[newsforge daily] April 03, 2003

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April 03, 2003

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Who's your favorite Linux hardware vendor? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1323227

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - The traditional answer to this question is, "I assemble my own workstations and servers," because early Linux adoptors tended to be tinkerers and do-it-yourselfers. But times are changing, and an increasing number of both large and small computer vendors have learned that Linux is no longer an "upstart" operating system, but a serious market force. Do you have a favorite Linux hardware vendor? If so, we'd like to ...

How open source developers can get more U.S. government contracts http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/25/1539222

• By Alexander Perry - Why is government procurement a challenge for Open Source? Ironically, it is because the US government's acquisition policy has been shaped over many decades to try to get the best value for money. For-profit corporations with proprietary solutions are expected to try to make as much money as they can from a limited amount of development. Thoughtful tinkering and optimization, over many decades, has built stacks of ...

Free Software Foundation debuts Shared Source program http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/1219237

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Cambridge, MA, April 1 - "We've learned that only a few nut-case programmers ever alter source code, so we have developed a new license, the GSSPL [GNU Shared Source Public License] to meet the needs of the vast majority of computer users," said Free Software Foundation founder Richard M. Stallman at a press conference earlier today. He also said, "The fact that Microsoft is now the FSF's prime sponsor has nothing ...

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The IBM / MS PC Pissing Contest
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/0510215

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    Eric Peterson writes "The computing industry is fueled by egotism,     revenge, and by avarice. After a decade of monopolistic shenanigans,     heroic recovery, obscure legal proceedings, political pandering, and     courtroom antics, the PC industry still boils down to one thing: a     pissing contest between Microsoft and IBM."

MontaVista Linux Powers Zultys
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/059202

    Patricia Colby writes "MontaVista Linux Powers New IP Phone and     Enterprise Media Exchange, Provides Robust Platform for Zultys ZIP 4x4     and MX1200. SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 31, 2003 MontaVista Software,     Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, and Zultys     Technologies, which designs and manufactures products that integrate     telecommunications and data communications for enterprise networks,     today announced that MontaVista Linux® ...

ROCK Linux to become TCPA-approved
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/056259

    An anonymous coward writes "Today, esden announced that ROCK Linux will     be TCPA-approved. IBM volunteered to carry the costs."

Hitachi Plunks Money into MVD's PowerCockpit http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/0419229

    Press Flack writes "Hitachi has invested in Mountain View Data (MVD) in     a move expected to speed the adoption of MVDs PowerCockpit server     management technology and network storage software on Hitachi hardware.

Red Hat Linux 9 Technical Changes
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/2346213

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     Over the past eight years or so, I've been excited each time a new     version of Red Hat Linux gets released. During the past few years,     people have even been writing reviews of each release. As a general     rule, I've been dissatisfied by the superficialities, inaccuracies, and     irrelevancies in the reviews often times performed by someone who does     not have intimate knowledge of Red Hat Linux. A systems administrator     needs an in-depth review that ...

Biotech group's $1m Linux cluster
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/2342227

     IBM Australia has won a $1 million deal to supply a Linux     supercomputer cluster platform and bioinformatics tools for     biotechnology research in Victoria.

NVIDIA's Latest Drivers and the Quadro FX http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/201255

    Augustus writes "LinuxHardware.org just published a review looking at     NVIDIA's latest driver. "Monday, NVIDIA took the next step in their     strive to own the Linux video market with the release of their 1.0-4349     drivers. These drivers represent a first in the Linux driver market, a     utility that not only installs the drivers on any distribution, but     also keeps the driver up-to-date. We now take a look at this new     utility and the drivers themselves. ...

MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition 3.0 Now Shipping http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/2124212

    Patricia Colby writes "Industrys First Embedded Linux Platform For     Consumer Electronics Boasts Dynamic Power Management, Rich Networking     Support and Consumer-Grade Reliability. SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 31,     2003 MontaVista Software Inc., the company powering the embedded     revolution, today announced the immediate availability of MontaVista     Linux® Consumer Electronics Edition (CEE) 3.0. CEE is the first     quality Linux operating system and ...

Exec says Sun is a Linux believer
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/1958257

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    Michael S. Mimoso writes "The perception that Sun Microsystems Inc. is     a reluctant supporter of Linux is just plain wrong, according to Jack     O'Brien, Sun's group manager for Linux strategy and marketing. Sun's     Linux operating system for Intel x86 servers is an integral part of     Sun's mix-and-match platform strategy, he said. With Linux and the     different versions of Solaris, Sun offers users many choices of     architectures."

Red Hat Linux 9 Review
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/1936245

     This is by no means a technical review - it is just a summary of my     experience as I was going along, installing and configuring a Red Hat     Linux 9 machine. I installed the standard "workstation" installation on     my 2 year old desktop machine. I like Gnome at home, KDE at work, but     this review only covers my experience with the default Gnome     installation.                                                             

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