[newsforge daily] January 18, 2003

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January 18, 2003

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Commentary: Why I would miss Mandrake
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/238248

• By Dr. Paul Miller Well, I am guilty as charged in the potential demise of Mandrake. You see, I am one of those leeches who likes to get something for nothing. I burned the download version of Mandrake 9.0 and installed it on my old AMD Athlon 800. No money paid to Mandrake. Thanks guys :) I can even get access to their update servers for nowt, zilch, nada. They are most kind and generous. They are nearly bankrupt.

Linux Advisory Watch - January 17th 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/0933238

• by Benjamin D. Thomas - Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and descriptions of each vulnerability. This week, advisories were released for wget, xpdf, openldap, libmcrypt, impsql, bugzilla, mod_php, cups, dhcpd, kde, leafnode, libpng, postgresql, mysql, vim, and ethereal. The distributors include ...

Open Source Security: Better Protection at a Lower Cost http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/15/1659246

    Steve Schlesinger, Astaro Corp. At first glance, the idea of using open     source software for a firewall or other security application seems     counterintuitive, even absurd. Why would a corporation use code that's     available to anyone - hackers, cyber-terrorists, disgruntled employees

• to protect their most vital information assets? Yet that's what's happening at places like Stanford University, EDS, and Los Alamos National Labs, to name but a few ...

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IBM Moves into Linux Embedded Processor Market http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2244202

    IBM Corp. took itself further into the Linux arena this week,     announcing a deal with MontaVista Software Inc. for the embedded     processor market.

CA to Launch Latest Barrage of Linux Tools http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2241251

     Computer Associates International Inc. at next week's LinuxWorld show     in New York will launch its latest barrage of Linux tools that run     across all of its product brands.

Lycoris and Transgaming unveil the GamePak gaming suite http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2239237

    January 16th, 2003 -- The hot new Lycoris GamePak gaming suite     including 5 full action-packed games in the trademark Lycoris easy     install package, plus access to WineX, TransGaming Technologies' cross     platform gaming software that gives users the ability to play over 150     Windows games on Desktop/LX, is now available for pre-purchase...

Avoid Wireless LAN Security Pitfalls
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2236251

    LogError writes "Wireless LANs are not everywhere they could be.     Enterprises have heard the horror stories of competitors and crackers     sitting in a parking lot and accessing the corporate network.     Unfortunately most of these stories are true. Gartner predicts that by     the end of this year, a third of all enterprises will suffer a serious     security exposure due to a wireless LAN. The reason? The main protector     of wireless LANs, the Wired Equivalent ...

SAP Bridges the Computing Divide
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2235238

    In a "plug-and-play" strategy, the software maker's new products will     work with both Microsoft's .Net and Sun's Java standards.

PlayStation 2 sales soar
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2234235

     More than 50 million PlayStation 2 consoles have been sold worldwide,     computer entertainment giant Sony has said.

Australian/NZ LInux OpenSource Magazine
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2233246

    Kimberly Shelt writes: WHO: A small of group of folks in Perth WA with     added Ã&#x201a;Â&#x201c;remoteÃ&#x201a;Â&#x201d; support from other states. Mostly LUG members and     other *NIX interested people....

South African Government picks up open source pace http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2231212

    Anonymous Reader writes "The South African government is serious about     open source. This is the message that emerged from an OSS workshop     hosted by the State IT Agency yesterday in which a call was made to     make open source a mandatory option in all IT purchases."

A developer's nightmare
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2226237

    The various proprietary bits and pieces which commercial Linux     distributions continue to add to push their products and grab market     share is driving at least one group of developers to distraction. Says     Shawn Gordon, president of theKompany.com, "The current situation is an     absolute and utter nightmare."

 SCO Linux/Unix Licensing Nonsense
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/1718206

    Recently, a story claimed that SCO would charge users $96 per CPU for a     so-called one-time System 5 for Linux software license to protect their     systems from SCO-enforced patent issues if they ante up as soon as     demand is made. The fee would go up to $149 per CPU if SCO had to wait     through a so-called 99-day "amnesty period" for its money. Users of SCO     Linux would get a free System 5 license.                                                             

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