[newsforge daily] May 31, 2003

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May 31, 2003

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Linux Advisory Watch - May 30th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/1111246

• By Benjamin D. Thomas This week, advisories were released for squid, BitchX, netpbm, gPS, heimdal, nessus, lprng, gnupg, up2date, ptrace, apache, cups, and glibc. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, and SuSe. Several of the advisories released are updates to vulnerabilities found last week. There is nothing particularly serious this week, but it is always a advisable to have everything patched ...

Wireless access for the masses!
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/0033238

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Bradenton, FL - So far I've only been able to find three local wireless "hot spots." Each one is on a different network, and all of them charge substantial daily fees to connect. The funny thing is, wireless access is dirt-cheap to provide, and businesses smart enough to give it to people like me for free would almost certainly profit from my increased patronage.

Tux goes to college
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/1514225

• by Russell Pavlicek - In an era when mature Linux distributions abound, do you need a special one just for college? Robert Kennedy Collegein Del&#233mont, Switzerland, thinks so. This institution allows its students to learn entirely via the Internet, so the computer tools at the student's disposal are critical to the success of both the learner and the college itself. The school's CollegeLinux 2.3, a single-CD Linux distribution, is a ...

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   SCO to Novell: See you in court
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/31/0245231

     SCO Group executives said Friday that the company's copyright dispute     with Novell doesn't affect its legal campaign against Linux, but the     issue may result in a lawsuit, anyway.

SCO Stands Defiant, German Court Grants Preliminary Injunction http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/2257245

     SCO is in the right is the message that Darl McBride, SCO CEO, and     Chris Sontag, senior VP of SCOsource, tried to deliver in their press     conference earlier today. But, at the same time, a German court in     Bremen granted an injunction to Univison GmbH, a German Linux     integrator, against SCO Group GmbH, SCO's German division. The     injunction prevents SCO from saying that Linux contains illegally     obtained SCO intellectual property, aka Unix source ...

Random Hacks of Kindness Recognized
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/217219

    Lori writes "Affero published the May edition of their community     newsletter: Random Hacks of Kindness - Vol #5 today. Wikipedia gets     kudos this month as the featured open source project and finegan,     newtolinux and lisamarie are recognized for their good work."

Is this the end of Netscape?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/2014232

     That's one upshot of Thursday's settlement between Microsoft and AOL     Time Warner, according to industry analysts who predict that the     Netscape browser--currently at version 7.02--will now move from a     neglected orphan of AOL Time Warner to a candidate for euthanasia.

Tokyo's Meguro City installs Linux-based intranet, cites low cost http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/1819253

    Anonymous Reader writes "Tokyo's Meguro City has is running its     intranet system using the Linux OS. Nikkei quotes a city spokeperson     explaining that the choice of Linux was based on "our belief that it     can reduce costs substantially for creating an intranet system. Indeed,     we were able to save more than 5 million yen in the project" (116.08     yen = US$1)."

Showdown: Solaris vs. Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/1752223

     "Sun's primary focus continues to be on Unix -- the Unix product     portfolio," says IDC research director Al Gillen. But that may be a     risky strategy. "As Linux grows, if Sun's not riding that wave fully,     they leave themselves open to losing part of the market."

Is the Government ready to face the SCO threat? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/1641231

     The Indian Govt seems unperturbed by the SCO-IBM spat and the     President swears by open source. The big question is: Is India ready to     face the unlikely event of a SCO victory?

   SCO: Novell's Linux claim is 'baseless' http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/168233

     In the latest instalment of SCO's battle against Linux, SCO will     retaliate after Novell claimed it owns the disputed Unix patents and     copyrights.

CustomTech pushes Samsung Contact as Exchange replacement http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/1528218

    Anonymous Reader writes "Custom Technology has launched Samsung     Contact's "Exchange on Linux & UNIX" campaign, positioning Samsung     Contact as a means for businesses to migrate from Windows Server to     Linux."

Traverser 1.0 released, could cut development time http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/1518257

    Tom Cleland writes "The Traverser, a free software package that could     cut database application development time in half, has just been     released. By using a naming convention on foreign keys, users can link     together all the tables in a database without programming, allowing     developers to concentrate on business rules and other custom     modifications.                                                             

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