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Proprietary voting computers: Threat or menace? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/25/1349255

By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - There has been a great deal of noise recently about the evils of closed-source voting computers and how easy it might be to rig elections with them because their proprietary code hides miscounts from public view. It's a little shocking that government agencies like the Federal Election Commission and mainstream news media haven't paid more attention to this problem. But do voting machines in common use today really ...

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.

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IBM releases Lotus Domino 6.5 for Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/30/030229

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Anonymous Reader writes "IBM has recently released Domino 6.5 server for Linux. Major features of Lotus Domino 6.5 server that are included in the Milestone 2 build are: Domino Designer(with ready to use Web themes), Domino Web Access Email(iNotes), Lotus Enterprise Integrator 6.5, Server side caching, Mozilla (Linux) browser support, Support for Windows Server 2003, improved security, Support for Linux RedHat 7.2, United Linux 1.0 and Solaris ...

SGI and Abaqus announce availability of Abaqus on the SGI Altix 3000 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/1743239

Anonymous Reader writes "Unique Shared-Memory Architecture Enables Users to Solve the Most Challenging Simulations. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 29, 2003)-SGI (NYSE: SGI) and ABAQUS, Inc., today announced the availability of the latest ABAQUSÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â® release, 6.3-5, on the SGIÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â® Altix 3000 family of servers. The unique combination of ABAQUS software running in a shared-memory processing model on SGIÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â® Altix* offers a new, cost-effective way for ...

Altiris: Admins managing Linux have 'tiger by the tail' http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/173252

Michael S. Mimoso writes "Linux has proliferated in many enterprises by stealth, entering by the back door and spreading from the edge to the core of IT environments. One day IT managers wake up to find that they've migrated piece by piece to a new enterprise platform and have no enterprise management system to handle it. After seeing that situation many times, Altiris Inc. decided to act."

Linux Alternative to Citrix helps migrate users from Windows to Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/1547208

NeTraverse writes "NeTraverse Releases Newest Version of Win4Lin Terminal Server. Linux Alternative to Citrix helps migrate users from Windows to Linux.

TimeSys spotlights surge in embedded Linux growth http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/1532240

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TimeSys announced today that its revenues and design wins for the second quarter of 2003 increased approximately 130% over the prior quarter, expanding on the momentum the company has experienced since the middle of 2002. Additionally, comparing the first half of 2003 with the second half of 2002, design wins grew 260% and revenue nearly tripled, growing 295%.

LinuxWorld Names Finalists for Product Excellence Awards http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/1327200

IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets, today announced finalists for the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards, to be presented at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R) next week. Presented in conjunction with the UniForum Association, the Product Excellence Awards recognize open source product and service innovations by LinuxWorld exhibitors.

KDE 3.1.3 Release Announcement
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/1449210

The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.1.3, a maintenance release for the third generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. KDE 3.1.3 ships with a basic desktop and seventeen other packages (PIM, administration, network, edutainment, utilities, multimedia, games, artwork, web development and more). KDE's award-winning tools and applications are available in 52 languages.

Open Group goes open source
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/1444241

The Open Group, goaded by open-source advocates and from within its ranks, has begun a drive to improve its street cred in the world of open source and open standards.

CrossOver Office on NetBSD/i386
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/1437220

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jan Schaumann writes "Todd Vierling has created kernel diffs and an installer wrapper script that makes it possible to run CrossOver Office on NetBSD/i386. See his posting to the current-users MailingList as well as http://www.duh.org/cxoffice/ for full details."

Review: Interstellar Flames for the Sharp Linux PDA http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/1430225

The Zaurus games landscape is pretty barren compared to either the PocketPC's or Palm's. All the sweeter, then, that a hit like Interstellar Flames should be available for the linux platform. I know that netaxim has already written a review of this title for the PocketPC, so be sure to check that out too. As far as I can tell from that review, the only functional difference is that the Zaurus version has configurable controls and the PocketPC ...

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