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В неутихающие споры о том, какая операционная система работает быстрее — Windows или Linux — подброшена новая пища для размышлений. Заведомой курьёзности ей придало то обстоятельство, что, как предполагается, ее “приготовил” сотрудник Microsoft.

Предполагаемый сотрудник Microsoft подверг критике существующую в компании схему работы, когда сотрудники не заинтересованы продолжать работу над улучшением производительности Windows, в то время как в сообществе Linux работа по оптимизации работы системы приветствуется

При обсуждении темы производительности операционных систем на сайте Hacker News один, как он себя назвал, из разработчиков ядра Windows NT сообщил, что, по его мнению, Linux опережает Windows по скорости работы и инновациям. Впоследствии его пост был удалён, но его копия сохранилась в тематическом блоге в области высокопроизводительных вычислений blog.zorianq.com

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"Для нас очень важно, что бы в интернете соблюдались права граждан, мы категорически против того, чтобы власти преследовали граждан за свободу слова в интернете, и мы будем только рады сотрудничать со всеми организациями.."-добавил Шахбоз Сияров.

Шахбоз Сияров председатель Пиратской партии Таджикистана предложил Пиратской партии Казахстана провести общее мероприятие для привлечения деятельности других центрально- азиатских стран.

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This is a critical moment in the fight against DRM. A proposal currently being considered by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) would weave DRM into HTML5 — in other words, into the very fabric of the Web.

Millions of Internet users came together to defeat SOPA/PIPA, but now Big Media moguls are going through non-governmental channels to try to sneak digital restrictions into every interaction we have online. Giants like Netflix, Google, Microsoft, and the BBC are all rallying behind this disastrous proposal, which flies in the face of the W3C's mission to "lead the World Wide Web to its full potential."

Join us in working to eliminate DRM!

People all over the world are going to be showing their opposition to DRM, and you can join them! Attend a local event and take part in the Day Against DRM on Friday, May 3rd, 2013.

As well as attending or running events, you can join other activists
in blogging about DRM, putting up banners on your Web sites and blogs, talking about DRM on your social networks and more. See below for an evolving list of all the different ways you can help raise awareness.

The 2012 International Day Against DRM was a huge success, with events held from Massachusetts to Spain, Florida, Japan, England, Portugal, and more. Read more about last year's event to get ideas for this year's International Day Against DRM.

On the Day Against DRM

1. Share links to Day Against DRM on your social networks.
2. Attend an event. If there isn't one in your area, get one started!
3. Tag defective products on Amazon. Amazon has 'tag forums' too, where the tags on products can be discussed.
4. Write a blog post explaining the problems with DRM and why you won't buy anything infected with it.
5. Write a letter to W3C, asking them to drop their DRM proposal.
6. Make a video talking about the dangers of DRM, send it to us, and put it on video sharing sites.
7. Do you use Netflix? Ask Netflix to drop DRM from its own shows, and to support DRM-free streaming.
8. Buy products and support artists that are speaking out against DRM. Many publishers, including O'Reilly and No Starch Press, are holding sales to celebrate Day Against DRM.
9. Leave comments on reviews of DRM-infected devices warning people about them.

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Pirate 3D revealed some photos of their Buccaneer 3D printer which is scheduled to be launched in May.

"We hope that it will be a 3D printer that everyone can be proud of as much as we are of it," said the team.

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Компания Black Duck Software и инвестиционный фонд North Bridge Venture анонсировали публикацию результатов ежегодного опроса Будущее открытого ПО, ориентированного на выявление тенденций, связанных с использованием открытого ПО в корпоративном секторе. В результате подготовки отчёта было опрошено 822 респондента, представляющих как потребителей открытых продуктов так и производителей открытого ПО.

Респондентам были заданы вопросы, затрагивающие разнообразные факторы, влияющие на использование открытого кода, такие как экономическое влияние на открытое ПО, ключевые движущие силы и преграды при внедрении открытого ПО, а также рекомендации по построению и поддержанию приносящих доход бизнес-моделей, связанных с открытым ПО. Опрос выявил революционное влияние открытого ПО и используемых при его разработке методов на все секторы экономики. Открытое ПО произвело культурный сдвиг в бизнесе, проявляющийся в новых методах организации сотрудничества между конкурентами, изменениях в форме найма персонала, организации работы и ведения бизнеса.

Из примечательных особенностей, выявленных в результате представленного опроса, отмечается изменение мотивов выбора открытых решений вместо проприетарных продуктов. Все чаще предприятия в качестве основных причин использования открытого ПО упоминают продвижение инноваций, более высокое качество кода и интенсивное развитие, и всё меньше указывают в качестве основного фактора желание получить бесплатную или дешевую альтернативу.

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Five years ago when Brendan Goh and Tsang You Jun took part in a business competition for a project to make a prototype of a milk bottle which changed colour depending on the temperature of its contents, they experienced a big problem, prototyping.

Prototypes cost $1,000 and took many weeks (months sometimes) for one prototype to be made in China. Irritated at this process, Brendan Goh and Tsang You Jun, two young students at NanYang Technological University started looking for cheaper alternatives.

"We bought a reprap which was terrible and broke down so frequently and then finally put down $2000+ for an Ultimaker. " says the team.

"While it made the most beautiful prints (way better than the MakerBot) and still does, it was unreliable because of the parts it was made off and it was extremely sensitive to the environment and being moved around. It maybe made 3/10 prints successfully or less."

Together with their friend Roger Chang, they formed the start-up Pirate3DP (now Pirate3D) in 2011 with the aim of developing the most affordable, reliable, user-friendly 3D printer for the mass market.

Earlier this year Singapore based technology incubator Red Dot Ventures (RedDot) announced that they have invested SGD 589K ($482,000 USD) in Pirate3D to support this startup developing a 3D printer for the masses.

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Dear Pirates,

We would like to invite you to the 2013 Pirate Parties International Conference which will be held on April 20th and 21st in Kazan, Russia. During this conference, the General Assembly - PPI's highest body - will decide upon the admittance of new members to the PPI, elect a new board and discuss and vote on amendments to the PPI statutes. The preliminary timetable can be found at the end of this message.

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Each PPI member can register up to 6 persons as official delegates (PPI Statutes IX.4), but all Pirates and interested persons are very welcome to join as guests.

To register for the conference please fill in the form on the "registration" tab on the conference website http://conference.pp-international.net/PPI/PPI-Kazan-2013.nsf/registrati...

The participation fee is 35€ (70€ after 2013-03-23 00:01 CET), if you are staying in the conference venue hotel. If you plan to stay somewhere else, the fee is 35€ higher (70€ and 105€ respectively) as we need to pay higher rental fee on the venue. The hotel offers the conference participants a discount of 12.5% on the official rate (please don't book directly with the hotel). We ask every participant to transfer the participation fee as soon as possible. As the PPI collects no membership fees, the organizing committee relies on participation fees and donations to organize the event. In exceptional cases where the participation fee is an insurmountable hurdle to participation in the conference, interested persons can contact the board at [board (at) pp-international (dot) net] and we will try to find a sponsor so that you may participate in the conference. Also, if you can afford it, we would be glad to receive an extra donation.

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