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[newsforge daily] August 31, 2003
Date: Sun Aug 31 2003 - 02:30:25 EDT
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August 31, 2003
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Maintaining SCO compatibility
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1433255
NixWarrior writes "NOTE: This report hereby placed in public domain, use it as you wish, at your own risk! Obviously it is a concern to GPL software authors that they maintain compatibility with the SCO platforms, while SCO publicly abuses them, tries to get the GPL declared invalid, and while SCO profits from selling their software and integrating it into future releases of the SCO product line.
SCO/Microsoft's attack on Linux is backfiring http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1117203
- by Rick Smith - If you keep up with technology news at all, you know all about SCO's fight with IBM, and now, with the Open Source community that developed Linux. But what you may not see is the forest through the trees. There are some fundemental things going on in this turf war that the big boys are missing, and if you look at the headlines over the past 6 months, or even the past year, you'll see them loud and clear.
Why offshore IT outsourcing can't be stopped http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/27/132243
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I have many friends who have lost high IT industry paychecks and are struggling financially because their jobs are now being done in lower-cost countries. But none of the legal remedies currently proposed are going to stop this problem -- assuming it really is a problem in the long run.
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MS Sued for Stealing Linux-compatible Streaming Technology http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/2115242
Anonymous Reader writes "Burst.com is reported to hold numerous technology patents for 'increasing the efficiency of video and audio streaming', according to Robert Cringely. A suit is pending against Microsoft for trying to 'steal' this technology from Burst. If Microsoft successfully beats the suit, Burst's multi-platform technology (which includes Linux) could give Microsoft a significant edge in 'streaming's' future, possibly at the expense ...
When License Keys Cost More Than You Ever Imagined http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/152204
"An interesting issue has occured with a client of North County Computers and we feel its NCC's duty to warn our clients of potential legal and financial issues of buying a PC from an OEM with a Windows operating system pre-installed. Our client has ordered over 200 Dell Optiplex and Dimension systems over the last three years. Financial issues have led to layoffs at the company in recent months. One of the recent layoffs included the systems ...
EFF email & fax campaign against SCO lawsuit http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1435251
Anonymous Reader writes "The SCO Group, Inc. recently announced that it plans to sue individual Linux users if they refuse to pay the company a $700 licensing fee. This is an effort designed by SCO to bolster its licensing claims against IBM and Red Hat by beating up on people who can't afford a multimillion-dollar defense. SCO hasn't proven that it has a right to collect this money at all, so its attempt to hold end-users liable is a terrible ...
No plans to sue Linux users - SCO's Red Hat defense? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1431200
Anonymous Reader writes "According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald "The SCO Group said today it had never planned to sue any Linux companies, had no concrete plans to sue anyone and also no current plans to take a commercial Linux customer to court."
The tortoise and the hare
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1449251
Linux has long been seen as the IT industry’s country cousin: good enough to drive low-end PCs and web servers but not sophisticated enough to support high-end enterprise systems. However, the open source operating system has come a long way, and a growing number of IT directors are finding a role for Linux in the back office.
Lindows: A Real Linux Desktop Alternative to Windows http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1429216
Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews hosts a third party review regarding a Windows user who tried Lindows and liked it."
AUUG finalises nominations for open source awards http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1426251
The Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group has finalised its nominations for the second annual Australian Open Source Awards, a media release says.
Motorola sells stake in Symbian to Nokia, Psion http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1445238
Motorola Inc., which helped found Symbian Ltd. five years ago to develop software for mobile phones, is selling its stake in the venture to partners Nokia Oyj and Psion Plc to focus on other cell-phone programs.
Jousting To Be Server King
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1443208
NEW YORK - Talk about jockeying for position. Today, Hewlett-Packard and IBM are feverishly putting their spin on the latest market share data in the $40 billion-plus market for computer servers.
700,000 Flawed Routers Flood University of Wisconsin http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/29/2229253
gulker writes "700,000 low-cost Netgear routers were shipped with a flawed SNTP client that pings a hard-coded IP address at the University of Wisconsin once a second, amounting to a 150 Mbit/second flood. U of W expects the flood will last for at least 5 years."
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