[newsforge daily] June 05, 2003

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June 05, 2003

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Love the availability, question the usability of open source apps http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/03/1818251

• by Lee Schlesinger - Your task, Mr. Schlesinger, should you choose to accept it, is to scan the name of your high school classmates from an old newspaper and turn them into text for a class Web site. You may use either open source or Windows software, or a combination thereof. Good luck.

NewsForge/Linux.com 'Roundtable' IRC meeting Thursday evening http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/03/1621224

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - This is part of a large-scale media credibility study sponsored by The Associated Press and The Ford Foundation. Newspapers and TV stations do their 'Roundtables' in person, but since our readership is spread out all over the world, we're doing ours via IRC. You must sign up in advance to get the channel information, since this is a serious discussion, not a casual chat.

Brass tacks: SCO and your business
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/03/2354255

• by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols - Enough of intellectual property (IP) issues, and who actually wrote what in Linux. Let's get down to brass tacks. You're selling or working with Linux, SCO OpenServer, or UnixWare. What the heck do you do now?

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Enterprise Computing for the Office
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/218253

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    Anonymous Reader writes "This whitepaper by Michael C. Barnes,     president of NorhTec, argues that data centers and the enterprise can     migrate to Linux to realize the significant advantages of open     standards today. Barnes outlines a strategy to use Linux to access core     business systems and details an approach where organizations can use     Linux to augment or replace PCs with thin or lean clients that are     easier to support, less expensive to ...

Red Hat Linux 9 - The Windows User's Installation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/199217

    Anonymous Reader writes "A Windows user takes the decision to install     Red Hat Linux 9. He puts his findings in print and despite some issues     he says: "Lots of software, nice desktop, pretty fonts. Red Hat is on     the right track and with just a few glitch fixes and tweaks, Red Hat 9     may be ready for the consumer desktop market.""

Is SCO Setting a Trap for Linux Developers? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/198211

     SCO (SCOX), the company formerly known as Caldera (CALD), and its CEO,     Darl McBride have been making vague and unsupported allegations that     there is SCO-owned Unix code in Linux.

Sharp Zaurus C750 Review and English Conversion http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/1857216

    LordDavon writes "I have just released a small review/information on     the Sharp Zaurus SL-C750 and the Dynamism English conversion. This is     one sweet unit. You can check it out at nvmax.com."

Why I wish Netscape had survived
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/1739214

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     The settlement of the legal battle between Microsoft and AOL Time     Warner means Netscape can now be taken off life support and the body     harvested for any useful parts that remain.

Automatic Astronomy: New Robotic Telescopes See and Think http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/1722231

    If an asteroid is discovered tonight and found to be on a collision     course with Earth, you may have a robot to thank for the warning. If a     star blinks for a nanosecond, you won't notice it, but a robot might,     and it will deduce that an object no bigger than this city, roaming the     solar system in Pluto's realm, has just passed in front of a distant     star.

Linux enters the mainstream
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/1639224

     Open source software is one of the miracles of the Internet. 10 years     ago it would have been unimaginable. But now, Linux is entering the     mainstream operating system market. It is backed by most of the world's     biggest IT companies including IBM, HP, Oracle, Computer Associates and     SAP. Linux has made an extraordinary transition from the `sandals' to     the `suits'.

Linux and mainframes, part 1: Odd couple or perfect match? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/1631224

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "At first glance, Linux and the IBM mainframe     are an odd couple. The teenage operating system and senior citizen     computer are worlds apart in their origins and pricing philosophies,     among other things. Yet they do make a good team, according to Maria     Eisenhaendler and Ingolf Salm, co-authors of the new Prentice Hall book     Linux on the Mainframe."

Recycling law boosts hi-tech transfer
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/1622226

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     Every year, 1.5 million old, but working, computers are buried in     landfill sites. Now, an impending EU directive could mean these     discarded machines, and many others, enjoy a more useful life.

Microsoft tells IT buyers to spend their money http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/1532244

     Microsoft is trying to convince businesses to spend more money on     server software, as the company readies product releases for later this     year.                                                             

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