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... according to Jamie Kellner, former CEO of Turner Broadcasting, in an argument that ultimately caused the demise of the ReplayTV 4000. In case you don't remember, the ReplayTV unit was essentially a Tivo that, among other things, automatically skipped commercials.

Eben Moglen on Free Software:

"The politics of open source are not anti-business or anything to be ashamed of, but a return to America's inventive roots after a period dominated by innovation-stifling monopolies."

We could be there soon. By the end of this year, if an independent survey of developers across North America is accurate.

Linux Today - Editor's Note: Tipping Point Ahead

Every day, you hear more stories about open source successes. Like this one:

Techworld.com - City finds big savings in Linux

Most of the document management chapter of the book focuses on revision control, on applying developer tools to manage documents. It also talks about content management using systems like Plone and wikis.

Not many people take the time to read software licenses. But you should. It's amazing how much spin some companies put in their marketing message, compared to the fine print:

We've written about drakloop and mountloop, a couple of Mandriva programs that simplify the task of creating an encrypted container for your sensitive files.

Just yesterday I was talking about calendar sharing with a potential client, and today I run across this:

I'm the token computer consultant in a local chapter of a business group, and I provide all kinds of services related to computers. Earlier this week I announced to the group that I don't fix Windows machines.

Here's a useful link for making Dspam clean up much more efficiently...

Optimizing DSPAM + MySQL 4.1 | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

This is more business than software. One of the main target audiences for my book is the small IT consultant who wants to help businesses by providing systems to improve the business, instead of just fixing their computers. To be able to do that, you need to understand business.

Recently we were looking for a service to conduct a survey. We checked out a bunch of different services, including Survey Monkey, and Zoomerang. Each had limitations: memberships that run into hundreds of dollars per year, free versions with limited number of questions or analysis tools, etc.