The End of 2011

The end of 2011 brings with it the conclusion of another year, the optimistic view towards the upcoming new year and some tech industry news. Some of the latest update are major, some surprising and others are yet interesting.

From a little bit of all three we have the sale of major I.S.P. (Internet Service Provider) Internode to iiNet. Many believe this moves iiNet from the number 3-4 position in the ISP market to number 2, which beats Optus. Simon HACKETT, owner of Internode, well known for speaking sense about the proposed internet censorship by Stephen CONROY maintains that his position on the internet filter has not changed with this merger and that he is still opposing it.

Speaking of iiNet, we may have some upcoming, hopefully promising, new tech from iiNet as what some believe to be a rumour of a new BoB product coming out.

From the Linux side, more and more people are losing faith in GNOME 3, Ubuntu and Unity (did I just repeat myself?). Many are swarming to the LXDE and particularly the XFCE desktop environments. Even Linus Torvalds, (the founder and overall maintainer of Linux) has moved over to XFCE.

Also it seems Linux distribution or "distro", TinyCore Linux is shaping up particularly well and is rapidly expanding it's software collection. From a core system of just 8MB, to a graphical desktop in 11MB, TinyCore Linux is making waves on everything from embedded or specialised environments all the way to user desktops.

People in the IT job market are feeling the crunch and losing confidence in the sector. Many are afraid of venturing into the field due to the potential threat of even more positions being offshored.

Last, but not least, The Technology Column will soon be back to a regular weekly publication, rather than a highly irregular and rare one.

Best wishes to our readers, and we hope you get the very best of out the new year!

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