[newsforge daily] November 28, 2002

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November 28, 2002

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How low-cost 802.11b and Linux have improved my life http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/20/1413252

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I was in the computer section of Circuit City, a major consumer electronics retailer, when I saw an 802.11b wireless router on sale for $89 (after $30 mail-in rebate). A salesman walked up and asked if he could help me. I asked, "Can you tell me if this works with Linux?" He said, "It sure does." This short conversation tells you just how far Linux has come in the last few years, and the router itself shows how far ...

MandrakeSoft CEO is glad to learn about Open Source http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/26/2324228

• by Tina Gasperson - At 54, new CEO François Bancilhon is, ah, more mature than the rest of the crew at MandrakeSoft. Just take a look at the boyish mugs of the top executives here, extrapolate some age data,and you'll find that Bancilhon could be someone's daddy. Figuratively speaking, of course.

Gentoo 1.4 Vs Mandrake 9.0
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/25/2210258

• by Chris Bruner -I've recently installed both Gentoo 1.4 and Mandrake 9.0 (both bleeding edge distros). I'm not going to talk about the installation so much as the niceness factor. The niceness factor in my opinion is after doing a default install, how nice is it to use. Gentoo 1.4 hasn't been released yet, so things may change.

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mozilla.org's Phoenix Project To Be Renamed http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/127203

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    Anonymous Reader writes "MozillaZine is reporting that the lightweight     Phoenix browser will be renamed. The new name is in response to a     request from BIOS manufacturer Phoenix Technologies who make a Web     browser. Version 0.5 of the renamed browser is due next week."

Group urges limits on open source
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2356205

     The U.S. Defense Department should think twice before embracing     open-source software, a trade association is advising.

Survey: IT Job Market May Perk Up
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2034244

     The bleak IT job market may finally be showing signs of improving,     according to a survey of human resources executives at     technology-oriented businesses recently conducted by TMP Worldwide     Executive Search, a unit of TMP Worldwide, Inc., in N.Y.

Are we making it too easy?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2031236

    Anonymous Reader writes "As we advance technologically, are we robbing     ourselves and future generations of something fundamentally human? In     his The view from the desktop, Dennis E. Powell wonders: if a man's     reach should exceed his grasp, then what's a remote control for?"

AOL 'Communicator' Threatens Netscape
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2029211

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     AOL this month debuted in beta form a stand-alone e-mail client     bundled with a new version of AOL Instant Messenger and an address     book, a package collectively dubbed AOL Communicator.

IBM Overtakes Hewlett-Packard in Server Market Sha http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2021222

    International Business Machines Corp. overtook Hewlett-Packard Co. as     the top seller of server computers in the third quarter and Sun     Microsystems Inc. lost its lead in Unix-based servers, a researcher     said.

Andreessen on what's next
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2018255

    (FORTUNE.COM) -- The other day Marc Andreessen gave me an impressively     cogent analysis of what's happening in business IT. True, his ideas     added up to an argument why his company, Opsware (formerly known as     Loudcloud), would thrive over time. Call me gullible--after last week's     column on Microsoft, plenty of you already have--but I think     Andreessen's probably right on both counts.

LinuxMAX Now With a Community Forums
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2015203

    Anonymous Reader writes "LinuxMAX.net has finally setup a Community     Discussion forums at http://linuxmax.net/forums/ , please take your     time and visit our non-profit Linux Site and start up some discussions.

Open Source Insecurity - you decide.
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/1336224

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    FUD Alert! Well, if you read the mass-medioutlets it seems that there     is a new study afoot that claims that Open Source software is the     "poster child for security problems". Of course statistics never lie,     and being selective in how you slice a pie you can always choose your     perspectives, can't you?

DeCSS Defendant Won't Have to Mosey West http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/1246205

    Court rules it won't force Texas resident to stand trial in California     for publishing descrambling software.                                                             

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