[newsforge daily] April 10, 2003

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April 10, 2003

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Ellison an oracle for open source?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/2129211

• Lee Schlesinger - Larry Ellison is putting his money on open source development. Over the last couple of weeks headlines quoting Oracle Corp.'s chief executive officer have included "Oracle ups Linux efforts with ISV program" and "Linux will wipe Microsoft out of data center." What's his rationale?

Report from the first Oregon open source hearing http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/1630253

• By Doug Dingus - 3 April 2003 - It was an early morning, uneventful drive to the State Capitol building in Salem, Oregon. Upon arrival, I found the staff pleasant and efficient. All I had to say to the woman at the information desk was "Open Source." Her reply was swift and on target: "Down the hall, turn right, continue past the green carpet. It's on the left."

There may never be another software billionaire http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2125237

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - We often forget that that idea of software as a boxed, mass-market, proprietary product is only about 30 years old. During these three decades, the software industry has made a number of individuals wealthy. But this era may be over. The future of software may not have room for new billionaires, even though there is a growing demand for new software, and opportunities for people who write that software will continue ...

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SuperH, TimeSys partner for SH-4, SH-5 embedded Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/0531240

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     SuperH Inc. and TimeSys Corp. announced that they have formed a     stratregic partnership for embedded Linux support for the SuperH CPU     cores. SuperH will include TimeSys Linux Standard Edition software     development kits (SDKs) with its SH-4 processor cores, and the two     companies will collaborate to develop an embedded Linux platform for     upcoming SH-5 processor cores, the companies said.

   Desktop Linux hits enterprises
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/0528237

     Confirming the hype, small pockets of desktop Linux deployments exist     in Australian enterprises, according to research conducted by S2     Intelligence. Responses to an email survey in latter part of March     suggests about 3 per cent of large Australian enterprises have rolled     out desktop Linux.

Anonymous backer funds patent foe
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/0520243

     A sponsor has provided Perens with a $50,000 annuity to support his     advocacy for open-source organizations and his opposition to the     software patents that he says are stymieing industry standards on which     open-source groups depend.

Linux 2.6: Can You Break It?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/0517237

     A preview of the 2.6 kernel and the audio excellence of Linux.

GNU-Darwin shell accounts
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/0158257

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    proclus writes "Shell accounts have been enabled for all GNU-Darwin     internet service users. The shell-only server includes a full     GNU-Darwin Office-x86 installation, Darwin-6.0.2, compilers, and     fetchmail access to your mail account. SMTP-on-LAN has also been     provided. The shell server should be very secure with firewalled,     ssh-only access, and this resource will hopefully accellerate     development on the Darwin platform including x86. Here are ...

IBM releases complex spreadsheet generator for Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/2349238

    Anonymous Reader writes "SheetPages is a technology that provides a     simple HTML front end for complex spreadsheets on muliple operating     systems including Linux. With the template deployed in a Java Server     Page (JSP), spreadsheets can be made available either in view or update     mode for multiple users, as needed. The advantage of SheetPages is that     complex spreadsheets can be viewed on a wide variety of clients. Many     browsers can be used to view ...

Red Hat 9 Marks Strategic Shift
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/1911242

     Red Hat has become one of the most widely deployed Linux distributions     in the Enterprise space, and has long been a favorite of Linux     devotees. Red Hat 8 introduced a new Gnome-based GUI that gave the OS a     unique look and feel, and the company has continued to add more     proprietary configuration tools designed to make system tweaking a     graphical, rather than a command-line process.

Honeywell adds Linux to building automation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/196259

     Honeywell is expanding its building automation solutions program with     the addition of a Linux-based controller, reports European software     firm SYSGO (Mainz, Switzerland). SYSGO said it recently completed the     development of Linux-based system software for the Honeywell Excel Web,     a new member of Honeywell's Excel 5000 Open family. The new Linux-based     building automation device will begin shipping in early 2004, SYSGO     said.

Top Tip: Music in Linux?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/195256

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     "Okay, I know I'll get a lot of grief over this one probably, but is     there a program that will play wma files in Linux?

Curl preps Linux version of app dev tool http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/1815235

     Curl announced Wednesday a Linux version of its development platform     for creating Web-based front ends for server applications.                                                             

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