[newsforge daily] May 05, 2003

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May 05, 2003

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MySQL and NetWare: An interview with MySQL's David Axmark and Larry Stefonic http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/01/1417203

• by James E. Gaskin - "We're the Access for Linux," says David Axmark, co-founder and OpenSorcerer (yes, that's the title on his business card) for MySQL AB. Now Axmark wants MySQL to be the database of choice for NetWare customers everywhere. The company announced at Novell's BrainShare conference last month that the full version 4.0 of its flagship database would ship with NetWare 6.5 this summer.

The Free/Libre/Open Source Software Survey for 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/04/1413238

• by Andrew Waterman - FLOSS-US is an online survey of Open Source/Free Software developers currently being conducted by researchers at Stanford University’s Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. This survey has been designed to complement the FLOSS survey for 2002 of Open Source/Free Software developer communities sponsored by the European Commission.

'Exec Shield' - new Linux security feature http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/02/1914223

• by Ingo Molnar - We are pleased to announce the first publically available source code release of a new kernel-based security feature called the "Exec Shield", for Linux/x86. The kernel patch (against 2.4.21-rc1, released under the GPL/OSL) can be downloaded from http://redhat.com/~mingo/exec-shield/

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Langa Letter: Getting the Right Linux Footprint http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/04/1455226

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    It's never been easy to install Linux, but Fred Langa explores the best     available tools and finds reason for hope.

Not so fast with anti-spam laws!
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/04/1415235

    Anonymous Reader writes "Before we begin to think of passing laws     against spam, says Linux and Main in an editorial comment, we need to     think long and hard, and ask some questions, such as how do we define     spam?"

SCO, DRM, Spam, Privacy
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/03/1855240

    Anonymous Reader writes "Linux and Main's The Week That Was: SCO proves     conspiracy theorists right; Linus says Linux is DRM agnostic; Spam     draws unprecedented attention; Internet privacy? Think again"

 Time for a new installation paradigm, Part 4 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/03/1629258

    If developers and packagers flesh out the details of these suggestions,     modify them to iron out wrinkles and then adopt the practices, most if     not all Linux software installations will be trouble-free and     distribution-agnostic. (3,250 words)

Sun rises on acquisition speculation
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/03/1627226

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    SAN FRANCISCO — Shares of Sun Microsystems, which have fallen 92     percent in the past three years, rose 12.3 percent on speculation the     company might be bought by a larger computer rival, an analyst said.

Penguin cracks Windows servers
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/03/1624239

    The jury is no longer out on Linux. Oracle, Novell and even Microsoft     have acknowledged the Penguin as suitable for the enterprise.

Marist to test digital media
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/03/1623213

    Marist College will help pioneer a new generation of online digitized     media through a research partnership with IBM Corp., both announced     Friday at the Town of Poughkeepsie college.

SCO vs. IBM lawsuit: SCO has a problem
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/03/141259

    Anonymous Reader writes "This article makes the point that, even if the     trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against IBM has merit, SCO     themselves have knowingly redistributed that same code under the GPL.     And, of course, they can't relicense the code without forfeiting their     own rights to Linux under the GPL. It would appear that Red Hat and     SuSE are in the clear after all and the Linux kernel remains clean."

It's Official: SCO Declares IP Jihad on Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/03/0339241

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    Timothy R. Butler writes "Well, it seems to be official. After more     rumblings, denials of rumblings, rumblings about the denials of     rumblings, SCO is now playing hardball (or is that harderball?). The     beleagured Linux company formerly known as Caldera is now claiming that     some UNIX code is hidden in the Linux kernel, but will not release the     information Free Software developers need to try to fix the problem.     Instead, SCO CEO Darl McBride ...

Book Review - Apache Server 2.0: The Complete Reference http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/03/0326213

    LogError writes "Brian Behlendorf, one of the co-founders of Apache     said about the author of this book - "Ryan Bloom (the book's author)     knows the internals of the 2.0 HTTP server at least as well as Linus     Torvalds knows his way around the Linux kernel". Is the book really     that good? Read on to find out."                                                             

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