[newsforge daily] July 23, 2003

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July 23, 2003

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20% Linux is all we need
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/15/140205

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Let's get over Linus Torvalds' old "world domination" goal (which was a joke), stop gnashing our teeth over The Evils of Microsoft, and think rationally about what percentage of the world's desktops we really need to switch to Linux. I figure 10% would be a minimum, and 20% would be more than enough. Enough for what? For everything we really want.

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?

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Linux routers, part 1: Flex marks the spot http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/172219

    Jan Stafford writes "Linux and open-source routers are the right fit     for any network manager whose motto is, "Don't fence me in.""

Linux in Munich - Gartner gets retaliation in prematurely? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/1733259

     In what some less incisive souls are viewing as ammunition for the     counter-attack, a recent Gartner 'first take' (the research outfit's     free info-gobbets) warns that Munich city council's decision to migrate     to Linux should not be seen as proving the case for Linux on the     desktop. Which is no more than, as we say over here, the bleedin'     obvious, but although the conclusion is sensible enough (in a bleedin'     obvious sort of way, that is), the ...

MontaVista Software to Support Linux Powered MPC5200 Evaluation Board http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/1731227

    Annette Oevermann writes "SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 22, 2003 --MontaVista     Software Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, today     announced that MontaVista(R) Linux(R) Professional Edition 3.0 (Pro)     will support Motorola Inc.'s (NYSE: MOT) MPC5200 embedded processor     delive ring 760 MIPS. This new processor, announced today, is well     suited for automotive telematics, gateways, Internet-access devices,     video detection and processing, ...

Linux-Inside: PCMCIA featured Serial-Ethernet conv http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/1736226

    sena_marketing writes "Sena Technologies is introducing the PCMCIA     featured serial-ethernet converter, 'HelloDevice SS110' with open Linux     platform. Linux technology allows customization of operation and the     ability to modify or add features as required for flexibility and ease     of customization.

Linux deepening its Canadian foothold
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/1724246

     The Linux hype machine has been around long enough to allow Canadian     IT managers to kick the proverbial tires -- and they like what they     see, according to one industry observer.

Linux users look to attack the desktop
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/174244

     Microsoft is under attack in an area that it has previously called its     own the desktop. Admittedly, the threat is a tiny one now, but a group     of Linux enthusiasts is set to change all that.

Asus Backpedals on 865PE Prescott Statement http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/1641220

    knowfear writes "Recently Asus quietly removed the statement "support     for future Prescott CPUs" from their P4P800 specification page. The     move fuels speculation first reported on the Anandtech Forums that the     865PE chipset will indeed not support Intel's next generation Prescott     CPUs. So much for the ability to upgrade the CPU on my P4P800 Deluxe     motherboard!"

Who owns Unix? Open Group seeks to clarify http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/1636200

    Jan Stafford writes "Who owns Unix? To read much of the recent news     report, you might think that it's SCO Group, the company currently     suing IBM Corp. But you'd be wrong."

Saving the Net
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/1634232

    Who Owns What? That's the fundamental question, and it's going to get     more fundamental as we roll toward the next presidential election here     in the US. Much is at stake, including Linux and its natural habitat:     the Net. Both have been extraordinarily good for business. Its     perceived "threat" to Microsoft and the dot-com crash are both red     herrings. Take away Linux and the Net, and both technology and the     economy would be a whole lot worse.

How SCO helped Linux go Enterprise
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/1547203

    Anonymous Reader writes "SCO may now have filed for UNIX copyrights and     made various allegations about code-copying, but the actual complaint     against IBM still seems to be focused around allegations UNIX-based     enterprise technologies (such as RCU, JFS and SMP) being improperly     added to Linux. Yet, reviewing the Linux kernel archives reveals some     interesting and surprising background on just who helped put these     technologies into Linux.                                                             

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