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		<title>The LXer Interview: Ulf Sandberg, CEO of SkySQL</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LXer Article Recently SkySQL announced itself to the world with its focus being on former Sun MySQL customers. This comes in the aftermath of Sun being bought by Oracle and the subsequent departures of former Sun executives and engineers before and after the purchase. I recently had a chance to talk with Ulf Sandberg the new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=475&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LXer Weekly Roundup for 05-Dec-2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Ruecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LXer Article In the LXWR this week we have part 1 and 2 of Steven Rosenberg&#8217;s farewell to Fedora. why Glyn Moody is rooting for Microsoft, a long overdue look at XFCE, Dr. Tony Young&#8217;s final (or is it?) installment in his switching to KDE 4.4 adventures and the Linux foundation releases their annual list [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=472&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LXer Weekly Roundup for 28-Nov-2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Ruecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LXer Article In the Roundup this week we have all kinds of Open Source goodness for you including the news that Novell has been acquired by a company that may or may not have ties to Microsoft, how to wake up a Linux server remotely, Part 1 of how a KDE 3.5 user moved to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=469&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LXer Weekly Roundup for 21-Nov-2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 05:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Ruecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LXer Article The big stories this past week included an update on how far away Chrome OS is, a Ubuntu vs.Fedora comparison, 5 unusual games for Linux and a 200 line kernel patch that makes your desktop snappy. Enjoy! Ubuntu vs Fedora: which is best?: Linux is always in a state of flux. On any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=467&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LXer Weekly Roundup for 14-Nov-2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Ruecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LXer Article In the LXWR this week we have why Wayland is good for the future, Apache tells Oracle they are leaving the JCP, a music player with an ugly name, does Linux competing with Windows matter anymore? and 24 things we would change about Linux. Enjoy! Why Wayland is good for the future&#8230;: The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=464&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Scaring Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 08:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Ruecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have finally had a chance to watch the President&#8217;s press conference so I could make sense of what I heard from pundits all day. For one, I have never seen a President asked those kind of questions by reporters with such a blatant lack of respect in their voices and demeanor. It was sickening for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=440&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LXer Weekly Roundup for 31-Oct-2010</title>
		<link>http://theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/lxer-weekly-roundup-for-31-oct-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Ruecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LXer Article In this week&#8217;s Roundup we have; What makes Linux compelling to use? Ubuntu moves away from GNOME, Learning Linux the hardcore way with Linux from scratch, Microsoft is a dying consumer brand, Why Unity in Ubuntu is good for the future and Ronald trip&#8217;s response to why Unity is clouding up the desktop. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=461&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LXer Weekly Roundup for 24-Oct-2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Ruecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LXer Article In this week&#8217;s LXWR we have Canonical going on record about open core, Eight reasons to give the E17 a try, Oracle wants LibreOffice members to leave OOo council, The London Stock Exchange smashes the world record trade speed using Linux and with Ray Ozzie just the latest to walk out of Redmond, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=459&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LXer Weekly Roundup for 17-Oct-2010</title>
		<link>http://theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/lxer-weekly-roundup-for-17-oct-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Ruecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LXer Article In the Roundup this week we have news of IBM deciding to back Oracle&#8217;s OpenJDK instead of Harmony, Phoronix releases the 2010 Linux graphics survey results, 5 mistakes Linux newcomers make and lastly John E. Dunn gets the crazy idea to ditch Windows for Ubuntu. Enjoy! IBM backs Oracle against Apache and Google&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=457&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LXer Weekly Roundup for 10-Oct-2010</title>
		<link>http://theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/lxer-weekly-roundup-for-10-oct-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Ruecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LXer Article Some of the big stories this week included Steve Ballmer saying Android isn&#8217;t free, Bruce Byfield talks about Ubuntu&#8217;s real contribution to FOSS, Google makes aggressive counterclaims in the Oracle suit, Glyn Moody asks; Is Microsoft running out of steam? and last but not least Scott Charney, a Microsoft VP says that infected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theopensourcewriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5686900&amp;post=455&amp;subd=theopensourcewriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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