News Linux News for Feb 12, 2003:

Computerworld Australia: Government Delves into Open Source
(2003-02-12 02:30:46)
"The increasingly influential role of open source software as an alternative to proprietary solutions has prompted the [Australian] government to put together a new seminar looking at the demand for open source systems across departmental agencies.

Community: The Free/Libre/Open Source Software Survey for 2003
(2003-02-12 10:00:03)
A US-based survey that complements last year's European FLOSS survey has been created. Announcement blurb, links within.

NewsForge: Open Source in Mexico - Part One
(2003-02-12 01:00:12)
"I spent most of last week attending CONSOL 2003 in Mexico City. It was a lovely conference, heavy on technical and advocacy discussion and light on marketing hype. It reminded me of U.S. Linux gatherings back in 1997 and 1998..."

Linux Orbit Professional: Configuring Samba as a Windows NT Primary Domain Controller
(2003-02-12 04:00:25)
"By building into Samba 2.2.x the capacity for a GNU/Linux server to function as a Microsoft Windows NT Primary Domain Controller (PDC), the Samba developers have pushed GNU/Linux into direct competition with Windows NT/2000..."

LinuxSecurity: Remote Syslog with MySQL and PHP
(2003-02-12 05:30:56)
"Msyslog has the ability to log syslog messages to a database. This allows for easier monitoring of multiple servers and the ability to be display and search for syslog messages using PHP or any other programming language that can communicate with the database..."

eWeek: Revisions Extend Linux's Reach
(2003-02-12 07:00:01)
"Although eWeek Labs found the SuSE product makes a strong case for desktop Linux, a substantial amount of work remains to be done--particularly in general fit and finish and key missing functionality, such as VPN (virtual private network) support—before Linux Office Desktop can claim parity with Windows-based systems..."

OSOpinion.com: Linux' New Worst Enemy
(2003-02-12 08:30:25)
"Since companies rarely retain lawyers of David Boies' caliber for 'research,' you can probably expect that SCO plans to sue somebody--the question is, who...?"

Developer.com: Open Source High-level Languages in Your Neighborhood
(2003-02-12 11:30:42)
"Dozens of paradigms have propped up, and every day there seems to be a new language on the block. Here is a handful of popular modern high-level languages, what they are being used for, and where they are hiding in the industry today..."

NewsFactor: Is Linux Certification Worth It?
(2003-02-12 13:00:13)
"Instead of focusing all their energies on answering multiple-choice questions about administering a Linux system, the bulk of the RHCE exam requires candidates to demonstrate their skills on Linux machines..."

Release Digest: GNOME, February 11, 2003
(2003-02-12 05:00:20)
Today's GNOME apps: GENIUS 0.5.2, GnuCash 1.8.1, GUNit 0.2, Evolution 1.3 (unstable) snapshots for Red Hat 8.0, and gnocl 0.5.6.

Release Digest: General, February 11, 2003
(2003-02-12 05:00:00)
Today's general app: OpenWatcom C/C++ 1.0.

Release Digest: KDE, February 11, 2003
(2003-02-12 05:00:40)
Today's KDE apps: Konstruct 20030211, TOra 1.3.9, Digital Video Recorder 2.7.9.2, Ksetiwatch 2.6.0, Qleuren 0.2a, MosfetImagePart 0.2, KBarcode 1.1.6, VariCAD :: Viewer 9.0.0.4, VariCAD 9.0.0.4, Kcube 0.5, and KMyIRC 0.2.8.

Mandrake Linux Advisory: postgresql
(2003-02-12 12:41:51)
"These vulnerabilities are buffer overflows in the rpad(), lpad(), repeat(), and cash_words() functions..."

CNET News: Government Tips Hat to Red Hat
(2003-02-12 14:30:49)
"Red Hat's high-end version of Linux has received a certification that clears the way for broader use of the operating system in [the US] government..."

eWeek: Gates Taking 'Pervasive' Linux Seriously
(2003-02-12 16:00:30)
"Microsoft Corp. Chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Tuesday weighed in on the threat the Linux operating system poses to his company's business, saying he is taking the threat seriously as Linux is 'out there and very pervasive...'"

Computerworld: Sun Stands Aside in Rush to Linux
(2003-02-12 19:00:46)
"'They just don't get it. That's all right, they haven't for 21 years,' McNealy said. 'Right now, HP and IBM are reading the analyst reports and saying Linux is going to happen and they're abandoning their Unix customers...'"

The Register: Open and Closed Security are Roughly Equivalent
(2003-02-12 20:30:27)
"That's the surprising conclusion drawn by Cambridge don Ross Anderson during a well-received talk to a Linux User Group at London's City University last night..."

NewsForge: Microsoft to Open Source: You Guys are Hypocrites!
(2003-02-12 22:00:16)
Tony Stanco responds to recent criticisms on inviting Microsoft to speak at the upcoming Open Source in Government Conference.

MozillaNews: Mozilla, Gecko, Netscape, and the Future in AOL
(2003-02-12 23:30:47)
"I've been lucky enough to receive some interesting information relating to AOL, although in light of AOL's recent massive losses, poor outlook, and high profile execs resigning their positions, I'm not sure if these battle plans are still intact..."

Red Hat Linux Advisory: lynx
(2003-02-12 21:46:46)
"Updated lynx packages are available that fix an error in the way lynx parses its command line arguments, which can lead to faked headers being sent to a web server..."

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