[newsforge daily] July 03, 2003

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July 03, 2003

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Using ACID and SnortSnarf with Snort
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1511233

• by Rafeeq Ur Rehman - Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID) is a tool written in PHP used to analyze and present Snort data via a Web interface. It works with Snort and databases like MySQL, and makes information in the database available to users through a Web server.

Dyne:bolic: A broadcast studio on a Linux CD http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1318213

• by Russell Pavlicek - There are Linux distributions galore that target office, home, and server systems. But a new Linux distribution promises to provide a multimedia studio -- complete with the ability to transmit Webcasts worldwide -- without ever installing any software on your hard drive. Sound impossible? Not for a new Linux distribution called Dyne:bolic.

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.

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Darl McBride interview
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1646217

    Anonymous Reader writes "This is the first part of a three part     interview with the SCO CEO. There are also a couple of news stories     which came out of the interview (- SCO able to go in and audit AIX     customers, SCO saying unchanged Unix System V code in Linux kernel)."

Unix code in Linux kernel a 'no-brainer' http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1443232

     SCO has given further details of the software code which it claims has     been taken from its Unix System V operating system and added to Linux     without consent.

Gates pushes security
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1441213

    Strengthening cyber-security is one of Microsoft's chief goals, even if     it means delaying a product launch, Bill Gates told senior business and     government officials Wednesday.

HP and SuSE Linux Expand Global Alliance http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1436249

     HP and SuSE Linux today announced that HP will resell and support SuSE     Linux Enterprise Server 8, powered by UnitedLinux, on industry-standard     HP ProLiant servers and HP's ItaniumÃ&#x201a;®-based servers. This relationship     provides customers a single point of purchase, support and maintenance     for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and makes SuSE Linux a preferred     vendor for HP.

Linux-based employee workplace portal targets businesses http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1432244

     IBM announced the IBM Integrated Platform Express for Employee     Workplace, a new Linux-based server portal solution that will enhance     the productivity of midsized companies with 100 to 250 employees.

Wipro-Sistina to provide Linux services
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1431219

    Wipro Infotech today announced a strategic alliance with the US based     Sistina Software Inc., a storage infrastructure software company     delivering data-sharing solutions. Through this alliance, Wipro     Infotech will provide support and implementation services to customers     of Sistina in India, Asia Pac and the Middle East.

Flipping the Switch: Linux's new popularity may hurt Apple more than Microsoft http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1430200

     In the latest of his legendary keynote stage shows, Steve Jobs kicked     off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference this morning in San     Francisco by showing off the company's speedy new aluminum G5 desktop     Mac. But while listing the new machine's impressive specs, Jobs left     out a related, eye-popping statistic: Business Week columnist Alex     Salkever dropped the bomb last week that next year, "Linux should pass     Apple in market share for desktop ...

Gentoo Linux Fork Announced
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1428226

     Zach Welch annouced a fork of Gentoo Linux in a message to the     gentoo-dev mailing list.

Beijing to promote Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1425228

    The Beijing city government will increase its use of the open source     Linux operating system (OS) in preparation for several major IT     contracts in the second half of 2003, a government official said.

Running Linux with Office XP: Is it ready for business? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1424208

     Linux has made a big impact in the server room, but usability issues     and lock-in to Microsoft Office have conspired to hold it back on the     desktop. That all just changed.                                                             

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