Merlin

2011年8月16日星期二

自由軟體連結

http://www.oss.org.tw/?q=node/34
http://www.openfoundry.org

Top 500 Supercomputer Sites

http://www.top500.org/stats/list/34/os

http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/565-almost-90-of-top500-super-computers-use-linux-nov-stat-

開放原始碼

Peter Wayner: Free for all, how Linux and the free software movement undercut the high-tech titans
蔡憶懷譯: 開放原始碼-Linux與自由軟體運動對抗軟體巨人的故事[*]

2004年8月開放原始碼風險管理組織(Open Source Risk Management, OSRM)委託公共專利基金會(Public Patent Foundation)進行之"Mitigation Linux Patent Risk"研究報告指出, 與Linux相關的軟體專利共有283件, 該報告也指出這些軟體專利亦均未曾經過法院的檢驗.
http://www.osriskmanagement.com/pdf_articles/linuxpatentpaper.pdf

授權1

手機要能播放MP3格式的音樂或MPEG4格式的影片就必須分別向代表相關軟體專利所有人的Thomson公司[1]及MPEG LA組織[2]取得授權, 否則即有侵害相關專利軟體的風險[3][4].

[1] http://mp3licensing.com/licensees/index.asp
[2] http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M4V/Pages/Licensees.aspx
[3] http://mp3licensing.com/patents/index.html
[4] http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M4V/Pages/PatentList.aspx

2011年8月15日星期一

Enable Multiple Instances of Windows Live Messenger for Multi Logins

http://www.mydigitallife.info/enable-multiple-instances-of-windows-live-messenger-for-multi-logins/

1. Run Registry Editor (regedit).
2. Navigate to the following registry key:
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Live\Messenge

For 64-bit (x64) OS, go to following registry branch instead:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Live\Messenger

3. In the right pane, right click on any blank space, select New on context menu, and then click on DWORD (32-bit) Value.
4. Name the new registry value entry as MultipleInstances.
5. Modify the MultipleInstances and set its value data as 1.