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LDN: an MSDN for Linux developers

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praka123
praka123 Original post #1
Oct 18, 2006 at 11:18 PM
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]One major advantage Microsoft developers have over their Linux counterparts is that they have access to MSDN (Microsoft Software Developer Network), a magnificent online developer resource. Linux has had nothing to compare. Until now.

The Free Standards Group (FSG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and promoting open-source software standards, announced today that it has partnered with O'Reilly Media to offer similar services to Linux application developers as part of its LSB (Linux Standard Base) Developer Network.
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read more..
*www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8006773943.html
JGuru
JGuru #2
Oct 19, 2006 at 12:30 AM
Yes, I read that news today morning. It's actually great news for Linux lovers.
gary4gar
Oct 19, 2006 at 11:25 AM
today i was think of this only now see the project started.
so fast!
GNUrag
GNUrag #4
Oct 19, 2006 at 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.