[newsforge daily] September 24, 2003

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September 24, 2003

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IBM grids its teeth, adds new enterprise products http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/2316232

• by Chris Preimesberger - IBM today announced a series of grid computing product offerings and a slate of subsequent new projects worldwide. Grid computing is the latest marketing-speak trend in enterprise IT systems. Ostensibly, the advantage is that companies can save money immediately by using existing computers together with inexpensive newer computers in a fail-safe network powered by a high-end central database and application servers.

Lawyers ask: Can IT Be Human?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2120245

• by Chris Preimesberger - Part I in a three-part series on the new influences of IT in the developing world. SAN FRANCISCO -- Lawyers usually want to talk about torts, settlements, judges, and other lawyers. At the International Bar Association convention here this week in the still-summerlike Bay Area, they added to their usual agenda by talking about how IT (mainly wireless) and the Internet might be keys to helping rescue under-developed ...

Why does Sun call it the 'Java Desktop'? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/1911219

• by Joe Barr - The question didn't enter my mind until I saw it raised on a local LUG mailing list. But a sharp-eyed Luggite noted that Sun's new desktop -- codenamed Mad Hatter but called the Sun Java Desktop in press releases -- runs on Linux, uses GNOME, and runs Evolution for mail. "Where," she asked, "does Java come into the picture?"

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Book Review: Moving to Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/2021231

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     Moving to Linux is definitely a beginner's book. It's a big fluffy     puppy of a book that will help ease new users into Linux without     scaring them with tons of commands to know. In fact, the book is almost     wholly devoted to life at the GUI, which means that Windows and Mac     users should feel fairly comfortable with the switch.

Tonight Live: SCO at the Eye of a Hurricane http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/207248

    Jeff Gerhardt writes "Tonight Live: SCO at the Eye of a Hurricane and     What Stinks? Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003 from Chicago IL. Tonight     LIVE on www.thelinuxshow.com.

Computer Associates' Open Innovation Strategy takes Linux to Enterprise http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/195256

    Anonymous Reader writes "Computer Associates (CA) has no doubts about     open source Linux. In fact, the company has been involved with Linux as     a founding member of OSDL, is active in a number of organizations to     foster Linux acceptance, and CA uses Linux internally. Sam Greenblatt,     SVP and Chief Architect, Linux Technology Group, says that his company     has adopted an ecosystem that is in tune with the realities of     migrating to Linux for customers ...

Towards Linux 2.6
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/1857209

    Anonymous Reader writes "The impending release of a new stable kernel     promises greater adoption for Linux, as it becomes more reliable and     scalable over a larger variety of processors. This article highlights     some of the changes, both big and small, with some code samples."

Analyst firm urges caution on Sun's Linux strategy http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/1511252

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    Michael S. Mimoso writes "Aberdeen compares Sun's and Hewlett-Packard's     Linux strategies and cautions that Sun's bias toward Solaris and the     perception it isn't serious about Linux could hamper its movement into     the enterprise Linux space."

KernelTrap Interviews Rusty Russell
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/157200

    Jeremy Andrews writes "KernelTrap has interviewed Rusty Russell, a     humorous and productive contributer to Linux Kernel development. Author     of ipchains, netfilter/iptables, futexes, per-cpu counters, hot     pluggable CPU support, and the new in-kernel module loading code,     Rusty's efforts have had a significant impact on the upcoming 2.6     kernel. For a humorous sample of Rusty's wit, one only needs to look at     his email signature which reads, "Anyone ...

Open Source Architecture To Create a Scalable Enterprise http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/1439249

     Red Hat sets direction with focus on integrated platform,     infrastructure, and management technologies.

Open Source and the Yoke of Oppression
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/143240

     Microsoft and Sun are afraid of open source. However, we in the     open-source community are liberating ourselves from the yoke of     oppression. If people who support Microsoft would simply realize that,     they might understand the open-source community better.

Lessons in Packaging Linux Applications
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/1352222

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     This article 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.

Microsoft, Linux, Apple, Reality Games
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/1346207

     Microsoft lost its recent case with Eolas Technologies - a patent     dispute - at a possible cost of about $500 million. The patent in     question relates programs calling software over the Internet and hence     affects the downloading of music and video, among other things.                                                             

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