Peter Nowak wrote a CBC article yesterday about Quebec being sued for not accepting software contract bids:
“Government buyers are using an exception in provincial law that allows them to buy directly from a proprietary vendor when there are no options available, but Facil said that loophole is being abused…”
The article has the tantalizing title of [...]
Tag Archives: Ubuntu
Quebec’s Anti- Open Source Policy
August 28, 2008 – 10:36 am
Microsoft Meaning of “UnsupportedBrowser”?
May 18, 2008 – 2:20 pm
If “Office Live” is an indication, Microsoft seems to prefer a fragile web. A web not only restricted to a couple of web browsers, but also to specific operating systems.
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Ubuntu Aptitude Giving Me Attitude
March 4, 2008 – 3:36 pm
The Ubuntu command line tool to install software aptitude wants to install a bunch of additional packages that aren’t required according to apt-get.
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Dealing with the High Cost of Ubuntu
December 11, 2007 – 2:02 pm
Yesterday, I did an install of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on the Dell Dimension E520. The install went well; I haven’t experienced any hardware problems (yet), but I’m near tears for all the (minor) experience issues.
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WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
October 5, 2007 – 3:51 pm
Today, when I tried to <code>aptitude install</code> a package on Ubuntu the response was “WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!”
I received a similar warning when I tried to use Synaptic Package Manager.
I checked and made sure that the software was trying to install from the official repository.
I’m not really sure of the cause, or [...]
Walt Mossberg Wrote the Safe Article About Ubuntu, “I still advise mainstream, nontechnical users to avoid Linux”
September 13, 2007 – 10:27 pm
Walt Mossberg, you are one of my favorite technology reporters, and so I’m particularly disappointed by your article
“Linux’s Free System Is Now Easier to Use, But Not for Everyone“.
My first disappointment is the timing of the article. September 27th Ubuntu will have a beta release of their next version with Ubuntu 7.10 scheduled for release [...]
“Fan error” Blown Away
September 6, 2007 – 10:15 pm
I’m writing this email on my purring ThinkPad T42p with its new fan. Yes!
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“Fan error”
August 31, 2007 – 4:50 pm
My ThinkPad t42p is less than two years old, and today it became a paper weight — I hope temporarily.
Thursday Update: Yes, it seems that it was temporary!
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Ubuntu & I’m too smart for my own good
August 21, 2005 – 3:50 am
With the immediate arrangements for me “volunteering” for my employer, Flock, I booted up a “400$ special” PC, built myself 10 months ago. I have not used this PC much since starting with Merc, as they have met well all my “computing needs” At Merc I had 4 PCs (2 of them top of [...]
http://http:// & Microsoft.com
August 20, 2005 – 10:50 am
http://http:// is redirected to Microsoft. I have stumbled upon this once before, but did not have time to reflect on it.
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