[newsforge daily] April 13, 2003

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April 13, 2003

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Linux not ready for the desktop? Give me a break! http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/07/203248

• Lee Schlesinger - I'm tired of reading on an almost monthly basis articles asserting that Linux isn't yet ready for the desktop. Nonsense! Linux is about as ready for the desktop as Windows is. It's simply a matter of corporate and user inertia that's keeping Linux marginalized.

Linux Advisory Watch - April 11th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/0314230

    By Benjamin D. Thomas This week, advisories were released for snort,     sendmail, samba, dhcp, file, kernel ptrace, zlib, man, mutt, metrics,     moxftp, glibc, heimdal, seti, kde, apache, cvs, kerberos, mysql, httpd,     and openssl. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo,     Immunix, FreeBSD, Mandrake, Slackware, SuSE, and Trustix.

Replacing MS Exchange with Communigate Pro http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/01/1750203

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Stalker Software's Communigate Pro is an increasingly popular corporate email/groupware alternative to Microsoft's Exchange Server. According to Stalker spokesperson Philip Slater, it supports "any POP or IMAP client on the market. We never have a compatibility problem. We even support pine."

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   Dawn of the dynamic enterprise
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0456240

     IT strategists and visionaries peering into 2004 and beyond see a     potentially catastrophic flaw in existing enterprise solutions:     complexity. How serious is it? Every business that hosts or outsources     large-scale solutions will take a hit.

   India seeks global role in embedded software http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0455243

    Indian software companies are stepping up embedded-software development     to mine a promising business vein. After years of developing software     internally, suppliers like Wipro, Sasken, HCL Technologies and Mistral     Software now look to cash in on their expertise globally.

   Honeypots get stickier for hackers
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0454250

     If Lance Spitzner has his way, network defenders will get sweeter on     the "honeypot"--a traditional method of detecting online intruders.

   Finding flexibility
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0452241

     In this age of integration, chief technologists are embracing     sophisticated, dynamic platforms as a better way to more easily manage     their operations

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The Baghdad Linux User Group
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/1845223

    Anonymous Reader writes "A measure of the liberation of Iraq is how     quickly we begin to see ordinary citizens of that country becoming part     of the Internet community, says this editorial on Linux and Main. Linux     has a role to play in bringing that about."

   Will Sun's x86 Gamble Payoff?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0450200

     For the longest time, Sun Microsystems touted itself as a supporter of     open standards, but kept its Solaris operating environment as a     close-knit community built around its SPARC processors.

Performance Technologies Intros PICMG 2.16-Compatible Serial Controller http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0446253

     Performance Technologies introduced the latest edition to its IPnexus     product family. The PICMG 2.16-based CPC358 Serial I/O Communications     Controller provides equipment developers and system integrators with a     high performance platform for use in communications, military and     commercial server-blade applications.

Can open source win big business?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0445229

    Getting Fortune 500 companies to adopt open source would be a lot     easier if open-source advocates put their business hats on.

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Opera sings a new version
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0441220

     Opera Software has put its browser development into fast forward with     a new release on Friday for both the Windows and Linux platforms.

   Swedish institute goes Itanium
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0436205

     Hewlett-Packard has sold 90 dual-processor Itanium 2 machines to the     Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden's largest engineering school, for     use in a wide variety of intense calculation tasks.                                                             

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