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March 12, 2004

LinuxCertified LC2430 laptop. 13 Mar 2004: "This box is the nearest thing to a perfect match for my traveling needs as any laptop I've ever used. The keyboard and screen size are big pluses for me, as are the built-in all-in-one card reader for accessing digital photos and the built-in Linux-compatible modem and Ethernet adapter that replace the three PC Cards (modem, wireless, Ethernet) I travel with now. With the LC2430 I only need one, and I'd need none if I had chose the wireless option that's available. All in all... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
10:37:38 PM

Design a Virtual Office with Open Source?. apropos asks: "An interesting question came up recently when discussing (yet again) starting an open-source based consulting company: 'How would you design the ... [Slashdot]
6:28:26 PM

MyStack-worth a look

MyStack.Com

This seems worth a try when I get chance, it seems similiart to Furl, in that I think you can create lists of links. However, instead of a storage area on an independent website. MyStack seems to create html you can paste into your blog.

So if this interests you, don't wait for my lead, just give a whirl!

4:26:32 PM

Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development?. Miguel de Icaza recently led a two-day meeting that brought together developers and early adopters of the Mono project, an open source effort to create a free implementation of the .NET Development Framework. Edd Dumbill attended the gathering and reports on how Mono could become the first-choice platform for Linux software development. [O'Reilly Network ONJava.com]
12:44:22 AM

Homemade Embedded BSD Systems. BSD runs nicely on older PCs, but they can be noisy and time-consuming to set up. Worse yet, the hardware may be at the end of its life. Is there a better alternative to dedicated (and closed) hardware devices? Michael Lucas demonstrates using BSD on a low-power, low-fuss Soekris box. [O'Reilly Network ONJava.com]
12:43:54 AM

Lions, Tigers, Bears-oh my, making $ with Linux-OSBC!!!

OSBC 2004-Open Source Business Conference

WOW! What a concept making money with Linux, YIKES, hold onto your hats folks, this earth shattering concept now has a new conference!!!!

from their website:

"The Open Source Business Conference ("OSBC") is the only concerted effort to address and answer the question of how to build a business around OSS. Over the course of the two-day conference, attendees will interact with the brightest thinkers and most innovative practitioners in open source business today. Attendees will leave with both a deeper appreciation of the voids remaining in the OSS arsenal, and a fuller understanding of how to resolve these gaps to build sustainable, higher-margin OSS businesses."

12:40:39 AM

LinuxDevices: Open Source for Capitalists. "Yet despite all the attention paid to open source; all the momentum behind it; and all the progress it has made, the open source community has overlooked one critical ingredient to its ultimate, overwhelming success..."... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
12:31:43 AM