Web 2.0 Starting to Bubble?

March 21, 2005 1 Comment

It seems like the bubble may be starting to form.
InterActiveCorp buys Ask Jeeves for $1.85 billion
Ask Jeeves Purchases Bloglines in Multi-Million Dollar Deal
Yahoo acquires Flickr
Six Apart Buys LiveJournal
Are just a few of the headlines from the recent past. Web companies are starting to get some “real” money again and the amount of startups getting VC is once again on the rise. Should get interesting. Let's hope we learned some lessons from the last time. irrational exuberance is a term I never want to hear again ;)
–jeremy

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LinuxWorld Canada Followup – Free Passes and a Discount

March 18, 2005 Leave a comment

I'm happy to report that as a result of LQ sponsoring Canada, I am able to offer free passes to everyone. Additionally, if you'd like to purchase a conference pass, you can get 25% off by using code A101. We're still finalizing whether LQ will have a booth, but if you're in the area you should attend – after all, it's free.
–jeremy

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A Couple LQ Initiatives

March 16, 2005 Leave a comment

I hate to use the word “Initiatives” actually. It sounds much too corporate and much too office space for what LQ really is. I couldn't think of a better word though, and it probably won't send LQ into a whirl of red tape and bureaucracy. One thing we've really been putting a concerted effort into recently is reducing the number of threads with 0 replies. Another goal that I have set is to reach 3,000 articles in the LQ Wiki. I haven't set a hard date for this, but “as soon as possible” sounds about right. Contributing to the LQ Wiki couldn't be much easier, and there is even a list of Most Wanted Pages, if you can't think of a topic for an article but would like to help. We've got a couple more things we'd like to do soon also, but I'll keep the list to two for now. As always, if you have any suggestions on how we can improve LQ, please let us know.
–jeremy

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LQ to Sponsor LinuxWorld Canada

March 15, 2005 Leave a comment

I am happy to report that LinuxQuestions.org is going to be sponsoring the upcoming LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Canada which will be held on April 18 – 20, 2005 in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. As of now it even looks like LQ may be exhibiting, so stay tuned for more details.
–jeremy

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TiVo to Make Customized Version for Comcast

March 15, 2005 Leave a comment

This may quell the continuing sentiment that will surely die as a result of not being able to sign a deal with a major Cable company (after recently losing their exclusive deal with DirectTV). I have to admit that I don't quite like my TiVo as much as I used to, both from a technical standpoint and from a company standpoint. There are some features in lower quality OEM DVR's that TiVo should have had long ago (I even emailed them about one of them) on the technical side and they seem to be doing some odd things on the company/business side. Always sad to see a company you were really rooting for (and recommending left and right) go in a direction you don't agree with. I still wish them the best of luck though.
–jeremy

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Ubuntu Joins LQ

March 14, 2005 Leave a comment

I am happy to announce that has joined LinuxQuestions.org. Visit the Ubuntu Forum. Welcome aboard and thanks for your participation. On a related note, if you know someone at a distribution that doesn't participate at LQ but would like to, please contact me. All distributions are welcome. Currently, 23 distributions participate – a full list is available here.
–jeremy

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Sun vs. Red Hat

March 14, 2005 Leave a comment

Is it just me, or do you get the feeling that the media really wants a Red Hat vs. Sun battle. Maybe it's because Jonathan Schwartz keeps equating Linux to Red Hat, but I'd guess that it's just because it makes a good story. For those interested, here's a look at Solaris 10 and a look at RHEL 4. On a side note, LQ should be starting the transition to RHEL 4 “Real Soon Now”.
–jeremy

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Ben Goodger Responds

March 13, 2005 Leave a comment

Ben Goodger has responded to the Firefox issues I posted about here. They have a solid plan for both FF 1.1 and 2.0. Ben, who is a lead engineer, has also delegated some additional tasks which should free him up for release management, code reviews and long-neglected areas of Mozilla code (bookmarks, history and search are specifically singled out). Great to see that things seem to be on the right path.
–jeremy

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Yarro-Canopy Settlement Details Released

March 13, 2005 Leave a comment

The details of the Yarro-Canopy case I posted about here have now been released. Yarro and the other two former execs agreed to drop their case and in exchange Yarro received all of the SCOX stock that Canopy held – 5.4 million shares of stock or about 30 percent of all shares. The two parties also stated that while there were other issues in their agreement, those other matters would be kept confidential. My question is, did Yarro really want a pile of SCO stock? Was he one of the people leading the litigious charge from within Canopy? As of now, Yarro has not announced any change in course in regards to the IBM case. That speaks volumes to me.
–jeremy

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LQ to Sponsor LinuxWorld New York Summit

March 12, 2005 Leave a comment

I am happy to announce that LinuxQuestions.org will be sponsoring the upcoming LinuxWorld New York Summit. Thanks again to IDG for working with LQ and allowing us to help promote another quality Linux event. Don't forget that the Open Source Business Conference (which we are also a sponsor of) is also coming up very soon.
–jeremy

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