Josh Kuo’s article High Availability with Open Source has been posted to the InfoWorld web site. Josh gives the low down on three of the more popular Open Source high availability (HA) apps out there, offering pros and cons and explaining the optimal situation in which each one should be deployed. Comments are welcomed and appreciated.
Josh Kuo’s article Embracing Open Document Format (ODF) has been posted to the InfoWorld web site. Josh’s article discusses what the Open Document Format is, where it has support, and which major application <*cough* Microsft Word *hack* *cough*> does not
support it. But fear not! Josh has found a helper application to MS Word which will allow you to work with ODF right now.
Josh Kuo has posted his article Beef Up Your Wireless Router on the InfoWorld magazine web site. This is a good overview on the opportunities presented by instaling the Linux based OpenWRT OS on your wireless router device. As always, your comments are appreciated.
High Mobley’s article Secure Linux Appliances in Your Enterprise has been posted to the InfoWolrd magazine web site. This article is an informative overview of the Debian Router Project, and the myriad possibiltiies that it presents for Linux appliances that you can easily make yourself. Your comments are appreciated.
In this article EC: ‘Open source almost always cheaper option’, about findings of a study done by the European Commission, Europe is really pushing for the long-term endorsement of open source solutions as opposed to proprietary ones. This is in the wake of Microsoft UK’s ad campaign called “Get the Facts” which persuades readers to choose Windows over Linux for server solutions. The article goes on to praise Open Office as a comparable substitute over proprietary office suites since it’s free and just as stable. The study also noted something fairly interesting:
But the report issued two notes of caution. Firstly, it said that short term costs would be higher for organizations migrating, even partially, to open source, largely because of the initial cost of training. Secondly it said some workers may feel undervalued if they are required to work with free software.
This has a bite of reality to it. It isn’t always cheap switching to something free, once the price of adjusting or training is factored in. I like that second point the most, because although it may go against logic and the bottom-line, I have witnessed this stigma first-hand. Despite these two initial hesitations, we’re going to see an increasing number of start-ups and big-business choose or incorporate open source solutions to surpass their long term goals.