Today in Techrights

• Patent Troll MPEG-LA Expands From Software Patents to Patents on Life While USPTO is Virtually Headless
• Lack of Independence of the Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Organisation (EPO) a Fatal Blow for the UPC
• [DE] STRASBOURG: Vertreter der Lufthansa wegen Korruption angeklagt
• The Bizarre World of US Patents and Ongoing Pursuit/Granting of Software Patents in Spite of Section 101
• Battistelli’s EPO Abuses May Soon Lead to the Death of the UPC and Return of the Old Order (‘EPO Glory’)
• Links 21/7/2017: New Wine, Ubuntu EoL
• Links 20/7/2017: Qt Creator 4.4 Beta, Libgcrypt 1.8.0

A look at the nano text editor in GNU/Linux

Given that I have been writing the odd article here and there about server work, hosting, VPS and the like, I thought that perhaps an article about editing configuration files / text documents in a command line scenario might be a good idea. There are a few major text editors out there, some more user-friendly while some are more complex but bring extra power and configuration (I'm looking at you Vim.) The editor that most users who are new to the world of working with text only will likely start with, is called Nano.

Server: Virtualization Trends, GoDaddy Pulls out of OpenStack

• Top five virtualization trends of 2017

  July marks the second half of the year, making it an ideal time to reflect upon what the journey through 2017 has been like and where it is going. With respect to virtualization, developers have played an increasingly important role in how companies deal with network agility, flexibility and security. While the direction data centers will head over the next six months remains open, a handful of virtualization trends are shaping the path forward.

   

• GoDaddy Terminates Its OpenStack Cloud Server Business

  Hosting vendor GoDaddy first debuted its own OpenStack-powered cloud service in March 2016, with high hopes of success. Those hopes have been dashed, as GoDaddy sent out notices to its customers this week advising them that the service will be shut down.

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