[newsforge daily] May 16, 2003

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Can Ogg Vorbis change digital audio?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1527257

• by Anne Zieger - When consumers refer to digital music, they usually mean the MP3 format. One open source organization, however, would like to change the terms of the digital audio game. The Xiph.Org Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to creating open source multimedia software, has created an open source audio encoder/decoder named Ogg Vorbis. Vorbis, part of a family of open source multimedia apps, is trying to gain ground as a free ...

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 ...

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SuSE leads in Linux improvements
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/2018201

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     Linux has improved significantly in the last two years, a new study     released Thursday has found, with a version from SuSE edging out that     of rival Red Hat in the businesses features race.

Linux Users Willing To Pay the Price
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1930206

     Not that long ago, the common wisdom was that all Linux users were     open-source zealots who would not sully their hands on proprietary     software. Common wisdom -- as it so often does -- has turned out to be     dead wrong. In fact, many commercial vendors are finding there is a     market for their wares among Linux devotees.

Debunking Eight Myths About Linux on the Desktop http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1932242

     Many CIOs and other enterprise executives want information on how     desktop computers will evolve. Hype about Linux on the desktop is     increasing, as exemplified by eight common myths. Enterprises must be     objective to understand the benefits of desktop Linux and where it can     fit in their infrastructures.

SCO to Reveal Allegedly Copied Code
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1841204

    SCO's Chris Sontag claims the copied UnixWare source is "all over the     place" in Linux and promises to show it to third parties soon.

Linux vendors confused by SCO actions
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1747201

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     SuSE Linux has said it plans to continue honoring its commitments to     Linux group UnitedLinux, despite allegations by SCO Group--also a     UnitedLinux founding member--that Linux contains unauthorized     intellectual property.

Microsoft reportedly seeking to preserve OS monopoly http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/175234

    Undetered by an ongoing investigation by European market regulators,     Microsoft Corp. continues to preserve its operating-system monopoly,     particularly by preventing governments from choosing the licensing-free     Linux system over Windows, according to a report in Thursday's (May 15)     International Herald Tribune.

Nominate SCO for innovation!
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1639232

    Agent Orange writes "I just came across an idea that is more humor than     anything else. Sure it is taking away from a legitimate business     purpose, but it could send a message of some importance. Here is a     golden opportunity to have some fun without breaking the laws of the     land."

DoS Hole Found in Linux Kernel
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1554201

     Security experts Thursday warned of a vulnerability in the Linux     Kernel 2.4 branch, which can be exploited to cause denial-of-service     (define) attacks.

Citrix for those with the money, Mandrake for the rest of us... http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1446210

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    Yama writes "PCLinuxOnline reviews how to employ Mandrake Linux as a     terminal server. This is a free (as in freedom) alternative to Citrix     software which uses GNU/Linux instead of Windows. It allows you to     extend the life of older computers by turning them into terminals     running from a centralised server."

SCO kills its Linux distro, warns companies http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1430224

    Anonymous Reader writes "The SCO Group, which came about as the result     of the merger of SCO, publisher of a flavor of Unix, and Caldera,     publisher of a once highly regarded Linux distribution, has announced     that it is suspending its Linux distribution. At the same time, the     company warned companies that use Linux that continuing to do so could     make them liable in intellectual property actions brought by SCO."                                                             

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