[newsforge daily] July 22, 2003

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July 22, 2003

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  NewsForge Reports

Open Asia: Japan and Korea embrace open source http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/11/2056234

• by Frederick Noronha - A country-by-country survey of the state of Free Software in Asia is difficult, not least because of the disparate natures of Asian societies, the wide use of languages other than English, and the lack of international reporting on technical issues. However, we'll begin looking this week at recent initiatives in two countries, Korea and Japan, and follow up in the future with views from other regions.

Cluster filesystems for Linux?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/19/1444241

    Francesco M. Taurino writes: Do you know good cluster filesystems for     Linux? Is available for Linux a filesystem with cache coherency across     all the nodes in a cluster, efficient locking mechanism or with a     distributed lock manager, with good scalability features and SAN (fibre     channel) compatible?

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.

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SCO: We are not talking about BSD code
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/213241

    An open source user writes "SCO announced today that they confirm the     fact that the Linux 2.4 kernel contains hundreds of files taken     directly from their code. SCO said "If all was removed, Linux would     have no enterprise use." Read the article at BSDnewsletter.com."

IBM and generic Beowulf clusters on Linux Intel boxes http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1755248

    Anonymous Reader writes "Many organizations have assembled Intel (and     other) processor-based servers into clusters of various types.     Proprietary solutions such as Microsoft Wolfpack and HP/Compaq Alpha     TruCluster compete for mind share with the generic Beowulf clusters on     Linux Intel boxes. Beowulf, in fact, was the outgrowth of NASA     researcher Donald Becker's solution to the problem of creating a     supercomputing resource without having a ...

   Samsung high-speed SOC for handhelds supports Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1749247

     Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled a new system-on-chip (SOC)     processor for handheld devices today, calling it "the world's fastest     mobile CPU." The chip boasts a processor clock rate of 533MHz, and is     aimed at enabling new services, functions, and multimedia capabilities     for mobile handheld devices such as PDAs and smartphones, the company     said.

   Europe to push for open source
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1652228

     The European Commission is placing open standards and open-source     software at the centre of its efforts to promote interoperable     e-government services with a new working paper introduced this month.

Linux kernel 2.6 previewed
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1646208

    WarPengi writes "A brief article on what is new in the Linux 2.6 kernel     links to more in depth articles by Joseph Pravenich and Dave Jones here     and here respectively. The less technical article by J. Pravenich     (which is more my speed) is an excellent read and describes the new     functions in the kernel. What has been done to this point and some     future developments to expect."

SCO Gets Unix Copyrights, Will Force Users To License UnixWare To Run Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1639248

     The SCO Group has secured U.S. copyright registrations for Unix System     V code and now intends to begin charging customers to run Linux.

Migration of Visual Basic Projects to Linux! http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1625221

     REAL Software, announced today its plans to support Linux in REALbasic     5.5, the next major upgrade to the cross-platform visual development     environment. REALbasic enables developers to create native applications     for multiple platforms from a single code base. REALbasic 5, currently     shipping, creates applications for Windows and Macintosh from either     platform. REALbasic 5.5 will add the ability to create Linux     applications from Windows or ...

LinuxInstall.org 1.4 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1549257

    Thomas Chung writes "Here is a list of major changes from last release:

Global Partnership Highlights Open Souce J2EE Applications http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/160230

    jrcmatthews writes "10x Software(TM) and IonIdea(TM) Sign Global     Agreement to Deliver Value-Added. Migration from Proprietary Java(TM)     Application Servers.

Great News for PHP Developers - New Contest http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1452229

    stuart writes "Great news for PHP Programmers: PHP-Editors.com are     currently running 2 PHP Programming Contests.                                                             

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