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Open Source Software Science Fiction
2,198 words... le wearing a body cast. Besides, Unix is the operating system of the Internet. While you can learn to use the Internet without knowing Unix, you can't be an Internet hacker without understanding it. For this reason, the hacker culture today is pretty strongly Unix-centered. (This wasn't always true, and some old-time hackers aren't happy about it, but the symbiosis between Unix and the Internet has become strong enough that even Microsoft's muscle doesn't seem able to seriously dent it. ) So...
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Open Source Software Windows Xp
1,343 wordsThe jury is still out on how Linux will build on its initial proliferation in the enterprise. Linux vendors have consolidated in search of solid ground, but IBM's incarnation of the penguin may portend success in tomorrow's high-speed networks. We asked industry experts how they expect Linux to reach its stride. Linux has demonstrated its worth at the server level and in clustering. In addition to being a robust operating system, its nonproprietary nature allows OEMs to tweak the architecture fo...
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Open Source Software Mac Os
2,331 words... Mac OS X, but a few criticized it as being more difficult and less user-friendly than the original Mac OS. 4. 2 Microsoft Vista has been released in 2007 and it is the first new operating system since Windows XP was introduced in 2001. The long-anticipated system was first made available to businesses only. A consumer version was released later. The new system won generally favorable reviews for its improved graphics, search capabilities, and stronger security protection against viruses. Win...
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Open Source Software Source Code
2,149 wordsIn his essay, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Eric Raymond says: Perhaps in the end the open-source culture will triumph not because cooperation is morally right or software hoarding is morally wrong but simply because the closed-source world cannot win an evolutionary arms race with open-source communities that can put orders of magnitude more skilled time into a problem. Probably the best way to begin, is by giving a little background into the man who wrote this quote. While researching this pap...
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Open Source Software Frequently Asked Questions
4,338 wordsHow To Become A Hacker Why This Document? As editor of the Jargon File, I often get email requests from enthusiastic network newbies asking (in effect) how can I learn to be a wizard hacker? . Oddly enough there dont seem to be any FAQs or Web documents that address this vital question, so heres mine. If you are reading a snapshot of this document offline, the current version lives at web What Is A Hacker? The Jargon File contains a bunch of definitions of the term 'hacker, most having to do wit...
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