[newsforge daily] May 12, 2003

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DRAM Pricing: The Fix Is In
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/0125221

• by Melanie Hollands -Price manipulation by manufacturers of PC memory components such as double data rate (DDR) DRAM is deliberate, periodic, predictable, and has been happening for decades. Conveniently, DRAM price increases tend to be observed during critical periods, such as just before earnings reports or after periods of substantially subdued demand. It has also been suggested that some memory suppliers periodically withhold supply of ...

Notes from the Texas 'open source bill' hearing http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/10/138240

• by Ken Barber - The Great State of Texas held hearings this week on their open source bill, SB 1579. Texas legislators have a little more backbone than the ones in the committee that heard the Oregon bill. Here's an exchange between Sen. John Carona (R-Dallas), the bill's sponsor, and Mario Correa (who also traveled to Oregon to testify against our bill) of the Business Software Alliance.

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 ...

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Guarding Your Systems With Guardian Digital http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/11/1511203

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    An anonymous coward writes "EnGarde Secure Linux, designed to be a     massively secure Linux platform, definitely falls towards the more     specialized end of the distribution spectrum. Its Guardian Digital     makers have consistently maintained their focus on this purpose for the     product, and so far the results are coming along nicely."

Console menu apps
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/11/157246

    Anonymous Reader writes "In its effort to see if a user-friendly,     pure-console system can be built, Linux and Main this week looks at two     programs that launch applications without the user having to face a     command prompt."

Now Simputer goes retail
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/11/1347228

    BANGALORE: The palmtop for poor people has finally made it to retail     sales in India with public sector giant Bharat Electronics Limited
(BEL) and the start-up of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) professors
    Picopeta Simputers on Friday announcing market entry of the product.

Major release of the Jargon File -- 4.4.0, now with cartoons http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/11/025237

    The Jargon File is a central part of the heritage of the Linux and     open-source movements. As we approach the File's 30th anniversary, it     is my pleasure and honor to bring the hacker community a major new     release, 4.4.0.

Company or community?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/10/1319253

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    Anonymous Reader writes "The traditional Linux application development     method has taken everything into account -- except, writes Dennis E.     Powell in his weekly column, the user. Commercial software houses must     cater to the user. Which is why we should be glad they're taking more     interest in Linux."

Where's the free (Linux) beer?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/10/1316257

    Anonymous Reader writes "Never one to have his thirst for "free beer"     quenched, LinuxDevices.com contributing editor Kevin Dankwardt sets off     on a quest to determine just how much freely downloadable embedded     Linux software flows from the taps of commercial embedded Linux     vendors' websites -- and discovers that there's a lot more available     than you might realize."

Jakob Nielsen on how Apple blew it, how Linux will, too http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/10/1316203

(KilltRoyWasHere) says... On May 6, 2003 Mr. Jakob Nielsen in (a
    Register) article called Jakob Nielsen on how Apple blew it, how Linux     will blow it, and the Next Big Thing, was quoted as saying...

Inside Opteron
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/10/1227238

    Opteron is already available in two- and four-processor servers now     shipping. And users will have their pick of 64-bit operating systems.     Microsoft committed to a 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2003, Red Hat     voiced its support, SuSE and Mandrake are already shipping commercial     Linux for Opteron, and Sun Microsystems has announced plans to build an     Opteron version of Solaris.

HP offers Linux notebook in Thailand
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/10/1225228

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    THAILAND--Hewlett-Packard is selling a low-cost "people's" notebook     running Linux, believed to be the first time that the U.S. IT giant has     sold a consumer computer with the open-source operating system     installed.

 Is Windows 2003 Server really faster than Linux/Samba? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/10/1220243

    Microsoft claims Windows 2003 Server is twice as fast as Linux, at     least when it's used for file serving. I spoke to Jeremy Allison, head     of the Samba team, who provided a few insights into the test     configurations that don't leap out at the reader because they are     hidden away in appendixes to the benchmark document. Allison feels     this, in itself, is substantially responsible for the outcome.                                                             

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