[newsforge daily] March 19, 2003

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March 19, 2003

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Iraq's renewal: U.S. using tools that could have been free http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/1815234

• by Tina Gasperson - The U.S. State Department has a plan for the renewal of post-Hussein Iraq, called the "Future of Iraq" project. In fact, they're already making deals with technology companies for tools to help in that renewal. But one of the geographical imaging tools they picked up from an outside vendor has a free counterpart created by the U.S. Army. It's called GRASS.

Why Shared Source is not Open Source
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/12/1330253

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - This topic has been written about at least 1000 times. But hardly anyone seems to have highlighted the biggest practical difference between Open Source and Shared Source: That you can modify Open Source software to fit your device (and other software), while Shared Source only lets you modify your device (and other software) to fit the Shared Source software.

What eGovOS must do
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1259203

• By Richard Stallman - Two weeks ago, the main organizer of the eGovOS (open source in e-government) conference begged me to speak at the conference. It was not the first time. I refused, and I would like to explain why. [Note: The eGovOS conference opens today. NewsForge editor Robin 'Roblimo' Miller will be there starting this afternoon.]

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SCO suit could set nasty precedents for Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/2037236

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "As SCO Group and IBM Corp. prepare to tangle     in court over intellectual property claims concerning portions of the     Unix code that may have been donated by IBM to Linux developers, the     open-source community continues to wonder what the future holds.

Using Free (Open Source) Software in a Grassroots Organisation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/0449221

    Arif Mamdani writes "What follows is the first installment of a     continuation of journals on using GNU/Linux that the Low-Income     Networking and Communications (LINC) Project of the Welfare Law Center     released in the spring of 2002. We will continue to release daily     journals over the next week documenting our progress on using Free     Software on the desktop."

BMC exec: More shops 'moving key applications to Linux' http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/2035249

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "IT shops' interest in enterprise Linux was     lukewarm 18 months ago, but now it's hot, according to Lori Allen, BMC     Software Inc.'s Linux solutions vice president. In meetings with IT     directors around the world, she's seen a rapid increase in the number     of IT shops using and/or evaluating Linux. In this interview, she     shares the Linux evaluation, deployment and usage issues that have come     up in these conversations. She ...

We'd love to go wireless but what about security? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/2146248

     European businesses are keen to embrace wireless technologies, in all     their flavours, but doubts about security are continuing to act as a     brake on wider usage of wireless LANs.

Open Source Gets Booster Program
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/2119229

    A think tank advocating the use of open source software in government     is launching a source-code escrow program that would let vendors make     money on proprietary software while eventually releasing their products     to the open source community. At least one software company says it may     be open to the idea.

Sharp Ships Zaurus SL-5600
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/2117231

     Sharp Electronics announced today that it has begun shipping the     Zaurus SL-5600 Linux PDA. Relative to the earlier Zaurus SL-5500, the     new model offers a faster CPU (400MHz XScale vs. 206 MHz StrongARM),     twice the protected Flash storage memory (32MB vs 16MB), and extended     battery life (1700 mAh). Sharp's "suggested retail pricing" for the     SL-5600 is $499 (USD).

Quiet Protest Marks Open Source Event
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/2113251

     Free software advocates protesting the decision to include Microsoft     at an open source and government conference showed up in American     Revolutionary War uniforms and passed out a few flyers Monday but     otherwise didn't cause much of a ruckus.

Getting Ready for Slackware Linux 9.0
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/2042241

    Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews offers an introduction to the upcoming     Slackware 9.0 and in the Slackware world in general."

Tonight Live: While War looms, Open Source makes big strides in US State legislatures http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/2040249

    Jeff Gerhardt writes "At 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and 9pm et.... Kevin     Hill, Jeff Gerhardt, Doc Searls (Linux Journal), Arne Flones and Russ     Pavlicek; are back live tonight. We have a great show lined up tonight     on The Linux Show!

Windows' Biggest Enemy Is NT, Not Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/2034216

     While it is conventional wisdom that Linux is its biggest competitor,     my thought is that Linux will have to take a back seat to the real     challenge: Getting people to convert from NT.                                                             

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