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[newsforge daily] September 03, 2003
Date: Wed Sep 03 2003 - 02:30:25 EDT
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September 03, 2003
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NewsForge Reports
Top 10 things to do with your SCO Linux invoice http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/27/1918229
- by Joe Barr - The SCO Group has reportedly started invoicing commercial users of Linux, claiming the money is owed to them due to their unproven claims that Linux contains their IP. Given that their public attempts to substantiate these claims have been proven false, you may be wondering what you should do if you receive such an invoice. Wonder no more. As a public service for the Linux community, we at NewsForge have put our heads together ...
Open Asia: Open source in Burma, Cambodia, and China http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1648256
- by Frederick Noronha - We continue our country-by-country survey of the availability of open source software across Asian countries with a look at developments in Burma (also known as Myanmar), Cambodia, and China.
NewsForge takes the day off
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/1429255
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller, NewsForge Editor in Chief - Today is Labor Day in the USA, a holiday that celebrates working people and our contributions to the nation. This holiday may have had dark beginnings, but today no it's a happy time for picnics, family gatherings, and other outdoor activities; the last gasp of summer, you might say. We'll see you tomorrow, full-strength, as we get back into the post-summer "real world" and buckle down to ...
NewsForge NewsVac
Asian triad in deal to replace Windows
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/2049219
Three North Asian countries are closer to signing a deal to codevelop an open-source operating system to replace Microsoft Windows, according to a Japanese news report.
Vector Capital completes Corel purchase
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1913229
The struggling applications software vendor has been acquired by Vector Capital Group for US$1.05 per share.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.95 AS Beta Preview http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1819234
Anonymous Reader writes "Red Hat released the beta for their upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) line recently (v2.95, Taroon) and OSNews sports a preview of this "high-end" Linux version of Red Hat. The article mentions the extra features you can find on this Enterprise version (e.g. the inclusion of the Eclipse IDE, Tomcat etc) and how it compares to its previous version."
MontaVista Linux at Core of Volvo Public Transport http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1817222
Annette Oevermann writes "SUNNYVALE, Calif., and GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept. 2, 2003 -- MontaVista Software, Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, and Volvo Mobility Systems, a telematics unit within the Volvo Group [Nasdaq:VOLVY; Other OTC: VOLVF.PK and VOLAFK.PK], tod ay announced that Volvo is using MontaVista® Linux® on its ITS4mobility product, an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) for public transportation organizations that ...
Cringely: Stupid Microsoft Tricks
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1739227
tjhanson writes "Why the Richest Company on Earth Feels it Needs to Cheat." Presented with this charge in court, Microsoft's attorneys acknowledged that the message gaps existed. The messages had been erased by the half-dozen Microsoft employees involved, both from their PCs and from the mail servers. There were no backup copies. The reason for this mass erasure, it was explained, is that Burst technology was unimpressive and not of interest to ...
SkyOS GUI Design Contest Underway
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1734207
Hexydes writes "The official SkyOS GUI ReDesign Contest is underway. Designers have been submitting their ideas for the past 12 days, and currently there are 29 different submissions. Open community voting will begin on September 9th to chip the entries down to 3, and a second round consisting of designers, coders, and community votes will decide on a winner. The winning design, along with OpenGL support for the graphics layer, will be ...
Moving To Linux: Kissing the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye by Marcel Gagn http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1730222
Anonymous Reader writes "Some time ago, I reviewed another excellent book by Marcel Gagne. His Linux System Administration was the best book I had read for someone technically inclined (ie. the curious and willing to learn) to get Linux up and running and then be able to do some interesting things with it."
Economist: Offshore IT Outsourcing Should Boost U.S. Economy http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1612255
gulker writes "Politicians and labor leaders looking to block the export of IT jobs to low-wage countries such as India are 'the last surviving members of the flat earth society,' says the chief economist of a Big Five consulting firm that offers offshore outsourcing services."
Linux in the Enterprise: Now What?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/143202
Linux, the scarcely decade-old open-source operating system, looks to have reached a sort of critical mass and has entered into an awfully busy period in its development. There's a major kernel update around the corner, an audacious licensing challenge with which to contend, and a rush by virtually every major enterprise IT vendor not located at 1 Microsoft Way to jump on the Linux bandwagon or help take up the reins and drive its development.
NewsNow says software patents will damage the European economy http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1523253
The future of thousands of innovative IT companies is under threat. Even NewsNow may not be entirely immune.
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