[newsforge daily] May 10, 2003

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May 10, 2003

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Microsoft's double standard on third-world piracy http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/02/108224

• by Codes_Every_Day* - SouthEast Asia - I would like to talk about Microsoft's double standard regarding software piracy. I work for a software development company. We are currently working on different projects for a big telecommunications company under Microsoft's Consulting Services division. But let me tell you... at this very moment, if the BSA comes crashing into our development location, all our equipment will be confiscated, and we ...

Linux Advisory Watch - May 9th 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1014253

• By Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for samba, file, tcpsec, krb5, vnc, snort, epic4, balsa, leksbot, libgtop, fuzz, openssh, MySQL, and mod_auth_any. The distributors include SCO, Conectiva, Connectiva, Debian, Gentoo, and RedHat.

SuSE 8.2 -- better than Mandrake for new users? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/27/1850233

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I have been using SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional for two weeks now, and it is as close to Linux desktop perfection as I have found so far. (I know I'm not the first to say this, but I figure saying it one more time can't hurt.) This doesn't mean it's totally perfect, and my experience is on one particular laptop and may not be duplicated on your hardware, but this is the first SuSE version I have actually liked -- and ...

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   Linux alongside Windows
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/2112236

     We began this look at installing Linux for complete newcomers last     month with some very basic general advice on the whole issue of     partitioning and installing. In this months issue, were covering the     practical side of your first installation, whether its on a stand-alone     PC or alongside your existing Windows installation. Before we begin, we     need to remind you that theres one thing we cant stress clearly enough     back up your system before you ...

Linux frenzy sweeps Oracle user conference http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/219236

     Linux was the talk of the Oracle database user conference in the US     last week, with firms looking at evaluating or moving corporate     applications with database servers to run on the open source operating     system.

ISV's test drive IBM eServer Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1840233

    Anonymous Reader writes "IBM has a new eServer Linux Test Drive     program. It enables ISV's the abbility to test drive Linux on all IBM     eServer platforms. It's no-charge access(14 to 30 days) to the eServer     iSeries, pSeries, xSeries, or its mainframe zSeries. ISV's can choose     Turbolinux, SuSE, or Red Hat to develop, port, and or test drive their     solutions on IBM's eServers running IBM's middleware, and the     e-business developers' toolkit based on ...

KL's Open Source centre to act as testbed http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1638259

    A group of Malaysian technology organisations have got together to     establish an Open Source Compatibility Centre.

It's open source season for Novell
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1612234

    Having contributed for years to open source community projects such as     Apache and OpenLDAP, Novell Inc has announced the availability of a     more direct path to its open source initiatives with the launch of the     Novell Forge website, an open source developer resource.

Linux PC disk helps recovery
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1553230

     The other day I noticed a colleague apparently installing Linux on a     PC in the labs. This was a cause of some concern, because I had been     using the same system to test some hardware, and didn't want the disk     contents or partitions changing in any way. He must have seen the look     on my face. "Don't worry," he said, "it's only running from the CD."

Axceleon to Demonstrate at the 2003 SGI® Global Developer Conference http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1550230

    Jacob Webb writes "May 9, 2003 -- Sunnyvale, Calif. - Axceleon, leaders     in computational grid computing software, announced that it will be     attending and demonstrating at the 2003 SGIÃ&#x201a;® Global Developer     Conference, which will be taking place May 12-14, 2003 at the newly     constructed Marriott Hotel in downtown San Jose, California.

Spaniards Consider Putting on Tux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1541217

     Spain's Juan Alberto Belloch is running for office on the "Linux     platform" -- betting his political future on the power and appeal of     open-source software.

Meeting With Steve Ballmer
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1524251

     I met Steve Ballmer two days ago in a very interesting meeting at the     Hotel Adlon in Berlin. Steve has been travelling in Europe to be     present at several Windows 2003 launches and in between he had other     meetings scheduled. The meeting participants were Steve, the German     General Manager and seven MVPs. It was an awesome experience that     lasted about 1.5 hours. We discussed the market in general, licensing     and we also got to talk about various ...

Gateway to go on a building spree
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1519201

     Gateway will beef up its service program for businesses as well, by     launching a new two-hour response time support program and making the     Linux operating system a standard offering in the future. Right now,     customers must pay Gateway an extra fee to have the OS custom     installed.                                                             

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