[newsforge daily] May 22, 2003

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May 22, 2003

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Bits and pieces: Short Linux and computing notes http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/145214

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Why isn't the most important laptop spec ever mentioned in reviews? Why do we keep making Linux look harder than it really is? Why do we pretend some free/open source programs are better than they really are? Why is there air?

Red Hat, Linux, consumers, money - do they mix? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1458248

• By John Lettice, The Register - Earlier this year Red Hat split its range into two segments - effectively, business and everything else. It did this in the wrong order, as The Register remarked at the time, but subsequently the company has padded out its Enterprise range to consist of Advanced Server, Enterprise Server and Workstation, so here at least it has a complete set.

Tracking Tux: Research Round-Up
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1416209

• By Barbara French, Tekrati - IDC takes issue with Open Source software in Nordic region political agendas. Stateside, SuSE, Red Hat and Debian do very well in D.H. Brown's massive technology assessment. Industry analysts from RFG and Wohl ponder the SCO lawsuit and In-Stat/MDR identifies Linux as a phenomenon enabling the Video On Demand server evolution.

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GNU GPL to be tested in court?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/2012241

    paulv writes "Dan Gillmor writes "The Free Software Foundation (FSF),     which monitors the scene and enforces the GPL, says a Mountain View     company has been violating the GPL for more than a year. The foundation     calls the violations serious and is threatening a lawsuit.""

Sun certifies Ohioedge CRM and J2eeBuilder product http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/2011231

     Anonymous writes "Cleveland, OH -- May 20, 2003 -- Ohioedge, the     provider of #1 open source Customer Relationship Management (CRM)     Server software announced today that it's CRM and J2eeBuilder products     have undergone and passed all the quality and performance tests     monitored by Sun Microsystems and has received J2EE-Verified     certification from Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ohioedge is one of the five     companies to receive such certification from Sun ...

Sun unveils low-end servers, alliances with Red Hat http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1642226

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "SAN FRANCISCO -- While extending its     partnerships with Oracle Corp. and Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.     staked its claim today as the leader in low-cost computing by unveiling     two new x86-based servers. The $2,450 Sun Fire V60x and $2,650 V65x     servers are priced lower than comparable servers from IBM Corp.,     Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Computer Corp., according to Sun. Both can     run either Sun Solaris x86 Platform ...

Performance Inspector Open Source Project for Lin http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/209248

    Anonymous Reader writes "Performance Inspector puts your finger on the     pulse of your C/C++ and Java code, helping you nail down performance     bottlenecks and problems with Linux kernel interaction. The suite of     tools includes sample-based profiling, monitoring at the thread level,     and more."

IBM Unmoved by SCO Linux Wrangle
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/207200

     IBM Corp appears unconcerned about SCO Group Inc's recent announcement     that Linux users could be held liable if it proves that Linux operating     system code violates its Unix intellectual property.

   German Linux association may drop SCO as member http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/193221

     LIVE Linux-Verband e.V., a German association promoting the interests     of Linux users and software developers in the country, is mulling     whether to drop the German subsidiary of The SCO Group Inc. as a     member.

   Linux Kernel Route Cache Entry Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1813241

     It has been reported that the Linux kernel does not properly handle a     low volume flood of some types of traffic. Because of this, an attacker     may be able to cause excessive consumption of resources and failure to     route traffic.

The Wrong Choice: Locked in by license restrictions http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1640251

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "Sucked in by advertising, Jameson C. Burt     bought a proprietary mathematical software application four years ago.     This year, he discovered that he couldn't move that program to new     hardware without paying hefty license fees. That's when Burt realized     he'd made the wrong choice."

Battle heats up Munich software deal
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1638252

    NZheretic writes "From Expatica.com, Germany: In a battle heating up     over a software deal for the city administration of Munich, US giant     Microsoft has lowered its price offer by another 15 per cent in order     to prevent the city switching to Linux. ... If it switched to Linux,     Munich would be the first major German city to do so and could pave the     way for other cities to make the switch, something which Microsoft aims     to prevent, especially after ...

Review: TextMaker, powerful standalone Linux word processor http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/163203

    Anonymous Reader writes "In a follow-up to a first look two weeks ago,     Dennis E. Powell says that the new offering from a German company might     just be the best word processor he's ever used on any platform. Which     for him is saying a lot."                                                             

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