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[newsforge daily] September 09, 2003
Date: Tue Sep 09 2003 - 02:30:25 EDT
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September 09, 2003
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Oracle putting different spin on an old strategy http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/2333234
- by Chris Preimesberger - SAN FRANCISCO -- The date was June 14, 2001. I remember it well; it was a hot, sunny day on the banks of the San Francisco Bay. Larry Ellison was explaining to a packed house of journalists, analysts, and assorted hangers-on at Oracle headquarters that the Oracle 9i he had just introduced was -- and I am quoting verbatim -- "the last database you'll ever need."
New IBM Ad features Linux in a new light http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/1210233
- by Joe Barr - IBM's new Linux ad, which made its debut over the weekend at the finals of the U.S. Open, provides a new metric with which to measure Linux growth and maturity. The ad was made available online prior to the debut, and has proven to be very popular in the Linux community.
The indispensable GPL
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/03/2053203
- by John O'Sullivan - When I first became interested in Linux in 1998, Richard Stallman, the godfather of the GNU General Public License, was widely regarded as a crank -- someone whose past accomplishments were crucial, but who like Trotsky insisted on continuing the revolution long after it was over. A Linux Weekly News article of the time said, "Richard Stallman is kind of like the eccentric uncle that everybody loves, or at least respects, ...
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Patch for 'critical' IE vulnerability doesn't work: Experts http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/213225
A patch released by Microsoft to fix a critical security vulnerability in Internet Explorer does not work, according to security experts.
Obelix./.MobiliX: Highest German Civil Court Dismisses Appeal http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/2055213
wehe writes "The trademark case Obelix versus MobiliX - Linux On Mobile Computers was finally dismissed by the Bundesgerichtshof - BGH, the highest German civil court. Werner Heuser, owner of the trademark MobiliX and the domain mobilix.org - UniX On Mobile Computers, has lost the case, because the BGH rejected his request for an appeal. The BGH did not care to provide a detailed argumentation for their decision, the chamber merely quoted the ...
Eclipse may take new name after reorganisation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/2051257
The group in charge of the open-source Eclipse project approved a three month long restructuring process this week that should reduce IBM's dominant role in the effort and make the project more attractive to Java vendors such as Sun Microsystems and BEA Systems.
ASPEN SYSTEMS OFFERS TWO NEW GLACIER SYSTEMS BASED ON INTEL® ITANIUM® 2 PROCESSORS http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/2010213
Leslie Cunningham writes "Wheat Ridge, Colorado, September 8, 2003 - Aspen Systems, Inc., a leader in the custom design, manufacture and service of a wide array of Linux®-based high-performance computing solutions, announces today the release of two new Glacier systems based on the Intel® Itanium® 2 processor and targeted specifically at high-performance computing (HPC).
Record Industry Sues Music File Swappers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/1958239
Anonymous Reader writes "By ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - The recording industry was filing hundreds of lawsuits Monday against individual music lovers whom music companies accuse of illegally downloading and sharing songs over the Internet, a music industry source said."
LynuxWorks Unveils BlueCat 5.0 Beta Featuring Enha http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/1936211
Anonymous Reader writes "LynuxWorks has just announced the beta program for BlueCat 5.0, their popular embedded Linux distribution. This is the first embedded operating system ready for testing which includes the Linux 2.6 kernel. You can read the full press release here or go directly to the beta sign up page here. This will give developers a good opportunity to test the enhanced features of the new 2.6 kernel in a native embedded distribution."
First embedded release of 2.6-series kernel http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/1727250
Anonymous Reader writes "LynuxWork's BlueCat Linux 5.0, based on a 2.6-series Linux kernel, is now available for public beta testing, with a projected final release date set for November. LynuxWorks claims this to be the first public availability of embedded Linux based on the new kernel. Key new features include: improved kernel preemption; 0(1) scheduler; improved POSIX threading support."
SCO - we haven't sold any licenses
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/1726245
Anonymous Reader writes "In a new article today, SCO's Blake Stowell is quoted as saying, "As of Tuesday [Sept. 2], we actually began making the license available. Selling it and mailing it to someone is not something we've actually done as yet, but as of today we are able to do that". Excuse me for being shocked, but didn't SCO announce on August 11th in a press release, that they'd sold the first license? And didn't SCO then go on to tell us ...
Linux extends reach with real-time capabilities http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/1642241
On its continuing march to the mainstream, Linux is now approaching the frontier of real-time computing. Linux vendors last week forged partnerships and rolled out products that move the open-source operating system into new territory.
MEPIS Linux 2003.08 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/1639257
Anonymous Reader writes "MEPIS LLC announced the release of MEPIS Linux 2003.08 for Pentium processors. MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux that is designed for both personal and business purposes. MEPIS Linux offers a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased truetype fonts, personal firewall, KDE 3.1.3, OpenOffice 1.1, and much more."
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