[newsforge daily] February 13, 2003

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February 13, 2003

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Call for parallel and distributed processing conference papers: http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/141246

• By Barbara French, Tekrati - With the 2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications February 17 call-for-papers deadline approaching, Rajat P. Garg, Ph.D. with Sun Microsystems, encourages the open source community to file submissions and offers some suggested topics. You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 5 pages and/or a proposal to organize a technical session/workshop. All ...

Microsoft to Open Source: You guys are hypocrites! http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/2118256

• by Tony Stanco -Leave it to the kooks in the community to make Microsoft look sympathetic. I heard from Microsoft yesterday on the chatter over their appearing at our Open Source in Government conference and they quickly proposed that they be uninvited. Not so fast.

Free Software Foundation Associate Members to meet with FSF Board http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/2038222

• by Tina Gasperson - Around 700 people have already signed up to be associate members of the Free Software Foundation, and in March they're all invited to Boston to chat with Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen, and the gang.

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Xandros: Delivering the corporate desktop http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2319228

    DesktopLinux.com discovers what Hilton hotels recently learned --     Xandros delivers the corporate desktop. Emphasizing solutions that     offer a smooth transition for companies migrating from Microsoft     Windows and a significant cost savings (reportedly millions for Hilton     alone), Xandros is paving the way for Desktop Linux. This in-depth     interview with Xandros' Chairman Frank Berenstein and VP of software     development, Ming Poon walks us through the ...

Latest View from Gates on Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2318237

    miladus writes "According to Bill Gates, Linux is "unusual kind of     competition because in a way it's out there and very pervasive. In a     way, there's more incompatible versions of Linux than there are of all     other operating systems put together. That is, as people do innovations     on top of Linux, they don't all get tested together and they're not all     consistent with each other. Full details about the latest Microsoft     view of Linux on eWeek."

Being hacked is like being haunted?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2315254

    Anonymous Reader writes "Jay Beale (from Bastille Linux) answers the     questions "How can I determine if my Linux server has been hacked? How     can I be sure that I haven't been hacked?" He starts out by saying     Being hacked is a lot like being haunted--odd things are afoot that you     may or may not notice. Of course he talks about Tripwire, but he also     talks about how Tripwire gets defeated by kernel level rootkits and how     you can detect or defeat ...

Secret Microsoft plot to promote open source exposed http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2313252

    Anonymous Reader writes "Consider for a moment what a well-orchestrated     promotional stunt the Microsoft SQL Server Slammer worm proved to be.     Does anyone honestly think it was a coincidence that Slammer brought     the Internet to its knees before the echoes of Bill Gates' state of the     union on trustworthy computing address could fade? The timing was as     impeccable as food to a beakless chicken."

Monthly Monster Machines back in action
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2310225

    Anonymous Reader writes "Each month the Linuxlookup staff assembles a     list of hardware components to aid our viewers in building their own     Budget Box, Workstation / Server and Dream Machine. With each machine     category comes a preset spending limit and suggestions are made based     upon this dollar amount. We try our best to outfit these compilations     with components currently on the market available to consumers and for     the purpose of running the ...

Making movies with Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/1652237

    Just for fun, some pictures of Linux in action in feature film     production...

Book Review - Counter Hack
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/142219

    LogError writes "If you're in charge of the security of a network or     just a security enthusiast, you'll find this book of great value. The     specific tools and techniques described in this book are more valuable     than just theory presented in other publications."

Open and closed security are roughly equivalent http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/141227

    Open and closed approaches to security are basically equivalent, with     opening a system up to inspection helping attackers and defenders     alike. That's the surprising conclusion drawn by Cambridge don Ross     Anderson during a well-received talk to a Linux User Group at London's     City University last night.

Open Content Music Database Launched
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/140241

    Slashdot: An anonymous reader writes "The open source music database     MusicBrainz was launched officially today."

Linux' New Worst Enemy
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/104224

    It's no secret that SCO, under any name, isn't making money. Well, it's

    making some money, but it's losing more. The company lost US$24.9
    million last year, according to SEC filings, and it is running out of
    capital. Moreover, the company admits that sales from its Unix business

    are declining.                                                             

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