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[osdn starter] June 29, 2003
Date: Sun Jun 29 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Europe's Largest Linux Event Draws Nigh
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/28/1815232
steman writes "On the 10th of July 2003 [0]LinuxTag begins, the largest Linux event in Europe. It will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany. Four days will be packed with up to 20,000 visitors, over 120 [1]exhibitors (including more than 30 Free Software orientated projects such as FFII, BSD, KDE and Debian), [2]coding marathon and many [3]conferences (including specialist business and government conferences). Best of all, in the spirit of the Free Software Movement, it will be largely free (entrance, and many conferences are free)." Links
0.
http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html
1.
http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/expo/exhibitors.xsp
2.
http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/expo/marathon.html
3.
http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/conferences/conferences.htmlThe Real Reason for Sending Astronauts into Space http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/28/2043233
Puneet writes "An article on [0]New York Times discussing the [1]need for astronauts for carrying out experiments in space. Too many of the planned experiments depend on crew operations when they could more effectively be done without them. In many cases, the crew is needed only to deploy an autonomous experiment." Links
Isn't It Ironic?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/28/2038247
[0]gessel writes "Have you ever used the word "[1]ironic?" Do you know
what it really means? If not, is that ironic? Was [2]Seinfeld's "irony"
really the [3]cause of the utter collapse of civil society as we knew
it? How ironic was it for the CEO of [4]MTV to declare [5]irony a
victim of 9/11? The [6]Guardian is running a [7] brilliant article that
clears the confusion around a culturally critical and chronically
misused word."
Links
0.
http://www.dis.org/gessel
1.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=irony
2.
http://www.sonypictures.com/tv/shows/seinfeld/
3.
http://www.prospect.org/print/V9/39/purdy-j.html
4.
http://www.mtv.com/
5.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/632693.asp?cp1=1
6.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
7.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,985375,00.html
EMI and Sony Lose Lawsuit Over Crippled Music Disks http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/28/2014236
[0]neves writes "A brazilian consumer has sued EMI and Sony, and won!
The reason was a copy protection technology in the best seller album
"Tribalistas" that didn't play in his car. You can read about it in
[1]Folha de São Paulo (babelfish [2] translation here), brazilian
biggest newspaper. They must be very afraid, since EMI vice-president
defended the company himself in a lawsuit involving less than US$
350,00. A more detailed report is in my music site [3]Agenda do Samba &
Choro (babelfish [4]here), where we release some of the lawsuit files
to make it easier for others to sue them. Since last year, we are
calling for a [5]boycott ([6]babelfish) of copy protected albums. The
companies appealed, and said that they will take the case to the
Supreme Court, because it is a 'question of principles'. The consumer
is sueing them again, because all new EMI albums in Brazil are being
released with copy protection and won't work in his car."
Links
0.
http://www.samba-choro.com.br/contacta?pid=dRzXVw
1.
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u34467.shtml
2.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=pt_en&url=http%3A//www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u34467.shtml
3.
http://www.samba-choro.com.br/print/noticias/6539
4.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=pt_en&url=http%3A//www.samba-choro.com.br/noticias/6539
5.
http://www.samba-choro.com.br/debates/1037142061
6.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=pt_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.samba-choro.com.br%2Fprint%2Fdebates%2F1037142061%2Findex_html
Linux Usage in the UK
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/28/1956206
[0]pdajames writes "Techies don't seem to understand that businesses
want to have a support contract with their usual supplier before they
will buy Linux, even though the likelihood is that they may never need
support. A survey in the UK showed that [1]support concerns were the
No. 1 factor keeping companies from investing in open source software."
Links
0. mailto:pdajames@yahoo.com
$180 Million for Piracy Conspiracy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/28/181227
theCoder writes "According to an AP [0]story printed in the [1]Orlando Sentinel, Steven R. Frazier has been ordered to pay $180 million restitution for attempting to sell a device that would decrypt the satellite signals sent into everyone's homes. In addition to spending the next 5 years in Federal prison, Frazier will have to pay $500 a month for the next 30,000 years, though no one really expects him to live long enough to make all the payments. That value is based on estimated loses DirectTV and Echostar may have incurred had Frazier been able to sell his devices. Being ordered to pay restitution for actual damages is one thing, but paying for some made up number of future damages? Maybe if I catch someone trying to break into my car, I can sue him for the damage he would have caused if he succeeded..." Links
Two Views On a China-US Space Race
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/28/1759245
An anonmous submitter writes "While there has been [0]recent discussion
about China and India engaging in a space race, most people are still
focused on a potential race between China and the US in near future.
[1]The Space Review recently published a pair of essays on this topic:
[2]the first argues that China-US space race is both unlikely and
undesirable, given the aftermath of the US-USSR space race thirty years
ago. [3]A followup article suggests that a China-US space race is
vital, so long as it takes a more commercial, long-term approach than
the US-USSR one. Food for thought..."
