Ubuntu Linux: Servers, licensing and installation advice
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| In this Q&A, Kutz gives some advice for getting started with Ubuntu,
| his perspective on the inclusion of proprietary licensing and a tip
| on troubleshooting during an Ubuntu installation.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1255952,00.html
Open Source Mapping Database For Broadband Data Recommended
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| A user-generated mapping database could compliment and verify
| existing data collection methods, ITIF said, adding that current
| information is flawed in at least one more way. Recent reports
| from South Dakota indicate 2.5 broadband lines per business
| in that state.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070531/tc_cmp/199703633
Related:
DM Solutions Group Announces Support for Open-Source Web Mapping Technology
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| The open-source Web-mapping user community has been growing exponentially
| in the past few years -- the MapServer user base alone is estimated to be
| between 40,000 and 70,000 worldwide. As these communities have grown and
| evolved, user's needs for heightened support have grown with it.
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http://www.geospatial-online.com/geospatialsolutions/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=371640
Open source creeps into mapping software
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| Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), MapGuide Open
| Source enables organizations to develop and distribute spatial and design
| data over the Web.
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| [...]
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| "We think there is a direct analogy between what's happening in Web
| mapping [software market], and what happened with Web servers in the
| beginning," Zeiss said, noting that the trend toward commoditization
| had convinced Autodesk to contribute MapGuide Open Source to the OSGF.
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| "This was a strategic way of creating a much bigger market than we could
| have ever created with a closed-source product," he added.
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| With an open source product on its cards, Zeiss said Autodesk is also
| following the footsteps of other open-source software vendors--that is,
| to charge for premium services and support.
|
| [...]
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| "To open-source AutoCAD will be giving away valuable trade secrets to
| competitors. There's no prospect for doing that at all," he explained.
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| IDC noted in a June 2006 report that it is too early to assess the
| long-term impact of Autodesk's open source strategy. "But initial
| indications are that geospatial users and the open source community are
| responding positively, perhaps to the point of shifting Web-based
| geospatial interfaces to a predominantly open source model," the
| analyst company said.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,61952140,00.htm
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