[newsforge daily] May 14, 2003

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May 14, 2003

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Open source travels bumpy road at NIMA
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/1534228

• By Anne Zieger - After years of research, managers at the military-backed National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) have concluded that open source development styles may be a bit too, uh, creative for traditional government work.

Review: Sharp Zaurus SL-5600
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1433225

• by Lee Schlesinger - I've tried PalmOS-based PDAs and I've tried Pocket PCs, so I was excited to get my hands on a Linux-based alternative -- the Sharp Zaurus SL-5600. While this revised version of last year's SL-5500 has a lot going for it, it isn't the killer product one might hope for.

Public Wi-Fi has look and feel of a dead duck http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1340253

• by Andrew Orlowski, The Register Who's going to pay for the great Wi-Fi revolution when the roaming public expects Wi-Fi to be free? Where, exactly, is the business model? On Friday, T-Mobile helped provide an answer. In the United States, T-Mobile has been trying to entice the public to its network of over 2000 hotspots without much success. Unlike more canny 802.11 operators who homed in on airports and hotels, T-Mobile has been left with a ...

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Red Hat's Tiemann: Architectural vision must be 20/20 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/221257

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    Michael S. Mimoso writes "WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Michael Tiemann is     impossible to miss in a large crowd. Tall guy. Glasses. Red fedora.     He's not necessarily an imposing figure, but Red Hat's chief technology     officer casts a big shadow in the Linux community, where he's a     respected open-source developer and advocate. Last week, he stopped in     at Babson College in this Boston suburb to speak at a Linux workshop     hosted by the school's Center for ...

Tonight Live: The Internet Goes Critical and Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/2010209

    Jeff Gerhardt writes "Tonight Live: On The Linux Show!! Tuesday, May     13th, 2003, from Chicago IL, Tonight LIVE on www.thelinuxshow.com.

Globus Toolkit 3.0 and the OGSI architecture http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/1957243

    Anonymous Reader writes "This article gives Grid service developers an     introduction to a reference implementation of the emerging Open Grid     Services Infrastructure (OGSI) software model. It covers Globus GT3     software architecture, the programming model and tools introduced by     GT3, the relationship between Web service and Grid service software     models, and help for dealing with new Grid service behaviors introduced     into the world of Web services."

Sendmail puts stamp on HP, Intel deal
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/1929214

     Sendmail has teamed up with Hewlett-Packard and Intel to build a     Linux-based e-mail server aimed at corporations with a mobile work     force.

Brave GNU India - At Belgaum
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/1721256

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    Suresh writes "In this edition of Brave GNU India, journalist Frederick     Noronha looks at how some very enthusiastic FLOSS activists from     Belgaum are working on spreading the "Free Software virus", as The Evil     One calls it. He presents before us ten very valuable lessons that can     be learnt from the efforts of these brave GNUers."

Free Linux application development kit supports automation hardware http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/175245

    SIXNET announced that its Linux IPm Application Development Kit     software is now available as a free download. The free Linux kit is     intended to allow developers to write applications to run in SIXNET's     Linux IPm family of controllers and remote terminal units (pictured at     left), the company said.

2003 SGI Developer Conference Targets SGI IRIX and Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/1648229

    SGI will hold its premier technical event, the SGI(R) Global Developer     Conference, May 12-14, 2003. This year's conference, titled "The Best     of Both Worlds," will attract SGI(R) IRIX(R) and 64-bit Linux(R) OS     developers from around the world. Aiming to speed the evolution of     Linux applications both for SGI(R) Altix(TM) 3000 systems and for the     open-source community at large, the conference will offer numerous     technical sessions to enable the ...

Red Hat Linux 9 Professional
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/1621252

     Red Hat 9 is a boon for those who already use it, but it's too     expensive to warrant a switch from Windows. Try SuSE (or the free     version of Red Hat) for a better mix of price and features.

Sun's Schwartz on the Future of Software http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/1556243

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     This is the final segment of a 3 part interview series with Jonathan     Schwartz, EVP of Sun Software. In part 1, Mr. Schwartz talked about how     Sun is expanding its software business. In part 2, he talked about why     Sun isn't worried about Linux. In this segment, Mr. Schwartz talks     about the future of the software business.

Visual FoxPro for Linux: A Violation of the EULA? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/1540244

     It started out in an unassuming manner: an industrious developer, Paul     McNett, had a growing interest in Linux. He began playing around with     the open-source implementation of Windows for Linux called WINE and     wondered how his favorite development tool, Microsoft Visual FoxPro,     would run. It was slow going at first, but Paul persisted. He tracked     down problems and submitted them to the WINE team. Little by little the     problems were corrected, ...                                                             

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