[newsforge daily] December 04, 2002

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December 04, 2002

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Tracking Tux: Research Round-Up
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/1118241

• By Barbara French, Tekrati - Bloor Research crosses the aisle and declares Linux enterprise-ready. META Group sees signs of changing tides in data center operating system dominance. The Linux-mainframe marriage makes sense with planning according to D.H. Brown and Giga, while Illuminata suggests maybe you shouldn't care. Aberdeen Group finds that infosec attacks leveled the playing field among operating system targets in 2002 and urges ...

Prelim GNOME Board election results
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/0156231

• by Tina Gasperson -Voting has closed and the ballots have been counted for the GNOME Board elections. It's not surprising to find the new board is laced with Ximian staff.

Cheap Mandrake for Windows refugees
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/2031216

    -by Tina Gasperson - Monday, MandrakeSoft announced what it calls a     Refugee Program. If you can muster up proof that you purchased an     operating system license to run Windows or UNIX or any other OS,     Mandrake has got a deal for you.

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Linux GUI Application Development for Windows Programmers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1047239

    Moving from windows to linux development you are confronted with a     myriad of options. QT vs GTK+? Which language should I use:     c/c++/java/perl/tcl/python/ruby or javascript?

IBM debuts new Linux-only server
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1046205

    IBM will announce a new low-end server Wednesday, its first Power     processor-based system that can run the Linux operating system without     needing IBM's AIX as well.

Review: Slackware Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1043257

    It's been a while since I took a look at Slackware, so I thought it     might be time to fire up 8.1 and give a full report.

Red Hat preps Linux for technical workstations http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1041245

    Red Hat Inc is lining up the release of an enterprise workstation     version of its Advanced Server Linux operating system.

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CryptoHeaven on World Business Review TV http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1039259

    Marcin Kurzawa writes "CryptoHeaven has been invited to, and will     appear on World Business Review TV early in December 2002, to talk     about its transparent encryption technology and how it is superior to     simple SSL encryption products. Click here to view the updated USA TV     schedule, click here for Canada and Hong Kong."

Diary: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference and Expo http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1038259

    Cpl Laque writes "After hopping on the commuter rail to Boston and     negotiating the "T", I arrived at the Marriott. I picked up my early     bird registration badge(read: free) along with a plastic bag, list of     sponsors, and a schedule(Paying customers got a canvas bag)."

Sweden and Denmark join anti-pirate frenzy http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1036205

    Anonymous Reader writes "Kasper Larsen is one of the founders of the     largest Danish Net portals called Jubii. As a service provider, Kasper     keeps an eye out for anything likely to impact his bottom line - such     as the activities of Denmark's Anti Pirat Gruppen which apparently, is     trying to get about 150 KaZaA and eDonkey users to fork out up to     $14,000 each, 'for illegally downloading copyright material'."

High Performance Interconnects
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/1958216

    As Beowulf-style clusters have proliferated, many computational     scientists have discovered that, although clusters provide adequate CPU     performance for most applications, more finely-grained models are often     limited by the performance of the network that interconnects nodes.

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'Hacking Challenge' Winners Allege $43,000 Contest Rip Off http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/1957248

    Eighteen months after Argus Systems' much-ballyhooed global contest,     the winners say they're still waiting for their prize money.

Pearle in Europe Adopts SCO Linux 4.0, Powered by http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/1956248

    Anonymous Reader writes "Pearle in Europe, the largest optician     retalier in Europe, is installing SCO Linux/UnitedLinux to run 325+     stores. The press release is on Yahoo."                                                             

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