[newsforge daily] May 27, 2003

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May 27, 2003

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Setting up SuSE for wireless networking
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/20/1520202

• by Lee Schlesinger - I was excited to set up my brand-spanking-new copy of SuSE Linux Professional 8.2 on a machine I'm planning to use for testing and review. Everything went smoothly except for installation of the Orinoco Silver PC Card network adapter. Several hours and unsuccessful tacks later, I can claim victory, and maybe save you time if you tackle the same task.

Happy Memorial Day
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/0247252

    May 26 is the U.S, Memorial Day holiday. All we're doing today is     posting a few NewsVac items. We'll be back tomorrow, May 27, with our     usual fare. See you then!

You can help stop the SCO-vs.-IBM lawsuit http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/25/1240238

• by Eric S. Raymond - You can help stop the SCO attack on IBM and the Linux community. I'm looking for ways that Unix trade secrets may have been legally nullified.

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Munich migrate from Windows to LINUX :-) http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/1954205

    Sven writes "GOOD NEWS!" Well, not quite a final decision yet. The     link's in German. Amusingly poor English Babelfish translatation here.

Cape firm takes Oracle Linux product to London http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/1246246

    Stellenbosch-based Swist is to launch its Oracle software offering for     the Linux environment at Oracle's international AppsWorld conference in     London next month.It says it will be the only South African company to     show a developed open source product at the conference.For the past     five years, Swist has made a name for itself developing billing systems     for the cellular phone industry. It is using expertise acquired through     the development and ...

Open Source Integration
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/1237212

    JT Smith writes "Integration has been all the buzz in almost every IT     trade magazine for the past 18 months (or more). Acronyms like EAI,     EDI, XSLT, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, JMS, and BPML are everywhere. And it seems     like everybody's got an integration system of one form or     another�Microsoft®, WebMethods®, TibcoTM, Data Junction®, IBM®,     and BEATM just to name a few. But there's one thing that you've never     seen in those articles�the ...

Doctors prefer Linux to Windows
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/1229206

    The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has chosen a secure     Linux-based server solution for the bulk emailing of 6,000 GPs across     the UK, after a decision not to use Windows.

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Bigger, Better Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/1226215

    Users of Linux databases are drooling over the list of features     promised by the forthcoming upgrade to the Linux kernel, Version 2.6.     The Linux 2.6 production kernel, expected to be released later this     year, will enable Linux to handle big, enterprise-class database     applications. New features integrated into the main kernel will spare     users the need to adopt them as back-ported capabilities in the 2.4     production kernel. Such abilities include ...

Oracle joins hands with Red Flag to push Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/1224205

     Hong Kong: The booming market of Linux in China has witnessed the     birth of a new alliance—Oracle and Red Flag Software—which will work     to certify and support the open source operating system. The     partnership was buoyed by the Chinese government’s strong endorsement     of the platform, and Linux’s cost effectiveness and secure operating     environment.

Open source rearranging the landscape
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/1222218

    History may yet judge the real catalyst of the new economy to be not     the Internet, as is widely assumed, but rather the gathering force of     Linux and open-source software.

How Microsoft Will Kill Bangladesh, Unless Linux Saves Us http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/129232

    Anonymous Reader writes "About the importance of free/open source     software for developing nations."

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Dave winer gets it wrong - or history re-written a http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/126254

    Agent Orange writes "I was searching around the web this morning and     ran across an article from Dave Winer, which has a very interesting     viewpoint about our culture and the role of software. The sad fact is     that software has made many people wealthy, but Dave gets the facts     about software history incorrect. The software revolution may have been     funded by companies later in the evolution of its life, but it was     initially funded by the US ...

GIDIS Trusted Linux: A MLS Linux Version http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/26/125218

    Maximiliano Cristiá writes " GIDIS Trusted Linux is a security     enhanced version of Linux which descends from Lisex. Lisex is a MLS     prototype of Linux developed by GIDIS (R+D Group on Software     Engineering) from National University of Rosario (Argentina). GIDIS     Trusted Linux, as well as Lisex, is developed with a great deal of     Formal Methods.                                                             

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