Category Archives: Linux

A year from today Microsoft will lack a majority market share.

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

One year ago at the South East LinuxFest, I, Beth Lynn Eicher indulged in a friendly bet with my friend Nick. “Ubuntu’s Bug One will be resolved in 24 months,” I said. “I’ll bet you $20 that bug one is … Continue reading →

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Tell us of a free world

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

Jon ‘maddog’ Hall has recently blogged about the benefits of speaking at LinuxFest. This is your cue apply to be a speaker at the Ohio LinuxFest by midnight Eastern on Wednesday June 30, 2010. Loyal readers of this blog know … Continue reading →

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Gift of a desktop Part 2

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

I happen to live in a pretty nice part of the world. Food and clean water are ample. Most households have electricity and broadband Internet. A child’s exposure to technology should never be predicated on an ability to pay for … Continue reading →

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Microsoft and Tablets

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Bobbie Lynn

Microsoft may be left behind by the growth of the tablet market. In a few years, Apple has managed to make a space for itself at the center of the smart phone market. While Google’s has joined the fray with … Continue reading →

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I am Fedora

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

My name is Beth Lynn Eicher and I am Fedora. Before Apple’s “I am a Mac and he’s a PC” ads, long before Microsoft’s “I am a PC and Windows 7 is my idea,” Red Hat Inc. had released a … Continue reading →

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Microsoft sells software like its 1984

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

In the 1980′s IBM, convinced that there was only money in hardware, licensed the operating systems for desktop computers to Microsoft Corporation. The PC was born. Software was shipped as a  boxed set with disks and manuals. Want more software? … Continue reading →

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Counting Office Suite – June 2010

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

Since we are almost 12 months from the deadline of Microsoft’s loss of the office suite majority market share, we do need to discuss how to count. Below is my proposal, subject to Nick’s approval, for counting office market share. … Continue reading →

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Making free pay

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

This post is in response to http://opensource.com/business/10/5/show-me-money where Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst asks “Do you have new ideas of what next-generation business models might be?” Observe the picture on this post. On the left is a copy of “Free” … Continue reading →

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Video post: bug one resolved by Google according to “The Street”

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

Sorry this video seems to require full flash. It claims Google resolved bug one: browsers, operating systems, and office suite dominance. If anyone knows of a youtube or other accessible source of this footage, please leave a comment. Actual story … Continue reading →

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Video post: Hey look, Ubuntu is on tv

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

As seen on American TV CBS show on May 18, Ubuntu is shown as the favorite Linux operating system of a physicist character. While I am grateful for the product placement, people should know “Ubuntu is for human beings too.” … Continue reading →

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