[newsforge daily] March 20, 2003

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March 20, 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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American Megatrends launch Linux-based NAS http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/1510255

     American Megatrends, a manufacturer of motherboard and storage     solutions, released a new Linux- and ATA-based NAS storage system with     remote management capabilities that is designed for small to midsize     businesses.

Microsoft Challenges Linux On The Bottom-Line http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/159246

     Microsoft in its never-ending quest to be dominating the operating     system world suggested that running Open-source software could be more     expensive than buying a copyrighted product. It was reported in a study     performed by IDC (International Data Collection) on the behalf of     Microsoft, that companies could save 11% - 22% with Windows.

SCO-Caldera v IBM: Alan Cox, Richard Gooch, and David Weinehall Respond to SCO's Linux-Related Claim http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/1455247

     Today in our in-depth SCO IP and Caldera v IBM coverage, we look at     discussions with three, extremely Linux-knowledgeable, very prominent,     and well-respected members of the Linux kernel community, Alan Cox,     Richard Gooch, and David Weinehall. Alan Cox is the maintainer of the     2.2 Linux kernel and David Weinehall maintains the 2.0 Linux kernel.     Richard Gooch, PhD, is the maintainer of The linux-kernel mailing list     FAQ. Sun Microsystems sued for 'favouring' Indian workers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/1452212

    A.Guru prasad writes "Sun Microsystems, the Silicon Valley computer     giant, was hit with a lawsuit on Monday alleging that the firm laid off     thousands of US high-tech workers in order to replace them with     younger, lower-paid engineers from India."

SnapGear Unveils PCI630 - Stateful Firewall NIC http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/1447209

    Miles Gillham writes "Powered by embedded Linux, the PCI card     revolutionizes enterprise server and deskop security by providing host     operating system independent stateful firewall and VPN protection.

Write an article - win security books!
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/1440223

    LogError writes "We have a contest going on at Help Net Security. If     you write a short article with the topic "Implementing basic security     measures" you could win 3 security books. Click here to find out more!"

It's a Cycle of Life Thing: Managing Linux Releases http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/1439231

     One of the things I used look forward to about twice a year was a new     release of Red Hat (RH) Linux.

   uClinux powers security-enhanced smart PCI NIC http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/1436256

     SnapGear Inc. has embedded its VPN appliance technology into a smart     PCI NIC card which contains a built-in security processor. Controlled     by an embedded Linux operating system (uClinux, to be precise), the     SnapGear PCI630 provides full multi-VPN capabilities for secure access     and communication, the company said.

When OSS-based Corporations and (some) OSS Hackers Clash http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/1435205

     A KDE developer tipped me off to a recent thread discussed in the     kde-core-devel mailing list regarding interoperability between KDE and     Gnome. OSNews featured an interview with the usability experts from     Gnome and KDE a few days ago and we expected that the spirit of     co-operation would continue to get stronger every day. Luckily this is     true regarding most of these developers, but not for all of them are     sharing it. Here is a commentary on the ...

   Mandrake 9.1 Final
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/19/1431253

     9.1 is gone to production. In the name of MandrakeSoft engineering     team, I would like to thank all the cookers for the great help you     provided to build this release.                                                             

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