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Winnipeg Free Press - April 13, 2009

Jazz Fundraiser Hopes to Raise $6,000

The fundraiser grew out of [Rayannah Kroeker]'s involvement during her last year at Collge Louis-Riel with the high school's Ubuntu committee, which was set up to raise money for widows and orphans of the genocide. It was affiliated with Ubuntu Edmonton, a non-profit humanitarian organization. At least director [Helen White] admitted, "I'm not really a Beatles' fan. I'm going against my indoctrination from birth." Cuban-born, Toronto-based pianist Hilario Durán helps close out the Winnipeg Ja...

CA Magazine - Vol. 139 Nbr. 10, December 2006

Linux Comes of Age

The author has four computer hubs, five network servers, three laptops and five PCs scattered his house. For years, Linux has formed the core of this infrastructure, providing stability and reliability that supports both the author's business and digital lifestyle at an extremely reasonable cost. Linux can play two roles in your home or office: as a worthy alternative to Windows XP or a Macintosh on the desktop and as a reliable tool to manage back-end office infrastructure. Essentially, ther...

Summit; The Business of Public Sector Procurement - Vol. 8 Nbr. 6, October 2005

From the Guest Editor

The State of Massachusetts made the biggest splash by announcing that effective January 1,2007, there will be two acceptable document formats within the state government: Adobe's PDF format is one and OpenDocument the other, with Microsoft products conspicuous by their absence. A more important but less publicized event was the success of Ubuntu Linux. Not only has this operating system become the US' number one Linux distribution for the desktop, it was developed by the South African company...

Winnipeg Free Press - November 23, 2006

Suffering Inspired a Journey of Hope

"I cried all the time," [Nicole Pageau] said. "From one house to another, the stories never became happier than what I had heard before." At the end of her speech, Pageau broke down as the students, who raised $100 for Pageau's organization, gave her a two-minute standing ovation.

CA Magazine - Vol. 140 Nbr. 5, June 2007

Is Windows Past Its Prime?

The author's Windows XP computer and he have been together about four years. It works quite well, and they have developed a nice, stable relationship. Early media reports about Microsoft Windows Vista indicate the new operating system might be presenting some challenges in terms of usability and complexity. He finds himself gravitating to the Apple site to watch the latest ads featuring Mac and PC. He can do more without using Windows; Apple seems to be keeping one step ahead of Microsoft wit...

CA Magazine - Vol. 142 Nbr. 2, March 2009

Cloud Computing

The traditional software model involves developing source code that is protected by a legal patent so that no one can use, copy or modify it without purchasing or licensing it from the author. Now there is a shift from proprietary software to open software and standardized software. This trend is driven by companies such as IBM, Novell, Google and Sun and by the power of the Internet and innovative developers around the world. There has been a lot of press on the new Web 2.0 or cloud computin...

Anglican Journal - Vol. 133 Nbr. 2, February 2007

Moving bio details 'uniquely Tutu' model of peace.

... Ubuntu-botho does not allow perpetrators to escape the ...