[newsforge daily] January 22, 2003

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January 22, 2003

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University of Philipines President Boosts Linux http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/2043259

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - In a letter to University of the Philippines (UP) faculty and students posted on the UP Forum Online Web site last December, the university's president, Dr. Francisco Nemenzo, called for an institution-wide move from Windows to Linux. The final paragraph of his letter said, "Let us all join the Linux revolutionary movement. Good-bye, Bill Gates."

Intensive BSD sysadmin training is available, but no certs http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1628253

• by Tina Gasperson - If you're interested in learning more about the "other" Free Operating System, BSD, you can get training at a relatively low cost. You just might have to travel thousands of miles to get to it.

Run your power generating plant on Linux - securely http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1432234

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - The "blue collar" side of computing is often overlooked by IT journalists, but it is huge. Industrial operations of all types, including refineries, power plants, railroads and other transporters, and all kinds of manufacturers, are almost entirely computer-controlled now. These are all "mission-critical environments." Many of them have extraordinary security requirements. And one of the most respected software ...

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Adding a clause to a GPL licensed product http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0925213

    I'm considering adding a new clause to the otherwise standard GPL     license that one of my products is under. It is basically designed to     stop people selling my product under a different name without paying     something towards my project.

A Double Chance for DMCA Reform
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0924215

    Again this Congress, we'll have two similar DMCA reform bills. Why two?

GNU/Linux Media Player Roundup
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0921234

    GonzoJohn writes "Linux Orbit takes a look at various media players     available under GNU/Linux."

MontaVista Launches Next-Generation Carrier Grade Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0921203

    Annette Oevermann writes "MontaVista Software Inc. today announced the     immediate availability of MontaVistaÃ&#x201a;Â&#x2122; LinuxÃ&#x201a;® Carrier Grade Edition     3.0 (CGE), the third generation of the companyÃ&#x201a;Â&#x2019;s carrier-grade Linux     operating system and development environment."

Untrusted computing
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/2050223

    Anonymous Reader writes "In his The view from the desktop, Dennis E.     Powell describes how, now that we have Microsoft's attention, the     Redmond behemoth will come after us -- and what he believes we must do     to have a chance of victory."

Tonight Live: You too can sue...
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/2049214

    Jeff Gerhardt writes "Tuesday, January 21st, 2003, from Chicago IL,     home of Buddy Guy's Legends, one of the best Blues Clubs in the galaxy.     Tonight LIVE on www.thelinuxshow.com, its open source mayhem.

EV7 AlphaServers unleashed as chip line heads into future http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1454236

    Customers of Hewlett-Packard Co's AlphaServer RISC machines got a look     at the probable future machines they will use over the next few years     as HP rolled out the "Marvel" line of servers, writes Timothy     Prickett-Morgan. The Marvels, which are based on the Alpha EV7     processor, are kickers to the current "Wildfire" series of AlphaServer     machines, which are based on the Alpha EV68 processors.

Microsoft doesn't care about local law
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1451251

    vosbergF writes "On several dutch sites (like http://www.webwereld.nl)     you can read that the Microsoft licences are not compatible (read:     against) the dutch law. In a reaction Microsoft said that they are not     interested in making their licence compatible with local laws."

New bill calls for drastic changes to DCMA http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1451226

    Anonymous Reader writes "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA),     the brainchild of the Big Five American record labels and enacted to     serve them, the movie studios and book publishers, will be radically     amended to protect users if US representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA),     John Doolittle (R-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)     have their way."

Review of Mandrake Linux 9.1 Beta 2
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1450245

    ladislav writes "In the first part of this series, Andrew D. Balsa     looked at Mandrake Linux 9.1 and its initial beta release. Despite     quite a few critical bugs, he was impressed with the progress and most     charmed by the new KDE 3.1. When Mandrake released the second beta, he     rushed to do another installation and these are his experiences,     together with some impressive new screenshots."                                                             

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