[newsforge daily] December 06, 2002

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December 06, 2002

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Some thoughts on the future of 'geek lobbying' http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/0241253

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller -This is a cynical but realistic view of the U.S. regulatory and lawmaking process that will make you sad -- and will show you why "Geek Activism" projects must be ongoing efforts if they are going to succeed. I'm sure things are similar in other countries, but I know the U.S. system best so that's the one I'll talk about here.

Compiere: Open source ERP and CRM for small business http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/1551256

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Compiere is free, open source software designed to give small retailers, wholesalers, and service businesses most of the same ERP and CRM capabilities SAP and other large-scale ERP and CRM providers sell to big businesses. But if a company wants and needs extra support and handholding beyond the usual open source user-to-user channels, ComPiere will provide that support for a fee. Compiere is one of the more active ...

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 ...

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Linux puts fear of God in Microsoft
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1043245

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    Companies such as Red Hat and Xandros are challenging Microsoft’s     dominance with user-friendly versions of Linux that allow users to     check e-mail, surf the web and run applications on a desktop.

More Linux desktops on the way
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1042206

    Entering a market that has attracted the likes of Sun Microsystems and     raised an alarm at Microsoft, Penguin Computing announced Thursday a     new desktop PC for businesses that runs on the open-source Linux     operating system.

Oracle Touts Linux Support
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1038240

    Oracle Corp. Vice President of Marketing Rene Bonvanie opened the     Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo 2002 by demonstrating an     "unbreakable" eight-node cluster running the company's Oracle9i RAC     (Real Application Cluster) technology on top of Linux.

CNET talks to Bruce Perens about Open Source http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1035202

    Crippling for-profit software companies isn't our goal. But this     question takes a myopic view of the industry of software. Ninety-five     percent of software is written for internal company use and is never     sold. A horrible lot of it duplicates things written at the company     down the street. That is the real software industry. That industry, the     user-driven software development, is the one that can profit most from     open source.

Meet the "mine" -- a Linux-based data storage/record/playback device http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1030206

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    The PowerPC and Linux powered device's built-in 10 GB HDD can hold     thousands of digital photographs and audio tracks, plus lots of other     data.

Charity picks Linux for secure email
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1028208

    Emotional support charity The Samaritans has installed Linux-based     security software from Trustix to offer a secure email service for     people in distress.

Server OS wars: Linux and .Net to trounce Unix http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1026205

    The future is anything but bright for proprietary Unix operating     systems. According to a new report, flavours of Unix from the main     vendors - hardware heavyweights HP, IBM and Sun - will lose out to     Linux, and even Microsoft's emerging .Net.

Free Software, Free Society
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/0217246

    Slashdot book review begins, "I've heard a lot of people describe     Richard Stallman as 'unreasonable.' I find Stallman instead to be one     of the most persistently, relentlessly reasonable..."

Sharp Zaurus SL-C700 Coming to America, but not from Sharp http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/0216237

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    LordDavon writes "It is official. Dynamism.com is teaming up with the     Open Source Community to bring the Sharp Zaurus SL-C700 to America.     This is the 400Mhz X-scale, clam-shell with a 640x480 screen that Sharp     is still testing the American market for. Dynamism is going to release     this in December.

Do you open source? The Community's voice http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/0214219

    Anonymous Reader writes "The debate over Open Source vs. Closed Source     has been a heated one. This is a debate which even beats the classic     'My OS is better then your OS'. Voice your opinions on Open Source vs.     Closed Source, and how it has played a role in your work, home, school     work. Comment on your experiences, your story may just help give others     the ideas to embrace the Open Source movement."                                                             

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