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  Smarter Linux file structure aims to ease software management

  The Unix file system hierarchy has been used for decades and remains the model for most of today’s modern Linux systems, but one distribution, GoboLinux, is making software management easier with an innovative directory structure.

  By Rodney Gedda | 22 January, 2010 14:31

  Tags: files, GoboLinux, Linux, linux.conf.au, software maintenance, software management, system administrators

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  Microsoft sets July kill date for Office 2000

  Microsoft yesterday reminded Office 2000 users that it will discontinue security updates for the aged suite in less than two months as it drops all support for the software.

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 May, 2009 04:57

  Tags: end of life, Microsoft, Office 2000, software maintenance

• The computer maintenance flash drive

  In "Applications on a Flash Drive," I mentioned that I keep a flash drive with portable diagnostic tools I use for fixing friends' and relatives' PCs. Andy Ludlum asked what programs I keep on that flash drive.

  By Lincoln Spector | 08 December, 2009 03:43

  Tags: flash drive, software maintenance

Whitepapers about software maintenance

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  Managing Growth: A review of the global software & IT services industry

  This report investigates the opportunities for software and IT services companies in 2012 and beyond, and analyses how the United Kingdom, United States and Australia compare and contrast, to identify important trends that highlight the opportunities and threats to the sector over the next 12 months.

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  IBM agility@scale™: Become as Agile as You Can Be

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  Transforming Software Delivery: An IBM Rational Case Study

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  Case Study: Danske Bank Group improves efficiency and reduces time to market