[newsforge daily] June 27, 2003

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June 27, 2003

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Selling Linux keeps getting easier
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/212208

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Teresa Spangler started marketing Linux-based products back in 1997 as co-founder of a small startup company in North Carolina. From there she went to Red Hat. Now she's the U.S. general manager for Trustix. Teresa says Linux is an easier corporate "sell" today than ever before, and is likely to be an even easier one in the future.

Review: Windows Services for Unix 3.0
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/20/2127259

• by Russell Pavlicek - Microsoft may not be ready to announce its own Linux distribution, but it does sell a product with appeal for POSIX fans: Windows Services for Unix 3.0. Designed as a migration tool to assist organizations moving from Unix to Windows, SFU is also useful for organizations that need to live with both Unix and Windows.

The Fud Thickens
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/20/214203

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Along with the SCO nonsense, we're seeing an increase in anti-Linux FUD. Is this a campaign orchestrated by the producers of our favorite near-monopoly proprietary operating system? Or are the FUD-sters simply using the SCO situation as an excuse to spew their venom? Whatever answer you have to these questions, you had better be very polite if you post those answers in a public forum like NewsForge, because if you ...

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Battle between Linux and Microsoft
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2048233

     US-based computer maker Sun Microsystems and business software giant     Oracle Corp on Wednesday announced an alliance intended to break into     Microsoft's dominance in India's server market.

Dell details new Linux-on-Itanium 2 server http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1818228

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "This week's release of the TOP500     supercomputing list illustrates the breadth to which Linux is present     in compute-intensive environments. A Linux cluster built for the     Lawrence Livermore Laboratories in the United States ranked No. 3 on     the list, for example."

New VariCAD 9.0.1.0 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1819248

    Marek Dedecius writes "VariCAD (www.varicad.com)is proud to announce     the recent release of its mechanical CAD system - VariCAD 9.0.1.0. The     compact CAD package includes many powerful tools for 3D modeling and 2D     drafting, libraries of mechanical parts, surface development,     calculations of standard mechanical components, tools for working with     bills of materials (BOM) and title blocks. It is a compact system     featuring all necessary tools that the ...

Mandrake Goes For High Performance Clustering http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1754240

    uninet writes "At the International Supercomputer Conference 2003     today, MandrakeSoft announced its latest entry to the company's growing     portfolio of middle-to-high end server products. MandrakeClustering is     a high performance clustering distribution for IA-32 and AMD64     (Opteron) architectures. IA-64 support should come in September, the     company reported."

UnitedLinux Launches "UnitedLinux Ready" Partner Program for Independent http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1659249

    WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- June 25, 2003 - UnitedLinux, the industry     consortium comprised of Conectiva, The SCO Group (NASDAQ:SCOX), SuSE     Linux and Turbolinux, today introduced the UnitedLinux Ready Partner     program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). This program allows     ISVs to self-test and certify their products on UnitedLinux. Upon the     completion of certification, ISVs will be designated "UnitedLinux     Ready" partners, easily identified by end ...

SGI Linux Cluster Scores Well on Benchmarks http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1648207

    The SGI Altix 3000 server, running 64-bit Linux on Intel Itanium 2     processors, has scored very well on a number of industry standard     performance benchmarks.

Sun signs up for Red Hat Enterprise Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1541215

     Sun has entered into a global agreement with Red Hat to distribute the     x86 versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

In Search of the Ultimate Linux-Server Programming Language http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1536226

     The safe bet in programming languages for Linux servers is, of course,     Java. For those whose main concern is the secure transmission of code,     it cannot be beat.

Oracle tool helps migration to Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1534221

     In a move to throw further weight behind the company's Linux push,     Oracle Wednesday introduced a new tool to help companies migrate from     their existing E-Business Suite implementations to Linux.

LiFY - Linux customized for Education
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/159217

    Linux for You writes "Linux for You magazine has just released LiFY -     Linux customized for educational use.                                                             

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