News Linux News for Sep 03, 2004:

NewsForge:What Does SCO Group Hope to Accomplish by Taking its Show on the Road?
(2004-09-03 00:15:16)
"When sales are dipping, market sentiment is against you, and your stock price continues to dwindle, what should you do? Take your case to the people. So this must be why the SCO Group is taking its show on the road..."

eWeek: Is Linux Really a Contender Against Longhorn?
(2004-09-03 01:00:44)
"Microsoft looks to be giving the Linux client an opening against Windows with its changes to Longhorn's timing and features. Or are other contenders waiting in the wings? Check out two vastly different views of its opportunities..."

Groklaw: The Wonderful World of Open
(2004-09-03 01:45:07)
"Our friend Jonathan Schwartz has a blog (if you didn't know). In a recent entry he discusses 'open' as applied to computing and attempts to put his spin on what the word open really means..."

osViews: Google's "Other" Statistic Clarifies OS Install-Base
(2004-09-03 02:30:51)
"But if 'other' doesn't represent these lesser-used operating systems, what is it then...?"

VNUNet: Linux Vies with Oracle
(2004-09-03 04:00:12)
"Here's a remarkable tale about a company that replaced an Oracle database cluster with a few Linux servers..."

Release Digest: KDE, September 2, 2004
(2004-09-03 04:45:00)
Today's KDE apps: KAlarm 1.2.0 beta 1, QtiPlot 0.3.4, KBeam 0.61, Addressbook light 1.0, amaroK 1.1-beta1, kvpnc 0.4.1.1, and domo 2.4.

developerWorks: Migrate Your Apps From OS/2 to Linux: Part 3. Timer and DLL Calls
(2004-09-03 05:30:15)
"This article series is intended as a reference for migration between OS/2 and Linux..."

ADTMag: LogicLibrary Develops Open-Source Compliance Module
(2004-09-03 07:00:12)
"Development teams working with open-source software need to make sure they don't get themselves into legal problems with license agreements, warns Brent Carlson, vice president of technology at LogicLibrary..."

SearchEngineJournal: Firefox Toolbar: A Set of Search Toolbars For Mozilla Users
(2004-09-03 08:30:19)
"Yet another search toolbar! But fortunately unlike most Internet Explorer only toolbars it is for the users of the alternate open source browser Firefox and Mozilla..."

Press Method: Jeeves Information Systems AB Joins IBM's [Linux] ISV Advantage Initiative...
(2004-09-03 10:00:31)
"Through the initiative, IBM and Jeeves will help SMB customers integrate their internal and external business processes and applications, while allowing them to quickly respond to changing market opportunities on demand..."

Cornell Chronicle: CU Library to Distribute its Open Source Electronic Publishing System
(2004-09-03 11:30:22)
"Cornell University Library is developing an open source publication management system that will provide authors and publishers with a more affordable way to publish scholarly research on the Web..."

Innovations Report: Medical Diagnoses in the Palms of Their Hands
(2004-09-03 13:00:11)
“Once fully implemented, the software will be made available under an open source license...”

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.9-rc1-mm3
(2004-09-03 13:45:26)
Changelog, link within.

internetnews.com: New Apache Tomcat Eclipses Sun
(2004-09-03 14:30:07)
"The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has pulled the wraps off Tomcat 5.5, its next-generation Java server..."

Silicon.com: Microsoft: Linux is a Threat, It May Mean Prices Cut and Less Business for Us
(2004-09-03 16:00:18)
"Microsoft has filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)--and it looks like the Redmond giant could be in for a lean year ahead, even going as far as to hint that Linux and other open-source rivals might be to blame.

ZDNet UK: Government Bodies 'Embracing Open Source'
(2004-09-03 17:30:12)
"At least 90 open-source projects have been approved by government bodies in the US..."

Groklaw: Autozone Files Emergency Motion to Stay
(2004-09-03 19:00:20)
"That, AutoZone points out, is what you call a fishing expedition, so they ask the judge for a stay of all action in the case until after the IBM, Novell and Red Hat cases are resolved..."

The Inquirer: HP Goes Head Hunting for Linux Experts
(2004-09-03 20:30:10)
"HP is offering huge wodges of cash to give jobs to those who are the closest to Linus Torvalds..."

Linux Journal: Linux in Government: Will Schwarzenegger Terminate Windows?
(2004-09-03 22:00:36)
"If he can see the predators hiding in the political jungle, he may..."

Editor's Note: Highly Illogical
(2004-09-03 23:30:01)
Your editor's off on a holiday away mission to seek out just who wrote the code for Starfleet's finest starship. All signs point to Microsoft. Set phasers on disrupt.

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