[newsforge daily] September 27, 2003

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September 27, 2003

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Sun's software revolution
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/168231

• by John O'Sullivan - I finally realized the revolution is on after reading about the Java Enterprise System in Fortune. I'd thought Sun's new software strategy was just the latest of the company's attempts at figuring out how to make money from Java. But there are three threads that together change the whole game. First is a practical, functional Linux desktop aimed at the business customer from a big and respected company. Second is a simple, ...

Strong reactions to CCIA security report give it added credibility http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/161219

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Ed Black, head of the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) -- the group that released the infamous report titled CyberInsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly (pdf download) -- says, "If it wasn't the truth, they wouldn't react so strongly." And one of the strongest reactions was from @Stake, a computer security company that fired its CTO , Dan Geer, who was one of the report's authors.

A sense of wonder at MIT Emerging Technologies Conference http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/0026221

• by Lee Schlesinger - I hear frequent advertisements on my local radio station for brain supplements. I got the same effect without a pill by attending Technology Review's Emerging Technologies Conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this week. Speakers in various disciplines provided fascinating glimpses of future technology.

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Questions for Linus Torvalds
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/27/039218

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    An interesting interview with Linus in the NY Times: Q: You gave Linux,     the operating system, to the world free, in effect jump-starting the     open-source movement. Now this previously obscure company, SCO Group,     claims ownership of some of the code and threatens to close the door on     open source and Linux. I suppose it's to be expected that when you send     your offspring out into the world, you have to be prepared for your kid     to run with a crowd ...

Geer Says He Knew What Was @Stake
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/228218

     Daniel Geer, the now-unemployed author of a report critical of     monopolistic technologies, doesn't understand what all the hoopla is     about.

Young People Are The Future of Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/2057221

     A Canadian college student joined #Office on EFNet IRC (Internet Relay     Chat) recently and was asking some questions about MS Excel. So I     suggested that he use the open-source comparables such as KOffice and     OpenOffice -- also AbiWord for word processing. That naturally led to a     discussion of using GNU/Linux, open-source software, and free software.

HP to SCO: Go Ahead, Make My Day
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/1528228

    sjvn writes "Hewlett-Packard takes up SCO's challenge to Linux users     with indemnification against SCO lawsuits. It's not as bold a move as     it looks."

UnitedLinux quietly marches on
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/1945229

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     The UnitedLinux consortium - unveiled with much fanfare last year as a     unified effort to create a standard Linux distribution - has been     awfully quiet of late in an industry segment that has been anything but     quiet.

Novell Is Turning Out for Linux Parade
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/1935256

    Through the 1980s, Novell Inc. was a software powerhouse, dominating     the market for products that manage corporate networks and let     individual computers share files and printers.

Time To Rethink Thailand's Open Source Motives http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/196259

     When a project splits in two, this is what's called a fork. People who     have been around for long enough, like myself, remember Unix. By and     large, Linux is Unix (but do not ask SCO), in the same way that Xenix     is Unix. So is Minix, Irix, Mach, Solaris and a dozen more that have     fallen by the wayside.

Linux Clusters for the Mainstream Manager http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/1828241

     While many businesses keep clinging to existing Windows, NetWare, and     OS/390 solutions, more and more are turning to Linux clusters for high     performance computing (HPC), high availability (HA), and Web farm     applications. To get the most out of Linux clusters, however, you need     to know the ins-and-outs of installation and maintenance, as well as     the best software and hardware configurations for specific types of     clustering implementations.

Linux: 2.6 vs. 3.0; What's In A Name?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/1743224

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     A recent lkml thread explored an interesting tangent when Jeff Garzik     asked about what was to follow the 2.5 development kernel, "is it     definitely to be named 2.6? Maybe it's just my impression from     development speed, but it felt more like a 3.0 to me :)". Linux creator     Linus Torvalds first suggested that there was no reason to skip from     2.5 to 3.0, qualifying it with, "But hey, it's just a number. I don't     feel that strongly either way."

Linux Netfilter NAT Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/1646229

     The Netfilter project maintains the packet filter component of the     Linux kernel. A fix for a denial of service vulnerability has been     reported by the Netfilter project. The vulnerability is present on     systems with the ip_nat_ftp or ip_nat_irc modules loaded or with a     kernel built supporting options CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP or     CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_IRC.                                                             

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