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All Part Of Lifes Rich Pattern...

That was one of his sayings.  My father has passed on from this life to the next.

I hardly know what to write.  No suitable précis could be made of such a talented, skilled and intelligent man.

All I can say is this; he was an incredible father.

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Linux news.

Discover: Windows v Linux security: the real facts - "what's the truth? For every claim there is, somewhere, a counterclaim. But until now there has been no systematic and detailed effort to address Microsoft's major security bullet points in report form."  This contains a really good comparison of some of the myths and facts that microsofties come out with.

Believe: Open Source ready for prime time in UK.gov, says OGC - "Open Source Software is now a viable and credible alternative for government, says a report published yesterday by the UK's Office of Government Commerce. The report, detailing the verdict on a series of proof of concept trials of OSS [...] notes that cost savings can be achieved, and signposts OSS' attractiveness as a possible escape route from vendor lock-in."  At last they realise that government doesn't have to get the short end of the IT stick.  Vendors always seem to treat government contracts as some gravy train and will do anything to hold onto them, well maybe they can loosen that grip a bit!

Invest: Dell pushes Linux into the data centre - "Dell is to certify and pre-install Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on select Dell PowerEdge servers worldwide, the system vendor announced today. [...] Dell customers will be able to buy Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with their single-and dual-processor PowerEdge servers."  Woo! See? Look! There must be demand for it, and Dell poweredge servers are nice <img src='/extensions/emoticons/trillian/e_01.gif' alt=':-)' align='middle'/>

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