May 2007 – DanLynch.org

Month May 2007

Django proves it’s scalability for traffic-heavy sites

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As you may know if you read this regularly I’m a big fan of Django, the Python based web development framework. I love it and I’m certainly not alone, Google are using it amongst others. In many ways Django is…

Dan
May 31, 2007

Red Hat finally weighs in on the MS patent wars

Politics

Linux distributor Red Hat inc has finally got off the fence and weighed in on the now exploding Microsoft/Linux patent wars. I’m not sure it was really Microsoft’s intention to kick off a full scale intellectual property war but the…

Dan
May 29, 2007

Dell Launches 3 Ubuntu Machines… well kind of anyway

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Well, after all the excitement and anticipation Dell has launched 3 machines pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux but only in the US. As a UK resident I’m a little disappointed, I’ve been waiting and saving my money patiently for a shiny…

Dan
May 28, 2007

New York Stock Exchange Migrates To Unix and Linux

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Here’s an interesting story I came across the other day. The New York Stock Exhange is migrating it’s computer mainframe to Unix and Linux servers. A major task without doubt and it’s great to see such a massive institution putting…

Dan
May 27, 2007

OpenCola – Open Source Cola

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It seems the open source ethos can be applied to all kinds of things, not just software. There is even an open source cola now called OpenCola. It’s licensed under the GNU Public License meaning the ingredients and recipe are…

Dan
May 26, 2007