[newsforge daily] December 24, 2002

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December 24, 2002

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Advocating Linux and Open Source in Amman, Jordan http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/0349250

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - On December 15 and 16, 2002, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan held an Open Source Software Workshop, sponsored in part by the U.S. Agency for International Development. I was one of the speakers. Two gentlemen from Microsoft also spoke. I was in favor of Linux and Open Source. They weren't.

Teaching eBay how free software licensing works http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/23/0029246

• By John Holroyd - I am Managing Director of a very small UK company. We sell Unix hardware and GNU/Linux software. We are a listed Debian vendor, and over the past two months I have been involved in a frustrating battle of words with eBay to try and get them to reverse some rather annoying software sales policies.

Commentary: Teaching Newbies GNU/Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/21/1536254

• By Tom Chance - In a recent ask Slashdot thread, chrisd asked Slashdot readers how they thought he should present Free Software (FS) on TV, i.e. how one should present FS to "newbies." As is typical of a Slashdot commentators' debate, there was little agreement on the approach that should be taken, with lots of interesting arguments, counter-arguments, and comments coming in from entirely different angles (indeed that is the real value of a ...

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Mandrake 9.0 &amp; Xoops revisited
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/1235200

    Although Mandrake 9.0 is a breeze to install, there are a few important     things that Debian does better

Linux studies have major flaws
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/1234237

    Recent IDC and Aberdeen Group studies on Linux are either being taken     out of context or are seriously messed up.

Finding an opening
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/1234216

    Open-source databases, including MySQL and PostgreSQL, are marching     into the enterprise via their inclusion in major Linux distributions,     which are quickly growing in usage on middle-tier servers and back-end     clusters.

Old folks pick up Open Source
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/1137254

    Senior citizens from a community group in SS3 here have greatly     impressed their trainer Colin Charles by quickly learning how to     install and configure the Linux Red Hat 8.0 operating system.

Microsoft and Linux: Readers Weigh In
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/1132256

    We ended last time with the question, "Does Microsoft need to own the     OS in order to make its killing?"

Screenshots of Red Hat Linux 8.0.92 Installation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/0254242

    LPH writes "Red Hat released their beta this morning. The Tux Reports     Team has download the 3 iso images, burned the CDs and has done the     default desktop installation. They are now working on a second install,     adding in the K Desktop Environment. You may view their notes here and     screenshots here."

MS must ship Sun's Java - Judge
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/0253245

    Sun has won a preliminary injunction in its private antitrust case     against Microsoft, requiring the monopolist to carry Sun's Java and not     Redmond's feral version.

There Ain't No Business Like Benchmarking http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/23/222223

     An old Net adage is that the best way to get a quick answer to your     question is to post a wrong answer to it. Nothing draws the lurkers out     like the chance to correct someone else's mistake.

Talk To a Successful Free Software Project Leader http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/23/2159243

    Slashdot discussion: Nagios (formerly known as NetSaint) is a GPL     network monitor software project that's been getting a lot of buzz     lately among *Nix sysadmins...

IDC: Tech Bucks, Hack Threats Up
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/23/2158258

    Market researcher IDC pulls out its crystal ball and proclaims its     technology market predictions for 2003. But what do competing analysts     have to say about IDC's forecasts? By Elisa Batista.                                                             

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