[newsforge daily] June 03, 2003

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June 03, 2003

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Looking back at the E3 games expo
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/118256

• by James Hills - Each year I travel to E3 as a sort of pilgrimage, family reunion and business trip. For as long as I can remember, each year has brought bigger and better games and faster hardware to play them on. This year though, the environment was different. Video, sound and CPU hardware has reached a point where there is no clear direction to innovate, and existing technology is so advanced that programmers, designers and artists have ...

Answering newbies' "Which distro should I pick?" question http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1748204

• by Lee Schlesinger - Recently I asked for your help in putting together the ultimate guide for potential Linux users to advise them what distribution to use. Oh, what a fool I was. While you came through with plenty of advice, much of it quite passionately expressed, the task itself is a bit beyond the scope of a single article.

SCO-IBM Vs Timeline Inc-Microsoft : Better off with Linux http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/31/1244201

    NZheretic writes, "If you are concerned over the treat of lawsuits over     intellectual property then you are actually in a better legal position     using GPL'ed Linux than using Microsoft's products.

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IBM Shares Halted
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/2220245

    Shares of International Business Machines Corp. were halted on Monday     in over-the-counter trading, pending news.

Prepare for the DB2(v8) DBA certification exam http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1939213

    Anonymous Reader writes "This series of six free tutorials is designed     to help you prepare for the DB2 Version 8 DBA (Exam 701) certification     exam to attain the certification IBM Certified Database Administrator -     DB2 UDB V8.1 for Linux and UNIX. These tutorials provide a solid base     for each section of the exam."

Sony Gets Good Feedback on Linux from Engineers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1637220

    "Software assets can be shared more easily than was expected, and the     kernel can be adapted and improved speedily. The response to our     embedded Linux from engineers working on the ground has been mostly     very encouraging," said Mario Tokoro, corporate executive vice     president and Electronics co-CTO.

Analysts balk at SCO offer to review disputed Unix/Linux code http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/165240

     Analysts are balking at The SCO Group's offer to view its proof that     there is illegal Unix code in Linux, with one calling the move a     publicity stunt. Meanwhile, Linux creator Linus Torvalds today said     that he has no plans to look at the code and that the battle between     SCO, IBM and Novell is on par with a rancorous episode of the Jerry     Springer Show.

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TCS to set up Linux lab in Delhi, ropes in IBM, CA http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1559252

     Software major Tata Consultancy Services is planning to set up a     centre of excellence Linux laboratory in its Delhi facility where it     will showcase Linux-installed machines to demonstrate the capability of     open source software.

Will Apple's Gore Goar Microsoft in 2004? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1450244

    Eric Peterson writes "Microsoft made large campaign contributions to     George W Bush and now the DOJ and MS are like old pals. Recent polls     show the liberal public wants Gore, (now on Apple's Board of Directors)     to be the Democratic nominee. Could Apple's political liaison be the     key to finally getting justice served?"

First Look at YellowTAB's Zeta
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1452245

    Anonymous Reader writes "Great news for the BeOS fans. After Be sold     its IP to Palm, many said that the BeOS was no more, but a new startup     company from Germany, YellowTAB, was able to get hold of Be's source     code and form the future of the never-released BeOS 6 ('Dano'), under     the name 'Zeta'. YellowTAB added a lot of new goodies to the OS and     brought it up to speed. OSNews features the first ever preview of Zeta     with a lot of good information, ...

The question is: Who stole what from whom? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1448248

    Anonymous Reader writes "So what if the Linux kernel and what SCO     claims is its property have code in common, asks Dennis E. Powell in     The view from the desktop. It is possible, and in some ways more     likely, that the code flowed from Linux to SCO as it is the other way     around. And the only way of finding out is an examination to which SCO     won't submit."

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A first look at Ximian Desktop 2
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1420245

    Joe Barr writes "My overall impression, beta or no, is Ximian has done     an outstanding job on Ximian Desktop 2. Not just in bringing its     desktop up to the latest version of GNOME and the latest releases of     major distributions, but in the additions, tweaks, and tuning as well.     I'm very happy to have a Ximian desktop again, and I hope I don't have     to go a long time without it in the future. I don't want to start a     flame war, but I pity the phools ...

Opinions about FLOSS from the Philippines http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1446251

    oldjedi writes "At http://www.asiaosc.org, Sujita writes: We were     honoured to be able to conduct a question and answer session with the     Managing Director of K2 Interactive Inc., Philippines, Mr. Reuben J.     Ravago, in which he gave his honest opinions on open source and it's     future. Mr. Reuben represented The Philippines in the Asia Open Source     Software Symposium 2003, held earlier this year. The full text is     available at: ...                                                             

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