News Linux News for Jan 03, 2005:

Advogato: Learning from BSA (Asia)
(2005-01-03 07:00:11)
"Quite often you see people supporting a view and makes you wonder how they can do it with a straight face..."

Technetra: A Big Bang for the Buck
(2005-01-03 08:30:14)
"Many venture capitalists (VCs) are starting to get excited because they see that OSS can form the basis for a profitable ROI..."

Yahoo!/TechWeb: Startups Take To The Open-Source Trail
(2005-01-03 10:00:56)
"Boutique services company MozSource now offers e-mail technical support services for the Mozilla Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client..."

James: The Care and Feeding of FOSS
(2005-01-03 11:30:58)
"The rise of Free Open-Source Software (FOSS) has fundamentally altered the economy of software publishing, and in fact is having an impact in almost all modern industries across the globe..."

Yahoo!/TechWeb: Open And Shut
(2005-01-03 13:00:00)
"The value and utilization of open-source software have grown immensely in recent years, but in the booming analytics market, open source is strangely not keeping pace..."

eWeek: The Status of Unix
(2005-01-03 14:30:32)
Two articles from eWeek detail the Unix server arena, as Linux, Microsoft, and Unix vendor competition threaten to rapidly reduce Unix deployments in the months ahead.

IT Manager's Journal: Why is HP Shipping FreeDOS to China?
(2005-01-03 15:15:56)
"What was somewhat strange about the announcement was that HP, a strong Linux supporter but struggling in the Chinese market, would ship the budget PC not with Linux, not with Windows XP, but with the FreeDOS operating system installed..."

eWeek: Struggling SCO Hopes for Win in Court
(2005-01-03 16:00:52)
"Almost two years after it sued IBM, The SCO Group Inc. will begin this year hoping for a reversal of fortune..."

LinuxPlanet: Review: Small Business Accounting Software For Linux
(2005-01-03 16:45:30)
"So why should anyone even consider migrating away from Quicken/QuickBooks (or other Windows accounting program) to a Linux accounting program? Carla Schroder reviews three applications that may help answer this question..."

Korea IT News: Open Source Software Firms Expand Presence In DBM System Market
(2005-01-03 17:30:22)
"Open source software companies are beginning to augment their presence in database management (DBM) system market..."

IT Manager's Journal: Why the Software Licensing Debate is Ongoing
(2005-01-03 19:00:55)
"A report suggesting software licensing costs could increase 50 percent by 2006 shouldn't be viewed as doctrine etched in stone, according to IBM Corp. spokesman Ari Fishkind..."

InfoWorld: Unsung Heroes of Open Source
(2005-01-03 19:45:21)
"When it comes to cell phones, I'm a trailing-edge guy. Fancy, new smartphones are appealing, but small-town New Hampshire lacks the network to support them..."

SpiderTools: Ubuntu Review--Live Cd and Install
(2005-01-03 20:30:58)
"...[T]his is a distribution that is built to eliminate the confusing and put you in the drivers seat for what you need. The focus is on the requirements to function effectively..."

OSNews: SimplyMepis 2004.06 or: Gnome Guy Goes KDE
(2005-01-03 21:15:38)
"A long-time Gnome user takes a week to try out SimplyMepis to see what all the hubub is about..."

PC Magazine: Thunderbird 1.0 [Review]
(2005-01-03 22:00:18)
"Thunderbird combines a lean, stripped-down look and feel with some very useful features..."

NewsForge: The "Constant Fiddling with Linux" Myth
(2005-01-03 22:45:31)
"I hear this canard over and over: that it takes constant attention to make a Linux installation work right, which means the cost of administering a Linux system is higher than maintaining one running a proprietary operating system..."

The Guardian: Microsoft Foiled. Who Said There's No Santa Claus?
(2005-01-03 23:30:12)
"Last year was the year of Google and open source. It was also the year when the Apple iPod inherited the mantle of the Sony Walkman as the icon of a generation, IBM exited the PC business, Sun Microsystems entered its death throes..."

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