[newsforge daily] September 21, 2003

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September 21, 2003

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Monolithic software decimates IT budgets http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/032238

• by Jeff Childers - Corporate IT budgets have become paralyzed by their resistance to monolithic, all-or-nothing upgrades accompanied by painful services interruptions and unexpected cost overruns. Their obstinacy has been learned by hard experience, and is caused by the near ubiquitous use of Microsoft software in business.

Linux Advisory Watch - September 19, 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2251233

    Folks, there are a lot of advisories this week. Be sure to check your     distribution carefully, as many of them are significant. This week,     advisories were released for mana, pine, gtkhtml, openssh, sendmail,     MySQL, xfree86, buffer, kernel, and KDE. The distributors include SCO,     Conectiva, Debian, EnGarde, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Immunix, NetBSD, Red Hat,     Slackware, SuSE, Trustix, TurboLinux, and Yellow Dog.

Review: Java Desktop System on Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/003212

• by Chris Gulker - Open source is ready for the real world. Sun Microsystems' just-released Java Desktop System for x86 is a polished Linux desktop that rivals Windows XP and even Mac OS X for fit, finish and ease of use. Whether corporations, governments and educational institutions adopt it will likely have more to do with migration issues and financial concerns than the viability of this Gnome-based user environment.

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Asian countries favor Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/170204

     The threat to Microsoft Corp. from the free Linux operating system     could intensify with the help of a powerful Asian triumvirate: Japan     and South Korea are prodding China to join an effort that promotes     alternatives to Windows.

Red Hat Readies Enterprise Linux 3
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1638238

     Linux leader Red Hat is getting set to launch its Enterprise Linux 3     lineup for the data center next month.

WinHelp for Linux Released.
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1535232

    KAMA Software writes "The company KAMA Software has announced that it     finished it's work at creation of a multifunctional viewer in format     Winhelp. The demonstration version for download is available from the     company's site http://www.kamasoftware.com. The next step of the     company is to make a helpsystem, which will support other file format,     in particular CHM. Browser Netscape Navigator 7.xx (Mozilla 1.xx) is     chosen to be the engine for the ...

How Analysts Get Paid
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/166251

    Analyst reports on the so-called expense of using Linux are a dime a     dozen these days, with one analyst group praising Windows and another     anointing Linux with the same praises. It is hard to know who is right     and who is wrong. It becomes even more frustrating when it is revealed     that some reports are sponsored by Microsoft and other proprietary     software companies, for the seemingly express purpose of detracting     Linux and open source software.

Once and future Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/163224

     People have always been fascinated with the notion of alternate     futures -- the idea that pivotal events could send the world on several     different paths, each leading to a radically different outcome.

OfB Open Choice 2003 Awards
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1829203

    uninet writes "Choosing the best of the best in different sectors of     GNU/Linux products and services is not an easy task. In many cases,     there was more than one contender that was worthy of an award in any     given category. However, we attempted to select the easiest to use,     most robust, most promising, and - when possible - most free (as in     freedom) products for the Open Choice Awards 2003. Find out who won     here."

Advisory Concerning VeriSign's Deployment of DNS Wildcard Service http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1543214

     Recognizing the concerns about the wildcard service, ICANN has called     upon VeriSign to voluntarily suspend the service until the various     reviews now underway are completed.

Groklaw's Open Letter to SCO's CEO Darl McBride http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1728242

    "Our community isn't organized hierarchically like a corporation, so it     has no CEO or overall leader in that sense, except that Linus Torvalds     leads Linux kernel development and Richard Stallman leads the GNU     Project and the Free Software Foundation (FSF). We have written this     letter together on the website, Groklaw, which is a research and news     site currently dedicated to covering developments in the news about     your company."

Windows and Linux Struggle for the Enterprise http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1532229

     Between Linux and Windows, each has distinct advantages, and each     poses a competitive challenge to the other for dominance of the     corporate enterprise computing space.

Lessons in Packaging Linux Applications
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1352237

    This article (ED: by Billy Biggs and Doug Bell) records our experiences     with packaging an application for many distributions and shows areas in     which packagers, Linux distributions, and developers can improve     coordination for better and easier distribution. We look at     communication problems, packaging errors, package dependencies, menu     entries, and bug tracking systems.                                                             

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