest links [March 29, 2007]

Dave Johnson — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:28:49 +0000

ZDNet: GPL 3 isn't the 'last call'
"here are some key changes in the latest GPL draft and how they're designed to target the Microsoft-Novell partnership"
Allison Randal: GPLv3, Third Draft
"I'm beginning to lose confidence in the FSF as the primary defender of free software principles"
Simon Phipps, SunMink: GPLv3 Third Draft
"All very interesting, I know there will be a lot of discussion about this inside Sun over the next few weeks."

Slashdot | Linux Preinstalled Dell Available Soon
in the comments: "So I'm wondering if this is an actual effort to offer Linux boxes or another PR stunt?"
Ian Murdock: Making Solaris more like Linux
"There is no reason we can't make Solaris look and feel more like Linux"

InfoWorld: Dell division will design Web 2.0 datacenters
"Dell hopes to sell the service to only the largest Web-based companies, the top dozen or two dozen hyper-scale datacenters of the business world"
Sun HPC Watercooler: Rackable Clones Black Box
"a 40-foot by 8-foot mobile data center with the capacity to hold up to 1,200 of company's rack-mount 1U (1.75-inch) servers"

fnokd! JBoss.ORG: Blogging & RSS
"I think personal blogging, even on corporate topics, tends to be more real and honest."
fnokd! JBoss.ORG: Plans
Plans include Blogging, RSS and aggregation
BCOM 522: Corporate Blogs: Sun Corporate Blogs Case Study
"blogs also give Sun engineers an outlet for showcasing and getting credit for the work they're doing"
Discovering Identity: Treo Blogging Attempts
Mark tried u*Blog, HBlogger, BlogPlanet, and mo:Blog -- "This little exercise has fallen way short of my expectations"

Breathing Life into a Dead Coyote (Part 1)
Geerjan works to bring the Coyote project back to life for Netbeans 6.0
Southeast VC: Calling All Entrepreneurs
"I still keep hearing from entrepreneurs that VCs are hard to reach"
Ben Rockwood: Web 2.0 Mashup: Define it and win a prize
"people like Tim Bray lay the foundations for greatness and people like Michael reap rewards not due to them"

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