Support for Fedora Linux comes to an end
Support for the Fedora Linux distribution is being wound down.
In a posting on the Fedora site, the volunteers supporting the
software said, “The current model for supporting maintenance
distributions is being re-examined. In the meantime, we are unable
to extend support to older Fedora Core releases as we had
planned.”
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki
IBM boffins slow light to speed processsing
IBM researchers have built a device that can delay the flow of
light on a silicon chip – a key step towards faster computers based
on optical communications. The development will allow data in an
optical chip to be stored temporarily in a buffer, which is
critical in controlling the flow of information, IBM said.
More businesses moving to Linux, survey
reveals
Twenty five per cent of enterprises will be running
mission-critical business applications on Linux platforms by 2009,
according to research by analyst firm Saugatuck Technology and
BusinessWeek Research Services. The survey of more than 130 firms
also found that 45% of enterprises plan to be using Linux to run
critical applications by 2011. At the end of this year, 18% will be
using Linux for key applications. Saugatuck said take-up of Linux
and open source software had now reached “critical mass”.
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