Links
0.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/22/1754249&tid=160
1.
http://www.thespacereview.com/index.html
2.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/25/1
3.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/28/1
MillionManLAN Party: The Doors Are Open
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/28/1740254
[0]socram writes "[1]Tom's Hardware has an overview about one of the
biggest Lan Parties. This event is sponsored by AMD, ATI, ASUS, ABIT,
Cisco, NVIDIA, and the Hitachi storage division. Check this article
out, [2]more than 1000 people killing their brain cells! Presentation
by ASUS, ATI's Q&A Session and more."
Links
0. mailto:socram@vox.com.py
1.
http://www.tomshardware.com/
2.
http://www.tomshardware.com/game/20030628/index.html
FSF Statement on SCO vs. IBM
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/27/2150234
tomdp writes "Eben Moglen, Law professor and general counsel for the
Free Software Foundation, has written a [0]statement about SCO's
lawsuit against IBM."
Links
0. http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/sco-statement.html
Analysis of SuSE Linux Desktop
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/28/1414237
[0]pdajames writes "[1]ZDNet UK has a [2]look at the new SuSE Linux
Desktop, running Microsoft Office. They seem to think Linux is just
about there when it comes to desktop users, although their words about
StarOffice are not so kind. It seems like some of the reality of
desktop Linux is starting to match the hype." Not being an Office power
user myself, I felt that way a long time ago, but it's cool to see
projects like Evolution get some more street cred.
Links
0. mailto:pdajames@yahoo.com
1.
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/
2.
http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2136603,00.html
Linux.com
Selling Linux keeps getting easier
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/212208
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Teresa Spangler started marketing Linux-based products back in 1997 as co-founder of a small startup company in North Carolina. From there she went to Red Hat. Now she's the U.S. general manager for Trustix. Teresa says Linux is an easier corporate "sell" today than ever before, and is likely to be an even easier one in the future.
Battle between Linux and Microsoft
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2048233
US-based computer maker Sun Microsystems and business software giant Oracle Corp on Wednesday announced an alliance intended to break into Microsoft's dominance in India's server market.
Dell details new Linux-on-Itanium 2 server http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1818228
Michael S. Mimoso writes "This week's release of the TOP500 supercomputing list illustrates the breadth to which Linux is present in compute-intensive environments. A Linux cluster built for the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories in the United States ranked No. 3 on the list, for example."
New VariCAD 9.0.1.0 Released
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1819248
Marek Dedecius writes "VariCAD (www.varicad.com)is proud to announce the recent release of its mechanical CAD system - VariCAD 9.0.1.0. The compact CAD package includes many powerful tools for 3D modeling and 2D drafting, libraries of mechanical parts, surface development, calculations of standard mechanical components, tools for working with bills of materials (BOM) and title blocks. It is a compact system featuring all necessary tools that the ...
Mandrake Goes For High Performance Clustering http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1754240
uninet writes "At the International Supercomputer Conference 2003 today, MandrakeSoft announced its latest entry to the company's growing portfolio of middle-to-high end server products. MandrakeClustering is a high performance clustering distribution for IA-32 and AMD64 (Opteron) architectures. IA-64 support should come in September, the company reported."
Better Java garbage collection with IBM's JDK 1.4. http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1743250
Anonymous Reader writes "This article discusses incremental compaction, a new feature in the memory management component of IBM JDK 1.4.0. Incremental compaction is a way of spreading compaction work across different garbage collection cycles, thereby reducing pause times. The authors discuss the need for incremental compaction, the compaction phases at a high level, and some runtime parameters. They also explain how to interpret changes in the ...
UnitedLinux Launches "UnitedLinux Ready" Partner Program for Independent http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1659249
WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- June 25, 2003 - UnitedLinux, the industry consortium comprised of Conectiva, The SCO Group (NASDAQ:SCOX), SuSE Linux and Turbolinux, today introduced the UnitedLinux Ready Partner program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). This program allows ISVs to self-test and certify their products on UnitedLinux. Upon the completion of certification, ISVs will be designated "UnitedLinux Ready" partners, easily identified by end ...
SGI Linux Cluster Scores Well on Benchmarks http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1648207
The SGI Altix 3000 server, running 64-bit Linux on Intel Itanium 2 processors, has scored very well on a number of industry standard performance benchmarks.
Sun signs up for Red Hat Enterprise Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1541215
Sun has entered into a global agreement with Red Hat to distribute the x86 versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
In Search of the Ultimate Linux-Server Programming Language http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1536226
The safe bet in programming languages for Linux servers is, of course, Java. For those whose main concern is the secure transmission of code, it cannot be beat.
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