News Linux News for Feb 10, 2004:

Processor.com: Microsoft As A Linux Software Company?
(2004-02-10 00:00:39)
"While these concepts have a potential for generating profits, I don’t think any will see the light of day anytime soon. Why not...?"

NewsForge: Linux Renegades
(2004-02-10 01:00:21)
"Did you write an email virus and sic it on the world? I didn't think so. I didn't, either..."

LinuxWorld: GPL - Are We Wishing for Something We Really Don't Want?
(2004-02-10 02:00:25)
"It will one day in the not-too-distant future require 2 years' computer time just to work out if you have any substantially similar code that infringes on the exponentially growing pool of GPL'd code, speculates retired physicist Daniel Wallace..."

OSDir.com: Dell Linux Engineers Launch Linux Site and Weblog
(2004-02-10 03:00:59)
"Linux engineers at Dell have launched an interesting new site about Linux at Dell..."

MozillaQuest: Deja Novell All Over Again
(2004-02-10 04:00:45)
"However, last year, Novell got serious about porting its products to the GNU-Linux operating system..."

DistroWatch: Distributions, February 9, 2004
(2004-02-10 05:00:00)
Today's distribution: Knoppix 3.3-2004-02-09.

Release Digest: GNOME, February 9, 2004
(2004-02-10 05:00:20)
Today's GNOME apps: Dlume 0.2.0 and libxml++ 2.5.1.

Release Digest: KDE, February 9, 2004
(2004-02-10 05:00:40)
Today's KDE apps: kdecvs-build 0.44, K3b 0.11.2, PiKdev 0.6.2, and Digikam 0.6.0 final.

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.3-rc2
(2004-02-10 05:06:02)
Changelog, links within.

developerWorks: Documenting Your Project Using the Eclipse Help System
(2004-02-10 06:00:13)
"The Eclipse Platform, which provides a very powerful IDE, includes its own help system based on an XML table-of-contents referencing HTML files. What isn't immediately obvious is that you don't have to write Eclipse plug-ins to use it..."

GUILinux: A Noobie Spends Quality Time With Linux (YDL 3.0 To Be Exact)
(2004-02-10 07:00:26)
"Despite my love for the insanely great OS X, Linux still intrigued me. The more I read about various distros on OS News and other sites, the more curious I became..."

LinuxBeginner: Installing Software Linux style: Part 1
(2004-02-10 08:00:51)
"This is part one in a series to help you understand your distribution, and how to install software on it..."

LinuxHardware Pentium 4 875/865 Chipset Motherboards Under Linux
(2004-02-10 09:00:34)
"After a small break from motherboards, we're back with an all new review. This time we're bringing you some options for the Pentium 4 processor..."

ONLamp: Open Source vs. Mac vs. Windows
(2004-02-10 10:00:37)
"I am afraid that, in the excitement, many users are mixing up the company that they try to escape (Microsoft) and companies in general, leading to a very confusing and potentially dangerous situation..."

IT Manager's Journal: IT Investor's Journal: A Close Look at Red Hat
(2004-02-10 11:00:22)
"Red Hat, Inc., long a sales leader in commercial Linux distributions, has made some strategic changes in the last year and has decided to aim squarely at the enterprise server market while deemphasizing its relationship with small-time developers..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Tux Taking Off in Pop Culture
(2004-02-10 12:00:54)
"'OK, so we should be thinking of a lovable, cuddly, stuffed penguin sitting down after having gorged itself on herring.' When he made this suggestion on the Linux Kernel Mailing List in 1996, Linux creator Linus Torvalds sealed his fate as a life-long second banana..."

Mad Penguin: Building A Better Package Manager
(2004-02-10 13:00:06)
"While I am one of the biggest proponents of the Linux operating system in the world today, I will be the first to tell you that it has some flaws which are keeping it from the holiest of holys: the desktop..."

Groklaw: Friday's Hearing - The Transcript as Text
(2004-02-10 14:00:17)
A text-based transcript of the February 6 hearing of SCO v IBM.

Reuters: German Finance Ministry Division Chooses Linux
(2004-02-10 15:00:36)
"A division of the German finance ministry has moved its back office operations to mainframe computers that run Linux..."

PR: OSDL Releases Position Paper on SCO Lawsuit with Novell
(2004-02-10 16:00:02)
"Linux customers will likely ignore SCO Group's legal threats until a court decision is rendered in the litigation brought by SCO Group against Novell on copyright ownership..."

Computerworld Australia: Country Energy Bets Business on Open Source
(2004-02-10 17:00:39)
"When David Peters faced the prospect of dwindling platform and application support for Country Energy's proprietary Unix systems he took a step towards migrating the company's core business systems to open source software..."

LinuxInsider: Linux V2.6 Scales the Enterprise
(2004-02-10 18:00:57)
"This kernel breaks apart some of the artificial limitations that have been present in Linux from the beginning, such as the number of addressable devices and total available Processor Identifiers..."

Silicon.com: NHS to Begin Sun Desktop Linux Trials
(2004-02-10 19:00:47)
"The NHS is to begin trials of a desktop Linux software suite in a move it says could free up money for the frontline health service and save taxpayer millions of pounds..."

Techworld: Microsoft Readies XP-Lite to Keep Linux Out of Asia
(2004-02-10 20:00:28)
"Microsoft is preparing a cut-down version of Windows XP to sell cheaply in the Far East in an effort to prevent Linux stealing the OS market..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Court's Verdict: Linux Over Solaris
(2004-02-10 21:00:39)
"The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts recently announced it was moving several mission-critical applications from the Solaris Unix operating system to Linux..."

LinuxDevices: MontaVista Boasts Banner Year, Claims Embedded Linux Leadership
(2004-02-10 22:00:16)
"MontaVista Software ended its 2003 fiscal year with revenue growth of 77 percent over the previous year, it says, producing 500 design wins for the year and becoming cash-flow positive in the fourth quarter of 2003, ahead of plan..."

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