Linux News for Dec 23, 2004

• Editor's Note: Have a PC New Year. Not. (Dec 23, 2004, 23:30)
  Try to explain Linux or open source in a politically correct way and see what kind of trouble you get. Go on, try it.


• NewsForge: The Wide World of Linux Word Processors (Dec 23, 2004, 22:00)
  "If you're not entirely satisfied with your current word processor or if you're wondering what's available on the GNU/Linux platform in terms of word processors, this article's for you..."


• internetnews.com: Opera Launches New Rendition (Dec 23, 2004, 21:15)
  "Opera Software said the latest version of its browser has so many new bells and whistles that developers decided to skip the traditional version release and opt for a full-scale launch..."


• LinuxPlanet: CentOS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Minus Red Hat (Dec 23, 2004, 20:30)
  "Users who want Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3 without actually paying money for it have a number of options, including downloading and compiling or outright stealing (not recommended). Or you can find a free distribution that has put all the packages together for you. Such is CentOS..."


• InfoWorld: Apache Avalon Project Closes Down (Dec 23, 2004, 20:00)
  "Avalon, an Apache project to build a framework for object-oriented, component-based programming, has been shut down, forking off into several separate open source efforts..."


• Groklaw: SCO Must Pay DC's Costs & Attys Fees If It Refiles (Dec 23, 2004, 19:30)
  "Darl McBride during the recent conference call told us that the case against DaimlerChrysler had been dismissed without prejudice..."


• SearchEnterpriseLinux: Analyze This: The Pitfalls of Equating Performance with Capacity (Dec 23, 2004, 19:00)
  "What are some common misconceptions about the relationship between capacity and throughput...?"


• CNET News: Sprucing Up Open Source's GPL Foundation (Dec 23, 2004, 18:15)
  "Modernization is coming to the General Public License, a legal framework that supports a large part of the free and open-source software movements and that has received sharp criticism from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates..."


• LinuxDevCenter: Freedom, Innovation, and Convenience: The RMS Interview (Dec 23, 2004, 17:30)
  "Around 20 years ago a programmer at MIT quit his job to develop a complete and free Unix-style operating system--the GNU system..."


• The Register: Dutch Govt Ends Exclusive MS Upgrade Talks (Dec 23, 2004, 17:00)
  "Despite a unanimous vote by the Dutch parliament in 2002 to adopt open standards and open source software, Microsoft recently opened exclusive negotiations with the Dutch government regarding a major software upgrade..."


• CNET News: Mozilla's Lightning to Strike Outlook? (Dec 23, 2004, 16:30)
  "The Mozilla Foundation is hatching yet another software project to challenge a key Microsoft title..."


• NewsForge: Jeremy Allison Weighs In On EU/MS Appeal Decision (Dec 23, 2004, 16:00)
  "According to Jeremy Allison, the lead Samba.org developer, if the ruling doesn't preclude royalties, then the whole effort by the EU will turn out to have been a waste of time..."


• Yahoo!/TechWeb: Firefox Ad Boosts Downloads (Dec 23, 2004, 15:15)
  "Last week's two-page advertisement in the The New York Times paid for by fans of Mozilla's Firefox browser is bringing in more downloads, a Mozilla employee said Wednesday in an online blog..."


• CNET News: Linux Lasting Longer Against Net Attacks (Dec 23, 2004, 14:30)
  "Unpatched Linux systems are surviving longer on the Internet before being compromised, according to a report from the Honeynet Project released this week..."


• The Register: Red Hat Q3's 'Validate' Linux Subscriptions (Dec 23, 2004, 13:45)
  "Red Hat yesterday said its sale rose 55 per cent during its third quarter of fiscal 2005, reaching $50.9m from the year-ago total, $32.8m. Q3's sales were ten per cent higher than Q2's..."


• Computer Business Review: Microsoft Gets One Over Open Source (Dec 23, 2004, 13:00)
  "US software giant Microsoft Corp scored a victory against open source software in India after the Indian state of Karnataka chose its software to power a major e-governance initiative..."


• InfoWorld: Gupta Touts Alternative to Java, .Net (Dec 23, 2004, 11:30)
  "Undaunted by the momentum of Java and .Net, Gupta Technologies in January plans to ship an update to its 4GL (fourth generation language)-based alternative, Team Developer 2005, which adds Linux as a deployment platform..."


• SearchEnterpriseLinux: Consultant: The Time is Right for Open Source in the Enterprise (Dec 23, 2004, 10:00)
  "As the founder and CEO of Optaros, Gett hopes to lead large and medium-sized enterprises down the open road to open source in 2005..."


• Linux Magazine: Using MPI-2 (Dec 23, 2004, 08:30)
  "The MPI-1.1 standard, produced in 1995, was a significant advance, and the MPI-2 standard clarifies and corrects the MPI-1.1 standard while preserving forward compatibility with MPI-1.1. A valid MPI-1.1 program is a valid MPI-2 program..."


• DevX: Build an Online Store Today with PayPal, PHP, and MySQL (Dec 23, 2004, 07:00)
  "The days of hiring high-priced specialists to build Web storefronts are gone. Build your own online Web store including inventory management using open source PHP and MySQL..."


• developerWorks: Write Emulator-Friendly Linux Code (Dec 23, 2004, 05:30)
  "This article examines what emulators do and looks at hardware and software emulation issues in detail..."


• NewsForge: Building a Map Application with Calc (Dec 23, 2004, 04:00)
  "If you look long enough at the empty spreadsheet, you will soon realise that it looks like a map grid, and, indeed, with a bit of imagination you can use Calc to create a simple yet handy mapping application..."


• What PC?: 2004 Review of the Year: Software (Dec 23, 2004, 02:30)
  "Linux triumphs, but US-style software patents threaten European developers..."


• IT-Director: Ready, Aim, FireFox (Dec 23, 2004, 01:00)
  "In theory FireFox is a 1.0 release, and tradition insists that 1.0 releases of PC products are buggy, but I can confirm that it isn't..."


• Open Enterprise Trends: 5 Humorous Predictions for Open Source in 2005 (Dec 23, 2004, 00:15)
  "Bernard Golden, author of Addison-Wesley's 'Succeeding with Open Source,' provides Open Enterprise Trends with his humorous take on What To Watch For in 2005 in the continuously-growing-in-popularity Open Source sector..."