http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/ en-us Copyright 2008 Fri, 09 May 2008 09:53:07 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/gpl-1-skype-0.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/gpl-1-skype-0.html GPL open source Skype Fri, 09 May 2008 09:53:07 -0500 The state of Israel turns 60 today and I've seen all kinds of coverage on TV/newspapers/web. From a technology point of view there are a bunch of things that have come from that tiny country, but for this short blog... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/israel-60-tech-innovations-tha.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/israel-60-tech-innovations-tha.html firewall ICQ instant messaging Israel PHP technology Zend Thu, 08 May 2008 10:20:31 -0500 From the 'many eyes don't necessarily mean better security' files:Open Source thrives on the idea that contributions help to grow development. Open Source thrives on the idea that many eyes looking at open code can provide better security than proprietary... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/dont-run-mozilla-firefox-in-ha.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/dont-run-mozilla-firefox-in-ha.html Firefox Mozilla open source security Thu, 08 May 2008 09:51:35 -0500 From the 'newer, better, faster' files:After what seemed like an eternity (to me at least) OpenOffice.org 3.0 (OOo) is now finally in full Beta testing. Hurray!There are a lot of things to like about OOo 3, but on the... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/openofficeorg-3-hits-beta-test.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/openofficeorg-3-hits-beta-test.html GPLv3 OOo open source OpenOffice Wed, 07 May 2008 16:25:28 -0500 I'm not sure.Sun first announced OpenSolaris in 2005 but they keep finding ways to announce 'first releases'. Yesterday was one such release. I've written about a number of OpenSolaris releases over the years, often though under the guise of... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/does-opensolaris-matter.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/does-opensolaris-matter.html FreeBSD Linux Linux Foundation open source OpenSolaris Sun Tue, 06 May 2008 15:47:06 -0500 I wish I knew! But as of this posting, Judge Kimball has not made his decision in the SCO versus Novell trial that occurred last week. The ever vigilant Groklaw site has posted pdf/html transcripts of each day of... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/sco-novell-trial-the-verdict-i.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/sco-novell-trial-the-verdict-i.html Linux Novell open source SCO Unix Mon, 05 May 2008 11:26:26 -0500 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/interop-las-vegas-2008-roundup.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/interop-las-vegas-2008-roundup.html Interop networking Fri, 02 May 2008 17:39:21 -0500 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/php-526-updates-for-security.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/php-526-updates-for-security.html open source PHP security Fri, 02 May 2008 13:12:12 -0500 LAS VEGAS. At a show as big as Interop there are always a lot of different technologies on display, some of them being more interesting than others.But what are users/attendees actually interested in?Network Instruments and NetQoS did an on-site... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/interop-what-users-want.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/interop-what-users-want.html Thu, 01 May 2008 11:39:39 -0500 From the 'security is not all doom and gloom' files:At Interop last year I heard David DeWalt President and CEO of McAfee deliver a keynote -- he was new on the job and he spent the bulk of his... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-are-we-all-sick.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-are-we-all-sick.html interop McAfee networking security Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:04:52 -0500 From the 'when sessions go bad and people shout and walk out' files:It's very rare that I've every been in a session at any conference session where an attendee heckles the panel and storms out. In a session at... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-open-source-panel-heck.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-open-source-panel-heck.html interop networking open source Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:54:59 -0500 LAS VEGAS. Some conference keynotes are noteworthy, some are just boring, then there are the ones that just go ... well, bad.I'm sitting in the final afternoon keynote now where Cisco's Jayshree V. Ullal Senior Vice President, Data Center,... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-when-keynotes-go-bad.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-when-keynotes-go-bad.html Cisco interop networking Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:23:06 -0500 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-using-microsoft-to-mon.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-using-microsoft-to-mon.html Interop Linux Microsoft networking Novell Red Hat servers Unix Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:29:27 -0500 From the 'daaahling you look maaarvelous' files:I'm sitting in a Cisco sponsored media roundtable session at Interop about the Video Ready Campus and I just heard something that I was startled by. Robert Whiteley Principal Analyst and Research Director... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-video-is-the-key-to-ne.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-video-is-the-key-to-ne.html Cisco Forrester Research interop networking video Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:47:08 -0500 From the 'if you can't measure it, it's not true' files:Green IT and power saving has been a hot topic ever since the inconvenient truth of our planet's global warming crisis hit the mass media. Sure there are a lot... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-how-green-is-your-data.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-how-green-is-your-data.html green technology interop Ixia networking Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:15:33 -0500