Monthly Archives: July 2006

links for 2006-07-07

Heed Microsoft’s move, adopt OpenDocument: OSIA OSIA’s response to the Microsoft ODF ruse — welcoming, but with a very appropriate sting in the tail. (tags: press osia odf microsoft) Havaard Nord, co-CEO of Trolltech Aftermath of the IPO. (tags: trolltech … Continue reading

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links for 2006-07-06

Film Trailer: Comedian One of my favourite film trailers of all time, which came up in conversations at GUADEC. “A robot, renegade cop!” (tags: movie trailer jerry seinfeld comedian) Printing, theming improved in GTK 2.10 release Good overview of the … Continue reading

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links for 2006-07-05

Interview with Mark Spencer Asterisk adopts a six-month, (quasi?) time-based release cycle — release management is now a “business edition” differentiator! (tags: asterisk release management) Trolltech IPO – First Day of Trading Trolltech begins trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange … Continue reading

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QoTD: Neil McCauley

“Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner.” — Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro) in Heat

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links for 2006-07-04

Revealed: The identity of the BBC’s latest star Guy Goma mistaken for Guy Kewney on BBC’s 24-hour news channel — wet-your-pants uncomfortable humour (tags: bbc television mistaken identity) Why Mark Pilgrim uses Matroska Documentation, subtitles, tools and CPU: Why Mark … Continue reading

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QoTD: Chris Anderson

“Our species’ survival depends on how fast we embrace the moral shift from ‘patriot’ to ‘global citizen’.” — Chris Anderson, curator of TED, as quoted on a Starbucks cup

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Call for Participation: linux.conf.au 2007

The linux.conf.au 2007 Call for Participation is now open, so if you’re keen to join us in Sydney for one of the world’s great Open Source and Free Software conferences, submit a proposal now.

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