[newsforge daily] September 22, 2003

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September 22, 2003

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  NewsForge Reports

Open Asia: Open source in Japan and Jordan http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1426205

    We continue our country-by-country survey of the availability of open     source software across Asian countries with a look at developments in     Japan and Jordan.

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.

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Intel, Zagat offer WiFi guide
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1437253

    Computer chip giant Intel Corp. and the leisure-class bible Zagat     Survey have produced a guide to the best restaurants and hotels in     America that offer wireless fidelity, or WiFi, Internet access.

Windows dressing isn't the Apple way
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1435228

    Of all the global companies making PCs today, just two make money. Few     would be surprised that one of these is Dell, the Texas-based     manufacturer that pioneered the idea of selling direct to its     customers. But who would guess that the other is Apple Computer?     Globally, it accounts for fewer than 5 per cent of computer sales, and     in some markets its share is even lower.

Analysis of Symantec's Stance on Censorship http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1412259

    Anonymous Reader writes "According to this report in the Sydney Morning     Herald, Chief Operating Officer of Symantec, John Schwarz, was quoted     as "calling for laws to make it a criminal offense to share information     and tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus     writers". If this is the official stance from Symantec, then I must say     they can consider me an strong advocate of their competitors and a     boycotter of their product ...

The Ice Man Cometh
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1431236

    In an interview held during JavaOne in June, Gosling, a Sun VP, said     that he believed Java was "established enough" that making it more open     source would not "fracture the Java development community."

Big Blue's tiny box is a big seller
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1420229

     SOMERS -- IBM Corp. is finding its biggest computers and its smallest     ones are making a profitable team. The million-dollar elephants of the     computer server world, the mainframes, are showing up in harness with     the mice -- the $2,000 ''blade'' servers.

Big Blue's tiny box is a big seller
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1624247

     SOMERS -- IBM Corp. is finding its biggest computers and its smallest     ones are making a profitable team. The million-dollar elephants of the     computer server world, the mainframes, are showing up in harness with     the mice -- the $2,000 ''blade'' servers.

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.                                                             

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