Looks like Microsoft has finally decided to fight the Opensource movement. Take it as it is - and make your own comments on it - but it seems XP's life will be extended to face competition from the Opensource camp.
Check for yourself.

Linux is the operating system (OS) running the current poster child for low-cost laptops like Asustek Computer's Eee PC, released in January and costs just Rs 18,000. To counter this, Microsoft maintains that it wants to see Windows on ULCPCs, and wants to provide the best possible Windows experience for the devices. 

 It seems that the dominance of Microsoft is slowly but steadily reaching it's end.
Actually - this was to be expected. All FOSS people knew about it already, only the analysts and companies didn't and still don't want to believe in it. Computer world has an interesting read - check the - article.
The biggest issue with Microsoft's Microcosmos was that they kept their technology for them, innovation was stopped/prevented wherever they could, release cycles taking too long - and because of the 2 decades of compatibility they need to keep - it is not possible anymore to keep up with the emerging technologies of the Net ...

Please don't forget the aggressivness of Microsoft Sales/Marketing compaigns which actually show the battle to survival of that big unflexible creature.

What did Linus Torvalds say a long time ago - on the aims for the Linux Operating System ?

World Domination, Fast

Well - we are not far away now - we do see the end of the tunnel.

This always reminds me the following:

• first they ignore you
• then they laugh at you
• then they fight you
• and then you win

Microsoft has actually reached Stage 3 ... let's see how long they can fight... 

 Well - some people always have problems with not having a legal copy of their running Operating System. I had the same issue for years too ... But finally - I got over getting my Legal Copy Certification ... here it is :D
I have to say it looks way nicer than anything else I have seen so far ... And - from now on - I am legally running the OS of my Choice. BTW - I found the license here. 

 As it has been 9 months ago that I broke my foot - time has come to take out the screws.
Some people would say - why take them out ? Well - I felt them all the time - as the position they were put into - I felt them everytime I was walking around. Also - as I am flying readiocontrolled model airplanes - I know what it means to repair a wing - and put a screw into a broken piece of wood. Guess where it will break the next time ... and guess what - it will require less force to actually break it than before.

I was - unfortunatly not able to get the last radios of my foot - without screws. However they looked quite funny - as if there were channels some parasites used to get through the foot ;) Anyway - in case I'll get these - I may upload them ... 

 So - a long time we have been talking about Global Warming - not taking into account - what has recently discovered - though suspected - global dimming.

So - will our planet, evolution survive ? Definitly yes.
Will Humanity survive ? I would say: No ! The ods are against us.
This - after having seen some reports - check an introduction on WikiPedia and a video on google.
Why ? In one hand, we didn't deserve it.

In short - we have been spared by global warming because global dimming came into place and reduced solar energy hitting the ground. Only - if we start to get cleaner Air - the temperature increase will double according to what has been predicted for the next 100Years - because the dimming is being reduced, more solar energy reaching the ground and heating it up way more. The balance between Global Warming and Global Dimming - is what has inhibited the identification of massive temperatur increase.

So - nature/evolution does not care about us. It will continue to create new life-forms - even if this time it will be harder - as Humanity has destabilized all existing natural balances. So it might take longer this time - but evolution has lots of time ... not as we do.

The only possibility we really have in the long run- might be to leave planet Earth, and try our luck for a second chance on another planet. I however doubt we'll make it. Politics will make this fail ... With a little bit of luck though - the survival instinct of a group of people might lead Humanity to try to find a way out. If we will be successfull - only time till show !

Some articles articles about global dimming can be found here:
http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/GlobalWarming/globaldimming.asp
 

 More and more German security experts are removing their work related to security exploits from their webserver - just because the Anti-Hacker Laws came to effect in Germany. In short - this law prohibits any German to possess and/or host hacker software on his computer - this without specifying enough the term of Hacker-Software which makes this law dangerous.
In my personal opinion, this shows again the short-view of our politicians. If our own people are not able to seek problems, security issues in their environments, by using tools the crackers on the net out there use - we are having an issue. Why ? Because we will be unable to test our environments, servers, whatever systems we have connected to the Internet, and find out if these hackers would be able to gain access to our systems or not.
So - according to my knowledge - even if I am programing on a website that is supposed to be very secure due to the structure and secure design - I would not be able to test the security of my work just because some politicians have made the existence of these tools on my computers - a crime. So - Dear Mr. Politicians - would you drive a car that has not been crash-tested ? What you impose here is exactly that. Please remember that most crackers do not exist/live in Germany. And those crackers from Far Far Away do not care about our Anti Hacking Laws. So actually - what you guys did is shoot yourselves into your own feet.

Personally - I will not follow this law. Because it is one of the most stupid laws that our beloved politicians have brought out without thinking about it in depth. I would even hope there was a valid reason other than ignorance and stupidity... This is the only valid explanation I would accept, to validate the fact that our politicians have some brains !
So - for the first time in my Blog's life - I do give the Bullshit Award to someone else than myself. Namely to all who have worked hard to bring out this irresponsible Law - which will bring us more drawbacks than any possible advantage.