[newsforge daily] February 14, 2003

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February 14, 2003

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Open Source in Mexico - Part Two
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/0146222

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - While attending CONSOL 2003, I quickly realized that the Open Source movement in Mexico is just barely starting to discover business -- or perhaps it's the other way around. In many ways, the idea of Open Source is much more political in Mexico than in the U.S., and there is a uniquely Mexican holdback to Open Source adoption that is, sadly, a reflection of some of the worst aspects of Mexican corporate and ...

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.

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Oracle to Submit Oracle9i Database on Linux for Independent Security Evaluation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0243232

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    Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), the world's largest enterprise software     company, today announced its intention to submit Oracle9i Database     Release 2 on the Linux operating system for a Common Criteria (ISO

1. evaluation at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4, the highest level generally achieved by commercial software vendors

 German bank switches to Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0237208

    Deutscher Investment Trust has chosen to run Intel-based servers with     SuSE's version of Linux on its computers that analyze funds and     portfolios, SuSE said Thursday. The German bank's programs previously     ran on a Hewlett-Packard Unix server, but the company switched to Intel     and Linux because it was less expensive than moving from the existing     HP-UX 10i Unix version to 11i, the bank said.

TimeSys rolls out updated embedded Linux SDK http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0233249

    Anonymous Reader writes "TimeSys Corporation today announced the     release of TimeSys Linux 4.0, and additionally has broken the     price/performance barrier for commercial embedded Linux development     packages by introducing a full-function embedded Linux SDK for just     $79.95."

PYCON 2003: 1st annual Python developers' conference http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0232210

    Python Software Foundation writes, No, it's not a snake or the name of     a British comedy group. Python is one of the most useful, compelling     and intelligently designed programming platforms to have emerged into     the computer industry mainstream in recent years. It is rapidly gaining     wide acceptance and being deployed in major IT shops around the world.

Testing Lotus iNotes on Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0227218

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    Anonymous Reader writes "Last month IBM announced the availability of     iNotes on Linux, which lets you easily access your Notes mail,     calendar, contacts, To Do list, and notebook directly from your Linux     brrowser. This iNotes Demo shows you how it looks, feels, and works.     You get an iNotes email ID for 7 days to test iNotes on Linux, but you     can get longer access if you want."

Development Progress Motivates Little Blue Box Group http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0226243

    Chicago IL, February 12th, 2003 Today, the makers of the revolutionary     Little Blue Box (the LBB), network email appliance announced an     expanded reseller opportunity for traditional VAR resellers and OEMs of     business class servers.

IBM Taps Trolltech For Linux-Based Mobile Devices http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/202253

    Norwegian software maker's suite will serve as an alternative to     competing technology from Palm and Microsoft.

Mitnick banned from security group
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/1337213

    On January 23rd he received a congratulatory e-mail, welcoming him into     the association, and giving him a password to the members-only section     of the ISSA site. It didn't last long. Mitnick's password was quickly     revoked, and a few days later he received a letter in certified mail     from the ISSA's headquarters informing him that news of his acceptance     was greatly exaggerated.

Intel Launches Cell Phone Chip
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/1335227

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    'Wireless Internet on a chip' handset processors promise lighter,     smarter phones with long battery life.

FBI warns 'patriot hackers'
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/1335207

    Real patriots don't hack. Uncle Sam says only he can do that. The FBI's     National Infrastructure Protection Center warned Wednesday that growing     tensions between the United States and Iraq could lead to an increase     in global computer hacking activities on both sides.                                                             

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