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Monday, November 11, 2002

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I made additional changes to the weblog template, tweaking fonts, colors and dimensions. Now this site is based on validated CSS. I like blue color, so I just had to include it in the template. I'm not sure that the result is prettier than the previous version, but I like it.

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Another quote from New Microsoft Open Source Analysis, Deconstructed: "Microsoft is going after open source. Make no mistake about this. I believe the primary method will be to launch patent lawsuits, and that this war will start fairly soon. Microsoft has explicitly threatened to do this, and I don't know how the open-source community can respond." (On Dan Gillmor's eJournal.) [News Is Free: Popular Items]

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Living Without Microsoft writes: ""Shared Source" does not mean "Open Source". Microsoft's "shared source" programme is noticeably different from true Open Source. The OSI has an interesting white paper called Shared Source: A Dangerous Virus."

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Living Without Microsoft writes: "The case for Linux.... A very informative article by Dan Kegel, which links to many other good sources, talks about Linux & Unix deployment in a wide variety of areas."

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Are Tablets Worth Resurrecting? "For those who have had to battle countless problems using Windows CE -- from system incompatibility to its inability to run your favorite applications -- the announcement of Windows XP for tablet PCs is as welcome as turkey on Thanksgiving. But is it the notebook replacement we've all been looking for? Probably not." [osOpinion]

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Are Macs Virus-Proof?: "Unlike previous incarnations of the Mac OS, Apple's OS X is based on the Unix platform, whose code base has been around for more than three decades. While Unix underpinnings have made Apple's OS more powerful and stable, they also have made it more susceptible to viruses and worms." [osOpinion]