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July 29, 2003

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Open Asia: Under the radar, FLOSS thrives http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/1745235

by Frederick Noronha - As we discussed last week, Free Software is flourishing in Korea and Japan, but the movement is strong elsewhere as well. Contrary to the presumption that GNU/Linux is almost unknown in Asia, FLOSS takes on the shape of a 'silent revolution' -- spreading across modems linking small brotherhoods (the lack of women's participation in computing in Asia is an issue yet to be seriously addressed).

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.

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Xandros Announces $100,000.00 LinuxWorld Giveaway http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/2142201

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Steve Harris writes "Xandros, Inc., provider of the award-winning Xandros Desktop, today announced a $100,000.00 giveaway of Xandros Desktop Deluxe to attendees of the San Francisco LinuxWorld convention, August 5-7, 2003.

Nvidia Releases New Graphics Drivers for Linux Platform http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/2137222

WHAT: NVIDIA Corporation (http://www.nvidia.com), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, has just posted new Linux drivers for its award-winning GeForce graphics processing units. The new drivers are version 1.0-4496 with a release date of July 28, 2003.

Deviant Technologies, Inc. Announces Availability of InterIMR, Secure Enterprise Instant Messaging S http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/2030202

GUILFORD, Conn., July 28, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deviant Technologies, Inc. (www.devianttechnologies.com), an innovative developer of affordable enterprise server appliances, announced today that it will begin marketing InterIMR, its new server appliance, designed to provide employers with a secure, archivable instant messaging alternative to expensive software based solutions. The InterIMR appliance, which has been in beta testing at ...

Xandros Releases Xandros Desktop 1.1
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/2023205

New York, July 28, 2003 - Xandros, Inc., provider of the award-winning Xandros Desktop, has released a 1.1 edition of Xandros Desktop Deluxe. Version 1.1 enhancements include:

Intellectual Property and Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/205229

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Lets push aside all the analysts as well as McBride. Eric Raymond, Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds and get to the meat of it. Does Linux contain Unix IP. Undoubtedly it does. Bill Gates in a recent meeting with financial analysts claimed that Open Source software contains Microsoft Intellectual Property. Does Open Source software contain Microsoft IP? Most certainly it does. Now before I get crucified and hung from my toenails and ...

ELX Linux: Moving businesses to Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/202222

Anonymous Reader writes "DesktopLinux.com recently contacted ELX Linux to learn about the company's desktop strategy, market conditions, and business activities. ELX Founder and Chief Software Architect, Abhi Datt offered us the following exclusive insight into market conditions and programs that are allowing ELX to convert 200-300 corporate/institutional desktops a month to Linux. Datt discusses Lufthansa India and others who have adapted to ...

In your WebFace: SCO's shell game
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/201212

Anonymous Reader writes "Last week SCO announced acquiring the assets and technology of Vultus, a web services company, who offer web development tools called WebFace ("Runs on Internet Explorer 5 and up").

Linux Appliance Upgraded
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/1956245

Clustering Specialist RainFinity Inc. this week will launch RainStorage 2.0, which adds support for Windows, said officials, in San Jose, Calif. Prior versions of the Linux appliance, which is used to limit downtime for NAS (network-attached storage), worked only with Unix-based Network File System. The new version works with Common Internet File System.

IBM forges ahead with DB2-Linux plans
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/1811207

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Jeff Jones, IBM's director of strategy for data management solutions, spoke recently with SearchDatabase.com about Big Blue's Linux strategy for its DB2 customers. Jones refused to comment on SCO Group's complaint that IBM, as part of its Linux strategy, illegally distributed proprietary SCO source code to the open-source community. IBM has denied the charges. Jones said the company is forging ahead with a plan to make DB2 the favorite among ...

Linux Makes Messaging Moves
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/1744207

Messaging and collaboration software vendors Scalix Corp., IBM's Lotus Software division, Novell Inc. and Open Wave Inc. are each moving to meet enterprises' increasing demands for Linux-based software at the server and client levels.

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