[newsforge daily] July 19, 2003

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July 19, 2003

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The IP wars
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/15/1911226

• by John O'Sullivan - The first shot in the intellectual property wars was fired by no less than William H. Gates III on February 3, 1976. In a famous letter decrying the theft of his programs, Mr. Gates set out the philosophy that IP was essentially the same as traditional property, and that the same rights and laws should apply.

Linux Advisory Watch - July 18, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/0327232

• by Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for pam, gnupg, mpg123, ucd-snmp, phpgroupware, traceroute-nanog, nfs-utils, falconseye, php4, unzip, radius, gtksee, kernel, mozilla, xpdf, apache, and ypserv. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo, Immunix, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, Trustix, and Turbo Linux.

A centralized server architecture could be the killer Unix app http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1828218

• by Paul Murphy - If you're like me, you probably use Linux or Unix at home and then go to work and wonder why all the people struggling with Microsoft products don't just upgrade to Linux. Despite all the cost and security issues, business's commitment to Microsoft's Windows desktop products shows few signs of waning. The key to turning this situation around may be to place the user's perspective above that of the systems staff.

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Microsoft Ranks Linux Second On Risk List http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1940203

     Microsoft is taking the Linux threat seriously. So seriously, in fact,     that open source software comes in at the number two spot on the     company's top five list of risks.

Linux to Overtake Unix, Leapfrog Windows, Analyst Says http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1935234

     Linux will soon overtake Unix as the operating system of choice for     several major enterprise segments, including high-performance     computing, carrier-grade and mission-critical systems, and database     hosting. That's according to a paper published in June by research firm     Aberdeen Group Inc.

ATX form-factor StrongARM SBC gains 30% speed, supports Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1842235

     Simtec Electronics has announced a thirty percent speed increase for     its ATX motherboard form-factor, StrongARM-based single-board computer     (SBC). The SBC is intended to be used as a development platform for     prototyping applications such as set-top boxes, routers, CD     duplicators, MP3 juke boxes, and NAS appliances, and server devices,     and is supplied together with a full Debian GNU/Linux operating system,     the company said.

101 Reasons Not To Get A Tablet PC
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1825237

    Lora writes "Here is a list of reasons we've heard people say why they     don't want to buy a Tablet PC. We came up with a list of 101. (Not     listed in any particular order.) There are probably more. Maybe you've     got a few?"

Mozilla.org forms new non-profit foundation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1810245

     Mozilla.org, the venerable keeper of the open-source Web browser     flame, last week gave itself a "legal identity" with the creation of     the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit corporation the group hopes will     better coordinate its efforts to expand its end-user community.

Red Hat releases Linux 2.6 update
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1623244

     Red Hat has made good on a promise to let people try out Linus     Torvalds' test version of the new 2.6 kernel, or heart, of Linux. The     Linux seller said Monday that it would release 2.6.0-test1 RPM (Red Hat     Package Manager) update files.

Making a pitch for OpenOffice.org
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1618217

    Solveig Haugland writes "You'll sometimes encounter resistance to     switching an organization to OpenOffice.org. The resistance can stem     from simply not knowing about OpenOffice.org to not wanting to leave     the known qualities of Microsoft Office or another suite. To help out     the folks on the front lines of adoption, I've assembled a few     strategies for the searchenterpriselinux.com site on how to go about     convincing your IT or management team to go ...

IBM Servers to Pair Linux, New PowerPC Chips http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1614256

     In a quest for a bigger piece of the entry-level server market, IBM     Corp. has drawn up a three-year plan for producing and marketing     systems that pair Linux and IBM's own 64-bit PowerPC family of     processors, sources report.

Europe picks Penguin to link government IT http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1557211

     A European Commission working paper on linking national government IT     systems across Europe is recommending open source software.

Lindows Project Steers Open Source Faithful To 'Linux-Friendly' Retailers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1436220

     Attention Linux shoppers: Lindows is launching a consumer web site,     dubbed LFriendly.com. It's an effort to help buyers find sellers of     computers pre-loaded with Linux, or are at least those that are     Linux-friendly.                                                             

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