[newsforge daily] May 15, 2003

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May 15, 2003

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SCO dumps Linux development, threatens Linux users http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/0336254

• by Lee Schlesinger - The SCO Group is getting out of the Linux business and into the legal arena. That's the message the company is sending to customers with a letter this week. It said it is suspending its "Linux-related activities" while aggressively protecting its intellectual property rights in Unix. At the same time, SCO is implying it could sue anyone who uses Linux, saying "legal liability that may arise from the Linux development ...

Can software developers form an 'open source' union? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1756240

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - There has never been a successful union-style organizing movement among software developers. Ian Lurie, who runs a Seattle Web design firm, believes this is because traditional "industrial" union structures don't serve programmers' needs very well, but that a new, "open source" union structure based on pre-industrial craft guilds might make lives better for people in the job-nomadic IT industry. Lurie has financial ...

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.

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For Microsoft, market dominance doesn't seem enough http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/2332225

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    NZheretic writes "Read Thomas Fuller's article at International Herald     Tribune. "Last summer, Ayala, then the top sales executive at Microsoft     Corp., sent an e-mail titled "Microsoft Confidential" to senior     managers laying out a strategy to dissuade governments across the globe     from choosing cheaper alternatives to the ubiquitous Windows operating     system."

SA minister outlines OSS plans
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/2117208

    Kodek writes "IT systems in the South African Northern Cape province     health department are stable because they use Linux, minister of public     service and administration, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, told that     country's Parliament today. The minister also said the South African     government uses OSS extensively and sees it as "deliberate strategy"."

SCO Suspends Distribution of Linux Pending Intellectual Property Clarification http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/216216

     SCO Suspends Sales of Linux, Alerts Customers That Linux Is an     Unauthorized Derivative of UNIX and That Legal Liability May Extend to     Commercial Users.

SCO: Put Up or Shut Up
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/1923203

     There are thousands, if not millions, of copies of the Linux kernel     code on CD-ROMs and other media. SCO need only submit one CD-ROM from     IBM, Red Hat, SuSE or any other Linux vendor that shows that its code     is included, and it'll have its evidence.

The 'item' that makes Net chat 'oh-so-easy' http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/198224

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     Yes, chatting with friends has become a real breeze thanks to MSN,     e-mail and what not. But guess what? It's just got even easier, with a     new free software solution called "ayttm" worked out by a young Indian     technologist in collaboration with his partners in France and     elsewhere.

Firebird Naming Conflict: mozilla.org's Chris Blizzard http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/1718235

    Anonymous Reader writes "Many recent news reports have declared the     Firebird database project as the victors in their conflict with     mozilla.org over the renaming of the lightweight Phoenix browser to     Firebird. Mozilla advocacy site MozillaZine claims otherwise, and has     an interview with mozilla.org's Chris Blizzard to back it up."

Why Open Source GIS Software?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/1849215

     The last 20 years have seen dramatic developments in GIS technology     and geographical information science. Fierce competition and growing     user demand has resulted in a number of high-quality solutions, which     are largely responsible for the vast increase in the GIS marketplace.     However, the vast majority of the industry solutions is aimed at     supporting basic needs of capture, archival and visualization of     spatial data.

Create a four-tier Web services application on Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/1715221

    Anonymous Reader writes "Web services enable you to quickly integrate     applications across multiple platforms, systems and even across     businesses. This tutorial demonstrates how easily you can make your DB2     data accessible through Web services on Linux. In the tutorial, you'll     create a sample four-tier application that retrieves information stored     in a DB2 UDB V8 database."

Search for alternatives to Microsoft growing: Gartner http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/1657257

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     Licensing issues, security breaches and the grassroots power of     open-source software are factors which have resulted in governments and     businesses worldwide thinking seriously of alternatives to Microsoft,     the technology research firm Gartner says.

   Sharp announces Linux-based IC card reader/writer http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/1648229

     Sharp announced that it has developed an intelligent, standalone     contactless IC card reader/writer device that uses Linux as the basis     of its embedded intelligence. According to Sharp, the RK40PR004 is     useful in environments ranging from ordinary homes, to large building     control systems, to parking lots and garages, and can be used either     standalone or as one of multiple reader/writers under the control of a     centralized server.                                                             

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