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IT Management Linux News for Nov 23, 2004
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Ideotrope: Setting Sun (Nov 23, 2004, 23:30)
"The tone in his voice was unmistakeable: linux was a toy,
solaris was a serious kernel. He proceeded to enumerate the various
virtues of the Solaris kernel and the demerits of the linux
kernel..."
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CNET News: Commentary: Smoothing the Way for Open Source (Nov 23, 2004, 22:45)
"After a period of testing by early adopters, companies are
beginning to use open-source software in the low levels of the
integration stack--the transport and transformation levels--in
critical projects..."
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SearchWin2000: Windows, Linux Mired in Benchmarking Cat Fight (Nov 23, 2004, 21:15)
"Explaining how Windows stacks up against Linux in a high demand
environment sounds like a simple exercise. In truth, it's very
complicated for several reasons, but mainly because of a lack of
reliable benchmark data..."
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eWeek: Browser Wars Back On (Nov 23, 2004, 18:00)
"eWEEK Labs spoke with a number of IT managers who applaud
Firefox 1.0 as a viable competitor to IE. But citing a lack of
support from application vendors and deployment costs, most said
they are sticking with IE--for now..."
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Computerworld Australia: Red Hat Tells Sun's Schwartz to Get a Dictionary (Nov 23, 2004, 16:00)
"'I don't know which dictionary he's using but I don't think
it's an English dictionary,' Tiemann said when asked about
Schwartz's proprietary Red Hat connection..."
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Computerworld: Linux Unchained (Nov 23, 2004, 15:15)
"Linux use is growing faster than the talent pool needed to
support it. Here's how IT managers see the problem and what they're
doing about it..."
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eWeek: HP Certifies, Supports Novell Linux Desktop (Nov 23, 2004, 14:30)
"While many Linux distributions arrive on the scene, fewer gain
solid support from hardware vendors. That won't be the case for
Novell Inc.'s recently released Linux Desktop..."
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NewsForge: Linux Is Doomed? (Nov 23, 2004, 03:15)
"Frank Ottink, COO at YEALD, recently opined that given Sun's
recent moves, the Linux movement is dead and will only recede from
its current market position. No, really..."
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Federal Computer Weekly: The Real Cost of Open Source (Nov 23, 2004, 02:30)
"Like dozens of other federal, state and local entities, the
U.S. Marshal Service is adopting open-source software for some
information technology projects, a move that's making Red Hat a
potent symbol within the service's IT department..."
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Tectonic: 'Open Source Revolution Will Rock the IT Sales Model' (Nov 23, 2004, 01:00)
""The open source world is shaking the traditional IT world by
its roots, not only through its non-conformist approach to
licensing agreements and ownership of source code, but also through
its broad-minded views on solutions implementation..."
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