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praka123
18-10-2006, 11:18 PM
One major advantage Microsoft developers have over their Linux counterparts is that they have access to MSDN (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx) (Microsoft Software Developer Network), a magnificent online developer resource. Linux has had nothing to compare. Until now.

The Free Standards Group (http://www.freestandards.org/en/Main_Page) (FSG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and promoting open-source software standards, announced today that it has partnered with O'Reilly Media (http://www.oreilly.com/) to offer similar services to Linux application developers as part of its LSB (http://www.freestandards.org/en/LSB) (Linux Standard Base) Developer Network.
read more..
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8006773943.html

JGuru
19-10-2006, 12:30 AM
Yes, I read that news today morning. It's actually great news for Linux lovers.

gary4gar
19-10-2006, 11:25 AM
today i was think of this only now see the project started.
so fast!

GNUrag
19-10-2006, 11:58 AM
Only if we could collate the vasssst knowledge and documentation present in CPAN, CTAN, TLDP, and python/php/ruby/mysql/<insert your fav. technology> into a single knowledge base... it would be all the more helpful for the community.