[newsforge daily] July 28, 2003

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July 28, 2003

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Why governments should be allowed to specify Open Source software http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/19/1713232

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - The idea of governments giving preference to Open Source over proprietary software angers short-sighted 'free market' advocates. But businesses that want to deal with governments have always been expected to meet special conditions, and requiring software vendors to make all code they sell to governments Open Source is no worse than many other government purchasing conditions. Let's start by talking about glue.

Linux Advisory Watch - July 25th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/25/0344235

• by Benjamin D. Thomas This week, advisories were released for apache, kernel, nfs-utils, cups, phpgroupware, fdclone, several, gnupg, phpgroupware, mpg123, mozilla, semi, ethereal, and xpdf. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde Linux, Gentoo, Mandrake, Red Hat, Trustix, TurboLinux, and YellowDog Linux.

Gambling on Linux pays off in Nevada
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/1646215

• by Karen D. Schwartz - When Churchill County School District in Fallon, Nev., asked Dan O'Barr to find a replacement for an aging and expensive PIX firewall in 2000, the technology manager for the school district learned it would cost $20,000 to upgrade the hardware and acquire additional licenses through Cisco Systems. O'Barr decided he had nothing to lose by trying to create a firewall with Linux. Even though he didn't have much experience ...

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Slackware 9.0 on fire
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/27/1115227

    MadPenguin writes "Building Slackware Linux with the latest 2.6 test     kernel. I'm guessing here, so correct me if I'm wrong... but due to the     fact that you are reading this article you like to fly by the seat of     your pants. New isn't new enough for you. Fast isn't fast enough for     you. Linux isn't Linux enough for you. Am I right? Sure I am. I'm right     next to you, my friend. Pull up a /dev/chair and we'll take a look at     the new 2.6.0-test1 kernel ...

Tide turns against SCO
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/27/1113213

    Anonymous Reader writes "SCO shares fell nearly 10% Friday, after an     IBM memo rejecting SCO's Linux claims turned up. Meanwhile, Andy Butler     of Gartner said "Users should not start waving their cheque books" in     apparent contradiction of earlier comments by his colleague George     Weiss. GROKLAW lists several other analysts taking anti-SCO positions     on Linux licensing. Bill Gates crawled out, to talk about Linux IP     issues. I wonder if this will help ...

Linux to animate South African film
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/27/1110213

    Kodek writes "South Africa's Wits University 3D animation team plans to     make the country's first full-length computer animated film, using a     Linux-based server donated by the Shuttleworth Foundation."

"Mad Penguin" Book Signing
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/27/118247

    Anonymous Reader writes "From PCLinuxOnline: Mad Penguin's Adam     Doxtater will apparantly be signing copies of the Syngress publication     "Snort 2.0 Intrusion Detection" at this year's Black Hat convention in     Las Vegas. Wonder if there are any Mad Penguin goodies to be had? Date:     Thursday July 31st, 2003. Time: 12:00PM - ???. Place: Black Hat 2003,     Caesars Palace, Breakpoint Books."

   Comparing Server OSes: Why SCO UNIX Is A Bad Idea http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/27/116253

    Jem Matzan writes "I've finally reached critical mass with the SCO FUD,     so I spent the past three days researching and writing about the Unix     family. I thought it was going to be difficult to show that UnixWare     and OpenServer are inferior to non-trademarked Unixes, but the facts     speak for themselves. Read on to see an in-depth comparison of the pros     and cons of server-class Unixes including trademarked UNIX (AIX, Tru64,     Solaris, UnixWare, ...

Who's committing Random Hacks of Kindness? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/27/115224

    affero writes "Recognized for providing valuable support and     information in online communities, dai, jt1020, and TomFlocco are     highlighted in Affero's community newsletter Random Hacks of Kindness -     Vol #6. Geeklog, a web content management system, is the featured open     source project in this edition."

Kroupware Project finished -- Kolab emerges http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/27/113232

    Bernhard Reiter writes "The German Kroupware project reached its goals     with stable Kolab Server 1.0 and KDE Kolab Client 1.0.1 releases."

Why Windows Isn't Hell Or Why Linux Isn't Bliss http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/25/2046208

     To me, it's a miracle how every tiny article on OSNews.com, or any     other tech-site, ends up in people shouting all sorts of nonsense at     each other like "Linux is gonna bring back Elvis", "Windows shot     president Kennedy", "Linux kept the cold war cold" or "Bill Gates wants     to buy the moon and charge people for looking at it". Do these people     really know what they are saying, or are they just going with the     Open-Source flow?

HP, IBM and Sun to unveil server security initiative http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/25/1619243

     Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. are allying with     three security providers to announce an open-standards initiative for     safe computing on Aug. 5.

Savage to support Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/25/1616227

     A Linux version of S2 Games' hybrid real-time strategy and     first-person shooter will ship on the same CD as the PC version.                                                             

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