News Linux News for Mar 11, 2004:

LinuxDevices: Linux Poised to Dominate Set-Top Box Market, Survey Says
(2004-03-11 00:15:14)
"Global research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics says Microsoft needs to quickly implement a more competitive licensing scheme if it wants to compete with Linux in the advanced set-top box (STB) market..."

Computerworld NZ: Green MP Lauds Euro Plan for 'Free' Govt Software
(2004-03-11 01:00:22)
"Tanczos paints proprietary vendors as IT's Monsanto..."

NewsForge: Fragmentation Hurts Open Source Advocacy Efforts
(2004-03-11 01:45:20)
"Too many Linux, open source, and free software advocacy groups seem to act as if they are alone in the universe, or waste time arguing with competing advocates, instead of cooperating with others to achieve their goals..."

LinuxElectrons: Novell Celebrates 20 Years of BrainShare with New Linux Focus
(2004-03-11 02:30:12)
"This is the first BrainShare since Novell's aggressive adoption of Linux and assembles key industry leaders who will assess progress in the ongoing move of Linux into the enterprise software space..."

NewMobileComputing: Interview with Doug Turner and Chris Hofmann of the Minimo Project
(2004-03-11 04:00:15)
"Minimo is a new Gecko-based browser built for PDAs and other mobile devices..."

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.4
(2004-03-11 04:15:44)
Changelog, links within.

DistroWatch: Distributions, March 10, 2004
(2004-03-11 05:00:00)
Today's distributions: Lunar Linux 1.4.0 and OnebaseGo 1.1.

Release Digest: GNOME, March 10, 2004
(2004-03-11 05:00:20)
Today's GNOME apps: gnome-panel 2.6.0 Beta 2, gnome-session 2.6.0 Beta 2, gnome-desktop 2.6.0 Beta 2, Gnome Password Generator 1.0, and Qalculate! 0.4.2a.

Release Digest: KDE, March 10, 2004
(2004-03-11 05:00:40)
Today's KDE apps: Score Reading Trainer 0.1.3, KMLDonkey 0.10pre2, KXDocker 0.7, KDevelop 3.0.2, Konverter, and kdsl 0.3 Final.

Linux Yesterday: March 10, 2004
(2004-03-11 05:00:59)
Popular stories from yesteryear.

developerWorks: Tune Eclipse's Startup Performance with the Runtime Spy, Part 1
(2004-03-11 05:30:58)
"This article introduces the Runtime Spy, one of Core Tools available from Eclipse.org. The Runtime Spy is a perspective and set of views specifically designed to help you find and diagnose plug-in startup performance problems..."

FLORA.ca: Make It Legal: Don't Litigate, Use Creative Licensing
(2004-03-11 07:00:19)
"We believe the best way to manage improperly-licensed software is to switch to Free/Libre and Open Source Software... where license maintenance is much simpler, and there are no per-desk, per-user or per-server obligations..."

The Register: MS, Linux, Board Battles - Psion Boss Lists the Threats to Symbian
(2004-03-11 08:30:59)
"In addition, Symbian remains loss-making, and the cost of maintaining its position will in Potter's estimation will increase 'in order to compete against Linux and Microsoft and the rest of the market that is there...'"

LinuxDevices: Motorola Readies Music-Oriented Linux Mobile Phone
(2004-03-11 10:00:36)
"The Linux-based Motorola E680 could see US distribution, making it the first of Motorola's Linux-based mobile phones available outside the far East..."

internetnews.com: GnomeMeeting's PC Conferencing Alternative
(2004-03-11 11:30:50)
"The first official release of the open-source alternative to Microsoft's NetMeeting PC videoconferencing software has just rolled out of GnomeMeeting.org, the small open source group..."

ExtremeTech: PC-Powered Buggy, Motorcycle Compete In DARPA Challenge
(2004-03-11 13:00:05)
"250 Miles, 10 Hours, Off-Road, For $1 Million. One Catch: No Drivers Allowed..." A look at this race, which has, of course, some Linux-using participants.

Microsoft Matchmakes, SCO Buys Back Stock
(2004-03-11 14:00:36)
"Just as the legal battle over Linux was about to become even more expensive, Microsoft suggested that a hedge fund invest in the outfit..." Meanwhile, The SCO Group announced a stock buyback program late yesterday, presumably to increase the value of their recently falling stock. Links within.

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.4-mm1
(2004-03-11 14:55:41)
Changelog, link within.

Techworld: Linux Not Threat in Asia, Fibs Microsoft
(2004-03-11 15:00:46)
"Linux and the open source movement poses no threat to Microsoft in Asia, the company's Asia-Pacific CTO has assured open-mouthed observers..."

Fedora Core Advisory: coreutils
(2004-03-11 15:58:08)
"An updated coreutils package is available fixing an issue in the ls(1) utility..."

SOT Linux Advisories: libxml2, mutt
(2004-03-11 15:59:40)
Two security advisories from SOT Linux.

CIO: The Myths of Open Source
(2004-03-11 16:00:55)
"It isn't all about cheap: Companies keep finding good reasons to take advantage of open-source software..."

Debian GNU/Linux Advisories: kdelibs, kdelibs-crypto, sysstat
(2004-03-11 16:58:36)
Two security advisories from the Debian Project.

The Register: Sun Nails StarOffice Win in India
(2004-03-11 17:00:46)
"Sun Microsystems has outmanoeuvred Microsoft with a StarOffice win in the Indian state of Haryana..."

Dow Jones/Yahoo!: Microsoft, HP Sign Technology Agreements With China
(2004-03-11 17:30:55)
Microsoft signs a $9.5 million deal with China's Ministry of Information Industry. Not to be outdone, HP signed a $23.8 million Linux deal at the same time with the same Ministry.

eWeek: Linux 2.6 Makes Enterprise Gains
(2004-03-11 18:00:59)
"Three years and the next major revision later, the 2.6 kernel strengthens and expands on the merits of its predecessor with deep subsystem overhauls that yield improved scalability, performance and responsiveness..."

ZDNet UK: Linux as a Technology Cost-Saving Strategy
(2004-03-11 19:00:33)
"Linux can save a company large amounts of money - although it's not appropriate in every situation, it's definitely worth evaluating..."

Community: SCO Buys Back Stock, Will it Backfire?
(2004-03-11 20:00:06)
"A struggling technology company does not commit almost 25% of their cash reserves to buy back company stock. At least not one with any common sense..."

internetnews.com: Napster, IBM Team for Cache Management
(2004-03-11 21:00:27)
"Online music service Napster has unwrapped its latest offering, an IBM-powered 'Super Peer' cache-management system for ISPs, universities and businesses..."

LinuxPlanet: Bacone College Stays Cutting Edge With OpenOffice.org
(2004-03-11 22:00:44)
"After 124 years of continuous operation in Oklahoma, Bacone College must know how to do a few things right, especially when it comes to making strategic decisions for the future. It should then come as no surprise that the college would choose to standardize on OpenOffice.org for its writing, spreadsheet, and presentation needs..."

Mandrake.Tips: Review of Mandrake 10.0 Download Edition
(2004-03-11 23:00:13)
"Arguably, the 2.6 kernel series is the next best thing since sliced bread. Well, you won't hear any counterarguments from me..."

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