Hi,
for those who haven't heard about it yet, the FOSDEM takes place
in Brussels the weekend of february 25th/26th: http://www.fosdem.be/
The FOSDEM is a developer's conference, where the subjects tend to
be quite "deep".
I was wondering if anyone from LiLux was going there? There will be
2-3 people from the CRP for sure on saturday.
Greetings, Eric
Hi,
I hope no-one is bothered by a post that isn't particularly about Linux.
It's about my experience choosing high-speed internet access in
Luxembourg and ends with a request for info about Alternet/Tiscali.
I recently arrived in Luxembourg and started looking for a good ISP.
My discovery? It's incredibly hard to find out any quality of service
info on an ISP. There is, for instance, no website that collects
information and complaints about ISPs. I find this amazing because
the contracts here are very restrictive, and if you don't like the
service, there's nothing you can do but wait until the contract ends.
I was used to being able to get out with 30 days notice.
Anyway, at first, I assumed I' go with DSL because I've always have.
Then tried to persuade me to consider cable - cheaper, faster, and
offering a telephone alternative to P&T. Coditel is the cable
provider in my area. The cable fan I spoke to is in an Eltrona area.
Try as I might, I couldn't get any objective information on the
Coditel service. What I did get was a lot of anecdotal evidence that
Coditel was having serious tech problems with their telephone
service, and their billing and customer support service was seriously
lacking. I did hear that their internet service worked as advertised.
But I also heard that the company's quality had gone downhill since
it was acquired by a Belgian company. Since I'm not really interested
in the local cable offerings for TV, I'd only have cable if it
offered me a way to avoid paying for a P&T landline, as well. Based
on what I could find out, I dropped the idea.
Next I returned to DSL. Having tracked the prices, I could see that
competition was having a noticeable effect, reducing the cable price
advantage. But again, I had limited information on quality of service.
So I devised an experiment. I have a DSL modem that I bought in
Canada. I decided to ask all 11 DSL ISPs I knew whether my DSL modem
ought to work here. I sent the message listing the technical specs of
my modem (I had already ascertained with the manufacturer that it
probably will work here) at 15:58 on Dec. 12. It's not 16:32 on Dec.
14, and so far, only 4 of the ISPs (2 of which turned out to be
different names for the same outfit) have bothered to respond.
Based on this experiment and my interaction with the people who
responded and their prices, I am considering signing up with Alternet/
Tiscali (they responded right away with accurate, detailed
information and had a deal on a level with the cheapest on the
market. I wonder if I could trouble list members for any information
that I should consider before committing myself.
Thank you,
Mike
mglists@gmailcom
Hi,
first of all, thanks to everyone for their help and participation in
the LinuxDays 2006! Things wouldn't have been the same without the
presence of LiLux, both in the Expo where the LiLux stand was manned
at all times (well, anytime I looked anyway), and in the courses and
presentations (thanks especially to Thierry, Alain, Pascal, Brent
who invested time and "congé" for preparing and giving these).
As far as we can tell (we don't have the analysis of the evaluation
sheets yet), visitors were quite happy with the offering (maybe with
the exception of lunch, but that already had some consequences).
The website http://www.linuxdays.lu/ has a number of pictures by
the team available, and a link to Till Kamppeter's pictures. The
handouts from the courses should also soon be uploaded. Have fun
checking these out.
As a little update on the status of the "Free Beer Project" (for
those who weren't present, check out the pictures from the evening
of the second day - yes, we started brewing an open source beer!),
the stuff has been fermenting for two weeks, and we plan on
transferring it to bottles this evening, after which the beer
will have to ferment for slightly more than another week. Only
then will things get interesting, when someone will have to taste
this (and survive the experience)...
Greetings, Eric
Salut tout le monde,
je fais suivre un petit message venant d'une autre liste...
Je trouve l'exemple et la réaction de macromou assez... instructifs.
serge
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Patents] remboursement_licence
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 09:36:54 +0100 (CET)
To: patents(a)aful.org
Dernièrement, j'ai acheté un portable de la marque Toshiba avec installé
d'office "windows XP familale"...Comme je ne voulais de XP familial,
j'ai acheté par la suite une licence XP pro que j'ai fait installer par
un informaticien. En effet, le magasin, Saturne pour ne pas le nommer,
m'avait expliqué que la garantie de l'ordinateur n'était plus valable si
j'installais moi même un OS... ils ont même ajouté qu'un multiboot
Windows/Linux faisait sauter la garantie !!!).
