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Alternative Linear Rank Tests For Comparing Survival Distributions
White Papers Those who use SAS Proc Lifetest know that it performs the two best known non-parametric tests to compare survival distributions - the Log Rank Test and the Wilcoxon-Gehan Test. The specific linear rank test having greatest power will depend upon...
[January 31, 2007, 23:00]
New Linux Distributions Hit The Shelves
News While Microsoft has been blanketing the media with promotions around its new Windows XP release, new versions of three major commercial Linux distributions also hit store shelves this week. The terms of its licence require developers to make their...
[October 25, 2001, 16:39]
Comparing Income Distributions Between Economies That Reward Innovation And Those That Reward Knowledge
White Papers In this paper, an optimal control model of labor allocation is developed in two types of economy - one economy is for innovative workers and the other one for knowledge workers. In both economies, workers allocate time between learning and...
[May 25, 2005, 0:00]
Alternative Linux Distributions For POWER Processor-Based Systems: A Review Of Unsupported Linux Distributions Running On POWER5
White Papers This paper reviews several alternative Linux distributions for the POWER5 platform. After discussing their test environment, the paper attempts to install Debian, Gentoo, openSUSE 10, and Fedora Core 4 on an IBM eServer OpenPower 720 system in a...
[April 5, 2006, 0:00]
IP-Packet Service Time Distributions In UMTS Radio Access Networks
White Papers The work discussed in this paper deals with the service time of IP-packets within the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN). The focus is on the influence of the Radio Link Control (RLC) Layer's ARQ-mechanism with respect to the various...
[December 6, 2007, 23:00]
Communicating Probability Distributions As Compressed Quantum Information
White Papers A rate distortion problem is solved where the goal is to send information about a source sequence so that the receiver can construct a second sequence for which the joint empirical probability distribution of the two sequences is close to some...
[April 7, 2005, 0:00]
The Dynamics Of Income, Schooling, And Fertility Distributions Over The Course Of Economic Development: A Human Capital Perspective
White Papers A dynamic model of fertility and income distribution has been developed in which both are linked to the formation and distribution of human capital among families. This model offers a dynamic version of Becker's model of income distribution within...
[May 31, 2005, 0:00]
Wirelength Distributions For Signals Associated With Functional Logic Circuitry And Synchronization Circuitry In Ultralarge-Scale Integrated Circuit Designs
White Papers The synchronization of functional logic signals in computer hardware components is required for successful design and implementation of high-performance hardware. The goal of this paper is to obtain methods to quantify the requirements of the two...
[April 11, 2005, 0:00]
Linux Standard Gets Stamp Of Approval
News A project aimed at keeping different Linux distributions on the same track has moved a step forward with the launch of a certification programme to back up the project's claims. The certification programme is aimed at developers, software vendors...
[July 2, 2002, 13:48]
Red Hat And Caldera Get In The Ring
News More than 100 Linux distributions litter the worldwide landscape. What's more, many distributions generate little revenue or ship for free with trade magazines. In the United States, Red Hat and Caldera are the Linux distributions we hear about most.
[August 14, 2000, 13:40]
Turkish Linux Distribution Aims For The Big Time
Talkback The welsh language community took a deliberate and sensible decision to support existing distributions. As a result you can install and use several distributions in Welsh, including core packages like Firefox and OpenOffice.org
[January 6, 2006, 11:02]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I have been testing Vista and various Linux distributions on my 6 PCs/laptops. Here are my experiences.http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek/archives/dumping-vista-a-divorce-with-a-happy-ending-19844 http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek...
[October 24, 2007, 18:05]
UNetbootin
Downloads UNetbootin has built-in support for numerous distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, PCLinuxOS, Linux Mint, ArchLinux, Debian, CentOS, Frugalware, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Parted Magic, though many other distributions can also be installed...
[April 17, 2008, 8:46]
Debian Bangs Drum For Mission Critical Apps
News Debian, a free distribution of the Linux operating system, is better suited to mission-critical applications than rival commercial distributions, one of the distribution's developers - who you can see pictured in our CeBIT 2005 Gallery - claimed...
[March 11, 2005, 14:55]
Open Source Renders Patching A Problem
Talkback This is a non-issue for package managed distributions. For example, Debian-based distributions have shiped standard with system-wide update mechanisms (through APT) since at least 1997. Debian maintains a specific repository for security-only updates.
[November 18, 2005, 5:14]
Open Source Renders Patching A Problem
Talkback This is a non-issue for package managed distributions. For example, Debian-based distributions have shiped standard with system-wide update mechanisms (through APT) since at least 1997. Debian maintains a specific repository for security-only updates.
[November 18, 2005, 5:16]
News Schmooze: Linux Unites, Partly
News What's better than four Linux distributions? If they do a good job, software makers could start paying attention to just two distributions, namely Red Hat and UnitedLinux, which would be an encouragement -- to put it mildly -- for other vendors to...
[May 31, 2002, 12:37]
Red Hat Recommends Windows For Consumers
Talkback These comments might hold true for Red Hat Linux, but they are certainly untrue for several other distributions (most notably Mandrake 9.2). Mandrake (among other distributions) seems aimed squarely at the desktop segment, and in my experience they...
[November 5, 2003, 5:40]
Legal Technicality Puts Linux Programmers At Risk
News A technicality in the installation process of package managers in several Linux distributions has highlighted a legal problem that could nullify liability disclaimers with some Linux software, according to Australian software house Bowerbird...
[November 11, 1999, 11:05]
Analysts Claim Improved Reliability For Linux Servers
News Mainstream Linux distributions for servers have caught up substantially with Unix in terms of reliability over the past year, while Windows Server 2003 downtime has risen by nearly 25 percent, according to a Yankee Group survey.
[April 16, 2008, 15:54]
