Must have Penguin

http://www.howtogeek.com/news/beware-the-dark-side-linux-penguin-jedi/1383/ -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson --- PLUG-d

elevators and sw raid

Is there a particular elevator that generally works best with software raid-1? (More generally, what is the relationship, if any, between elevators and sw raid?) -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.

Re: elevators and sw raid

Maybe http://www.otisworldwide.com/ ? (Sorry, couldn't resist.) Side track: What does the word "elevator" mean in the context of RAID? Alan On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: > Is there a particular elevator that generally works best with software > raid-1? > > (More general

libreoffice, good news or bad news

I just recieved this press release view the openoffice announce mailing list. http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html After reading it, I don't really get whats going on. Is Openoffice.org yet another project that Oracle has dropped the ball on leaving people to try and sa

Re: elevators and sw raid

Alan Dayley wrote: Maybe http://www.otisworldwide.com/ ? (Sorry, couldn't resist.) Side track: What does the word "elevator" mean in the context of RAID? Alan On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Eric Shubert > wrote: Is there a particular elevator that generally wor

Re: libreoffice, good news or bad news

Lord I hope so.. Oracle is the BORG :( There is more information at http://www.documentfoundation.org/ A somewhat related article that might add some insight: Java creator James Goslin makes working at Oracle sound like a micromanaging hell! The 'ethically challenged' bugs me though :( http://www

Re: libreoffice, good news or bad news

I have been whining about all of these oracle logos that keep showing up on my system I say the less the better That said other than spamming their brand all over all of them I don't know what Oracles roadmap for all of suns open progress is. Being that this is being started by key folks i

Re: libreoffice, good news or bad news

They spell out some details in their Faq: http://www.documentfoundation.org/faq/ Q: And why are you calling the software "LibreOffice" instead of "OpenOffice.org"? A: The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation. Our hope is that Oracle will

Re: libreoffice, good news or bad news

For those interested... http://tracker.documentfoundation.org:6969/ On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:22 AM, JD Austin wrote: > They spell out some details in their Faq: > http://www.documentfoundation.org/faq/ > > Q: And why are you calling the > software "Libr

Re: libreoffice, good news or bad news

Am 28. Sep, 2010 schwätzte Brian Cluff so: I just recieved this press release view the openoffice announce mailing list. http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html After reading it, I don't really get whats going on. Is Openoffice.org yet another project that Oracle has dropp

Re: elevators and sw raid

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: > Alan Dayley wrote: > >> Maybe http://www.otisworldwide.com/ ? >> >> (Sorry, couldn't resist.) >> >> Side track: What does the word "elevator" mean in the context of RAID? >> Ha! >> > > In the linux kernel, the I/O scheduler is referred to as

Re: libreoffice, good news or bad news

This is a group of Linux "adults" (Red Hat, Cannonical, others) stepping in to make sure Oracle doesn't hose OO. Without OO the Linux cause is set back YEARS. Jim --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, un

Re: libreoffice, good news or bad news

I just downloaded/installed LibreOffice on my windoze box here; I wonder if this copyright will change soon: LibreOffice 3.3.0 OOO330m7 (Build:9526) ooo-build 2010-09-24 Copyright © 2000, 2010 *Oracle and/or its affiliates*. All rights reserved. This product was created by The Document Foundation,

Re: Looking for October presenters for PLUGdev

how about something related to vim? geared more towards the beginner user. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Ed wrote: > n Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:53 AM, der.hans wrote: > > Am 26. Sep, 2010 schwätzte M Hoy so: > > > > moin moin, > > > >> in the future I am interested in doing presentations. my

Re: libreoffice, good news or bad news

Seems like a lot of former Sun folks are departing from Oracle. I just read the primary ZFS developer is also leaving. I do hope that Oracle wll support the Document Foundation and will assign the OpenOffice rights to them, but I doubt it will happen. Sad -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit o

Re: libreoffice, good news or bad news

Thanks to the copyright assignment requirement for OO.o, Oracle does own all OO.o copyrights at this point. The copyright statement will change if and when new contributions outside of that copyright assignment become significant. Then it will read Oracle and others, because Oracle will still own