J'ai téléphoné à Microsoft France pour savoir si je pouvais me faire
rembourser la licence Windows XP familial. Voilà leur réponse :
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Objet : Votre e-mail du 31 janvier 2006
Monsieur,
Nous avons bien pris connaissance de votre e-mail du 31 janvier 2006
Nous avons bien noté que cela concerne un remboursement de Windows xp
Familiale.
Le logiciel Windows xp familiale que vous avez acquis est une version
OEM c'est à dire une version vendue pré installée dans la machine à l'achat.
Vous avez désinstallé Windows xp familiale version OEM et avez installé
un autre logiciel Windows xp Professionnel sur le pc à l'origine destiné
à Windows xp familiale.
Le remboursement est impossible.
Nous espérons avoir répondu à votre attente et nous vous présentons au
nom de Microsoft tous nos vœux pour cette nouvelle année
Cordialement,
Dominique THOMAS
Centre de Relations Clients
msfrance(a)microsoft.com
0 825 827 829 (0,15 € TTC la min.)
18, avenue du Québec
91 957 Courtaboeuf Cedex
« Votre ordinateur connecté à Internet nécessite une protection
constante. Consultez http://www.microsoft.com/france/securite
pour connaître les 3 étapes indispensables conseillées par Microsoft
pour sécuriser votre ordinateur. »
Sitel pour le compte de Microsoft France
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Comment faire pour tenter un remboursement malgré tout ?
Merci d'avance
Hi all,
just for reminder: this year's LinuxDays will take place next week from
Wednesday January 25th to Friday January 27th, at the CRP Henri Tudor
on 29 JFK Luxembourg-Kirchberg.
There's still seats available for the tutorials, don't hesitate to
participate. You're of course welcome to the presentations and expo.
Greetings, Eric
Just got an e-mail from Google with interesting positions, in case
anybody's interested:
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Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com
(SRE)
This position is available in Mountain View, Santa Monica, CA, / New
York, NY / Kirkland, WA / Dublin, Ireland, Zurich, Switzerland and
Bangalore, India
Are you part ace coder, part adrenaline junkie? Do you have a knack for
seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe
you've been coding for years, are bored with the old
design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some
faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer
who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering UNIX clusters.
We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join
the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything
involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of
traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from
monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are
aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this
mission critical environment. All team members must have strong
analytical and troubleshooting skills, fluency in coding, good
communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm for tackling the
complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. Google.com
engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and work with
just about every other engineering and operations team in the process.
Qualifications:
Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++,
Java, Perl, Python.
Senior Level experience with Unix system administration.
Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate,
diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery
components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar
with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking
devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load
balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a
service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data
(tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the
output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies,
protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security
exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the
packet level.
Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user
systems.
In-depth knowledge of Unix (preferably Linux), and shell scripting.
Proven technical troubleshooting experience.
Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong
sense of urgency.
Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests.
6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, or 3-8 years experience
for SWE position.
BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience.
Senior Systems Administrator/Architect, Google.com (SRE)
This position is available in Mountain View, Santa Monica, CA, / New
York, NY / Kirkland, WA / Dublin, Ireland, Zurich, Switzerland and
Bangalore, India
Are you a detail-oriented systems professional, seasoned Unix jockey,
Internet services architect, database whiz, performance analyst, or
software engineer, at the top of your game?
Looking for the next cool problem to solve, in a fast-paced and
engineering-driven environment?
Can you write a script or application that performs practically the
entire job you once held earlier in your career?
Does your idea of a good time involve taking things apart just to see
how they work? Are you successful putting them back together when you're
done?
Can you help achieve increased Availability, Reliability, Uptime, and
Quality? (for our systems and services, naturally)
If you answered "Yes" to more than three of the above questions, you may
have what it takes. Keep reading.
Google.com Engineers are involved in all aspects of running our site.
From design to debug, from architecture to applications, Google.com
engineers spend their time troubleshooting problems in large-scale
clustered application service environments, and focus on making
continual improvements to our services.
