[newsforge daily] September 14, 2003

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September 14, 2003

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Iran's First GNU/Linux Seminar
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/13/1538208

    Aryan Ameri writes: Iran's first GNU/Linux seminar will be held on     Thursday September 16 at the University of Tehran (UT). It is the     result of a joint collaboration between linuxiran.org! and LIGLUG,     TalareWeb.Com and University of Tehran. It was first scheduled to be a     simple installfest but very soon it became apparent that there was     space and need to do more.

GNU/Linux saves the day
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/1733209

• by Jason Yost - Microsoft, in its neverending quest to convince the world that Windows is better and more cost-effective than GNU/Linux, recently funded a research group to run some tests. The results of course came out in favor of Microsoft and .NET being more cost-effective to develop applications than J2EE and GNU/Linux. I chuckled to myself, wondering who could be so gullible, as I glanced over at the new Linux server my IT department had ...

MandrakeSoft plans new revenue source
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/157237

• by Joe Barr - Following up on a story appearing this morning at DesktopLinux.com about MandrakeSoft selling ads in their free download version of Mandrake Linux, I contacted Gaël Duval at MandrakeSoft for more detail on the new advertising/revenue source. Updated

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An Open Source Letter to Whom, SCO?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/14/0132224

    When Darl McBride sent his open letter to the open source community, I     was especially struck by the offer to work with the community to work     out various IP issues and perhaps a new "design a new business model     that enhances the stability and trustworthiness of the Open Source     community in the eyes of enterprise customers." Many members of the     community, from everyday desktop users right on up to Linus Torvalds,     jumped on the statements made by ...

The most-attacked servers?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/13/1543248

    Guru prasath writes "Microsoft Windows may be dominating the headlines     for security-related breaches but the open-source Linux server     operating system remains the biggest target of overt intruder attacks,     according to a study by U.K.-based Mi2g."

Nokia joins to CELinuxForum
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/13/1534238

    bryam writes "Nokia is joining the CE Linux Forum. This mean that maybe     the MIPI Alliance could be adopt Linux?"

Linux-based "gateway server" remotely pilots model plane http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/13/1533238

    Anonymous Reader writes "This whitepaper describes how engineers at     IBM's Pervasive Computing Advanced Technology Laboratory created a     Linux-based, intelligent, remote control system for a model airplane as     a way to showcase gateway server technology. The onboard computer     controls various navigational equipment and interfaces to a wireless     access point and PDA. The user can control the plane through handheld     wireless technology."

The Unholy Trinity: SCO, SUN, MS
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/223239

    Glanz writes "Raving Luni, aka Ron of Linux-Universe     http://linux-universe.com/ has contributed this interesting analysis of     the current battle raging against Open Source, and by extension,     Freedom in general. Sun is behind it too, very much. The Unholy Trinity     shares one common issue: "Open Source software is eating into their     profits". So they all support this action in a desperate attempt to     save their business model. Here are the patients: ...

Who is responsible for security: Can we move past the finger-pointing? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/1852242

     No matter which operating system is running on the device you're using     to read this article, you're vulnerable to being hacked. Modern     operating systems are too complex to be completely secure in every     respect. Let that sink in--what you are doing right now is not 100     percent secure and never will be.

IBM supercomputers aid melanoma diagnosis http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/1850240

     Electro-Optical Sciences will be the first life sciences company to     use on-demand supercomputing power from IBM to analyze data collected     by a handheld skin-scanning device for detecting malignant melanoma.

Open Source on the Brink
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/1847239

     In the next five years, open source "is going to take [the government]     market away from Microsoft completely," predicts Eben Moglen, Columbia     University law professor and Free Software Foundation general counsel.

Q&amp;A: SCO's McBride on his open letter to the Linux community http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/1845257

    On Tuesday, Darl McBride, CEO and president of Unix vendor The SCO     Group Inc., released an open letter offering to talk about the issues     separating his company and the open-source and Linux communities. In an     interview with Computerworld yesterday, McBride explained why he wrote     the letter and what he expects to accomplish.

Open-Source Software Debate Reaches Ivory Towers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/1838246

     "The culture of open-source development is fundamentally similar to     peer review in academia," says Stanford University researcher Sanatan     Rai. "The work is reviewed by other experts and is available for open     scrutiny. Hence mistakes are found, and errors corrected."                                                             

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