Short version -- The release of ClearOS 5.1 Beta is going to slip.  We (read: I) apologize for the missed commitment, and will do our best to make sure it does not happen again.  Our hope is to have a beta in your hands in time for the weekend.

Long version -- There's no excuse for the missed deadline, but thought you should know what's going on.   The underlying operating system is ready to go and we're putting the finishing touches on usability and interface design.  Last night, we decided that the menu system was just not workable (and almost unusable on my Ubuntu/Firefox laptop!).  In the next day or two, we'll be replacing the menu system with an interim solution.  It will likely be changed before the 5.1 final release, but at least we'll have something to beta test!

Peter Baldwin

 

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I posted a comment on LinkedIn a couple of weeks ago asking what people expected to see with ClearFoundation.  I had formulated my own vision but I totally missed the social networking aspect.  I am very impressed with inclusion of the social media type tools.  It has become painfully obvious that communications in the world wide web is focused on movements.  What better movement then replacing your entire infrastructure with a product like ClearFoundation?  What better way then allowing members to communicate with eachother in an open platform?  "Yahoo!" or should I say "Clear4U!"

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The purposes for which this Incorporated Society has been organized are as follows:

(a) Ensure that every small business and distributed IT environment on the globe can have proper security, filtration, and management tools;
 
(b) To defend Open Source software as publicly available and freely distributed: namely, ClearOS and its open source components;

(c) To promote the development, enhancement, and application of Open Source software within ClearOS;

(d) to ensure that people of any language and ability can use ClearOS for their own purpose.

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If you're like me then you are finding out about ClearOS for the first time. The open source revolution in the software industry has made it possible to provide ClearOS at no cost, and I think that is a boon for all us IT professionals.  Read more...

World,
Below is a message I received from Google Apps today regarding a recent Google Apps (Gmail) web interface mail outage.

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"Dear Google Apps customer,
We would like to follow up on the recent Gmail outage and resulting credit through our service level agreement (SLA) with you.

Between 12:45 PM to 2:15 PM PDT | 19:45 - 21:15 GMT on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, Google Apps Gmail users were unable to access their accounts

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Readers of the German "Linux-Magazin" get a sneak peek of ClarkConnect 5.0 and the new features to be included. The special issue "Safeguarding Data" from Linux-Magazin includes a CD copy of ClarkConnect 5.0 beta 3 with prime placement on the full front cover.

Linux-Magazin sets the pace for many early adopters in Germany with in-depth coverage, such as tools and best practices for network security in this special issue for third quarter, 2009. A natural fit for ClarkConnect soon to be ClearOS in its up coming version 5.1 slated to be released in September 2009.  Read more...

We are pleased to see this industry changing technology come to the masses. ClearOS delivers a comprehensive, integrated system in a single box with a unified interface, and that is very important to what we do as IT professionals.  Best of all, ClearFoundation delivers premier technology at a fraction of the cost of comparable multi-vendor solutions.  ClearCenter partners now have a fully supported open source, open standards solution with proven technology and easy to deploy services through ClearSDN.

   

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