Working for Google.com, you will wear many hats: performance analyst,
service architect, system/database administrator, capacity planner,
tools developer, monitoring expert, and technical evangelist, for all
components of Google.com’s services.
This position requires a passion for problem solving, deep understanding
of networks, operating systems, multi-tiered Internet services, and the
ability to learn new applications and concepts quickly. Strong scripting
skills are essential.
Requirements:
3+ years experience in Unix or Linux Systems Administrator.
Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment.
Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate,
diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery
components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar
with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking
devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load
balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a
service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data
(tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the
output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies,
protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security
exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the
packet level.
Skilled in leading projects, especially in deploying live end-user systems.
Proven technical troubleshooting experience.
Database administration experience a plus.
Programming or debugging of web applications running under Java VM.
In-depth knowledge of Linux, networking, and shell scripting.
Knowledge of Python programming a plus.
Experience with MySQL a plus.
Programming and troubleshooting skills in C/C++ and/or Java a plus.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests.
BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
Hi,
A few days ago, the European Commission's Directorate General for the
Internal Market launched a public consultation on proposals for the EU
Community Patent and responses to the Questionnaire are due by March,
31st.
As the community patent discussions might very well end up legalising
swpats trough the backdoor, it is extremely important that those who are
concerned about swapts and/or more generally about and the European patent
regime and the Munich office, respond to this public consultation. The
9-pages english-only questionnaire can be found at:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/indprop/docs/patent/consult_en.pdf
Dan Michels
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Commission Press Release in French:
Marché intérieur: la Commission demande l’avis de l’industrie et d’autres
parties intéressées sur la future politique des brevets
La Commission européenne a lancé une consultation publique afin de
déterminer comment une action future, dont le but est de créer un système
de protection des brevets à l’échelle de l’UE, pourrait le mieux prendre
en compte les besoins des parties intéressées. Le brevet communautaire
demeure une priorité, mais la Commission souhaite également savoir quelles
seraient les mesures à prendre à brève échéance pour améliorer le système
des brevets en Europe. Toutes les parties intéressées, l’industrie comme
les particuliers, sont invitées à répondre pour le 31 mars 2006 (date
limite).
Le Commissaire responsable du Marché intérieur et des services, Charlie
McCreevy, a déclaré: «des règles satisfaisantes régissant la propriété
intellectuelle sont essentielles: en stimulant l’innovation et en
entraînant le développement réussi de nouveaux produits, elles contribuent
à la croissance et à l’emploi. Nous souhaitons optimiser ces avantages en
Europe en créant un véritable Marché unique pour les brevets. C’est
pourquoi je demande aux entreprises et aux particuliers de me dire
comment, selon eux, nous pourrions y parvenir. En attendant, nous
continuerons à œuvrer en faveur du brevet communautaire qui reste au
centre de notre politique».
La Commission s’est engagée à accroître la compétitivité de l’industrie de
l’UE et à améliorer les conditions cadres dans lesquelles elle exerce ses
activités. Dans ce but, la propriété industrielle, qui couvre les brevets,
a été identifiée comme l’une des sept initiatives trans-sectorielles
d’envergure dans la nouvelle politique industrielle de la Commission qui a
été présentée le 5 octobre 2005 (IP/05/1225). Dans le cadre de son
engagement à améliorer la réglementation, la Commission a lancé cette
consultation afin de garantir que toute nouvelle proposition concernant la
politique des brevets UE tiendra compte des besoins des parties
intéressées.
La consultation porte sur trois thèmes majeurs: le brevet communautaire,
la manière d’améliorer l’actuel système des brevets en Europe et les
domaines dans lesquels une harmonisation est possible. La Commission
demande également quelles sont les actions à entreprendre, notamment dans
le cadre de l’actuel système de brevet européen, pendant que les travaux
relatifs au brevet communautaire se poursuivent; ces actions pourraient
aussi consister à rapprocher davantage les systèmes nationaux de brevet
par le biais d’une harmonisation des législations ou d’une reconnaissance
mutuelle des brevets nationaux. Dans ce contexte, la fixation des règles
de compétences pour les litiges en matière de brevet est une question
présentant un grand intérêt.
Les réactions des parties intéressées constitueront la base d’une audition
que la Commission envisage d’organiser à Bruxelles le 13 juin 2006.
