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Thursday, September 4, 2003
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Politically incorrect observations about Mac OS X and Windows: "A few minutes ago, I had to hard-reset the TiBook I'm typing on. This happens at least once every week or two. |...] Meanwhile, my workhorse desktop machine running Windows XP has yet to bluescreen." [Jon's Radio]
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G5 Mac to power a top-10 supercomputer: "Previously noted in this Slashdot story, the administration of Virginia Tech has announced they're puchasing 1100 G5's (another story) in hopes to build a top-10 supercomputer by October 1. Tech will be spending $5.2 million over five years on the project, which should help it pull in more research money."
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SCO Invoices For Unix Licenses Get Closer: "SCO executives are still selling off their stock. Total proceeds in August of over $600,000. Senior Vice President Reginald Broughton tops the list with over $300,000."
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Commercializing Open Source Software: "A number of business models designed by users and vendors combine open source and commercial software; they use open source as much as possible, adding commercial software as needed. They may use open source software as a central component of a product or service, but use other components to add value, which can then induce customers to pay for the offering (obviously, it is hard to compete with free software on price)." [via Slashdot
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