News Linux News for Mar 02, 2005:

Finextra: Business Objects
(2005-03-02 00:15:17)
"Chris Skinner argues the case for more open source development in financial services..."

Community: The FOSS Weekend That Was
(2005-03-02 01:00:56)
From huddled barroom meetings to overwhelmingly attended events, the FOSS movement in Uganda has made great strides over the years.

ZDNet: Why Microsoft Should Reveal Source Code
(2005-03-02 01:45:51)
"The shared source program is Microsoft's catch-all for making source code available to selected products. Terms, however, vary, depending on which product's source code you are trying to access..."

CNET News: Open Solaris and Strategic Consequences
(2005-03-02 02:30:44)
"There are people who believe in the doctrine of social or historical inevitability: that, when the time is right and no earlier, several people will independently invent what turns out to be a crucial new technology..."

LinuxInsider: Is the GPL OK for DNA?
(2005-03-02 03:15:47)
You can buy wallets made entirely of duct tape. Some even make clothes out of it. The same is true with open-source licensing..."

Free Software Magazine: Guerrilla Marketing
(2005-03-02 04:00:10)
"Part one: promoting community projects in the marketplace"

Advisories: March 1, 2005
(2005-03-02 04:45:30)
Today's security advisories: MediaWiki, Qt, phpBB, Gaim, and phpWebSite (Gentoo Linux); and curl, cyrus21-imapd, reportbug, and libxml (Ubuntu Linux).

FedoraNews: How to Update Fedora Core 3 Distribution Cds
(2005-03-02 05:30:42)
"Given an updated distribution, create an updated RescueCD which, optionally, is modified to add additional software..."

Enterprise Networking Planet: OpenVPN Locks Down the WLAN
(2005-03-02 07:00:55)
"Wireless security is in a state of flux. WEP is nearly universal, but weak, and a pain to administer. WPA is stronger, but new enough that most wireless devices do not have it..."

OSNews: Make your Arch Linux a Bluetooth Access Point
(2005-03-02 08:30:56)
"Following my earlier article about creating a Bluetooth access point with your OS, here is my quick guide how to do just that with Arch Linux..."

NewsForge: Timing Release Schedules to Maximize Publicity
(2005-03-02 10:00:24)
"Open source projects would do well to study how Apple orchestrates this, because publicity is the key to attracting new users--and new users are the lifeblood of the development model..."

LinuxDevices: Network Processor Company Ships Linux DSL Networking Stack
(2005-03-02 11:30:00)
"Wintegra is shipping a Linux software stack for its MIPS-based networking chips targeting D-SLAMs... and line cards..."

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.11
(2005-03-02 11:30:16)
"Ok, there it is. Only small stuff lately--as promised..."

ONLamp: Realistic SELinux
(2005-03-02 12:15:19)
"SElinux is an impressively designed but notoriously hard-to-configure set of kernel hooks that enforce Orange Book-style security on Linux..."

Linux Magazine: The Apache Way
(2005-03-02 13:00:40)
"From its incorporation in 1999 to the present, the number of software projects led by The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has multiplied more than tenfold..."

ZDNet Australia: The Ups and Downs of Life with Linus
(2005-03-02 13:45:19)
FOSDEM: "Linux kernel maintainer Alan Cox has given an insight into the experience of working with Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux who maintains its development kernel..."

Groklaw: "SCO Never Repudiated the GPL"
(2005-03-02 14:30:27)
"[Hughes] fervently states, in a moment of supreme irony, and for me great satisfaction, 'SCO never repudiated the GPL...'"

PR: Mandrakesoft, French Ministry of Education and Research Enter Agreement
(2005-03-02 15:15:52)
"Mandrakesoft today announced an agreement with the French Ministry of Education and Research which allows the distribution of its line of products and services to Higher Education institutions... throughout France..." Press release within.

ZDNet UK: Patent Directive 'Could Halt Linux Development'
(2005-03-02 16:00:26)
"An IT law expert predicts the threat of litigation over patent violations will seriously hamper Linux development in Europe if the CIID is passed..."

internetnews.com: IBM Restocks Eclipse Project
(2005-03-02 16:30:07)
"IBM is reinvesting in the Eclipse Project with new vigor after spending the better part of last year in the background..."

OSDir: New OSI President Seeking Proactive License Simplicity
(2005-03-02 17:00:49)
"Russell Nelson, newly appointed President of OSI (Open Source Initiative), is proposing the addition of three new terms to the Definition of Open Source..."

ZDNet UK: Firefox Sneaks Into the Enterprise
(2005-03-02 17:30:18)
FOSDEM: "The Thunderbird email client and Firefox browser are being rolled out in 100,000-plus desktop deployments, says Mozilla. It's just that everybody is too afraid to talk about it..."

The Register: Big Blue Goes After the Little Guy
(2005-03-02 18:00:05)
"IBM is going after small and medium businesses and the white box server vendors who serve them..."

InfoWorld: Software Industry Struggles to Survive in an Open Source World
(2005-03-02 18:30:41)
EclipseCon: "Software industry dignitaries at the EclipseCon 2005 conference here Tuesday pondered a burning question: How do you make money in open source software when the software is free...?"

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Authors Slam Sun's Open Source Strategy
(2005-03-02 19:00:51)
"Sun is 'in denial, they're isolated, they're a little neurotic, and it's not a healthy environment for a company to be in,' said Adelstein..."

OSDir: Corporate Desktop Linux--The Hard Truth [Part IV]
(2005-03-02 19:30:23)
"Surely a shift to linux will bring advantages that are worth the switch. Unfortunately, the hard truth again is that real dollar benefits are hard to justify..."

IT Manager's Journal: Q&A with Zend CEO Doron Gerstel
(2005-03-02 20:00:30)
"Doron Gerstel, CEO of Zend, spent some time with us answering questions about the company and his impressions about the enterprise adoption of open source..."

internetnews.com: Jboss Pushes Enterprising JEMS
(2005-03-02 20:30:51)
JBoss World: "Professional open source company JBoss kicked off its first-annual JBoss World 2005 conference in Atlanta with the launch of two programs designed to beef up enterprise support for open source software..."

Computer Business Review: CA Advocates Open Source Professionalism
(2005-03-02 21:15:15)
"Businesses need to take a more professional approach to the deployment of open source software in the light of emerging auditing and regulation requirements..."

NewsForge: Quasar Accounting Finds Move to Open Source Adds Up
(2005-03-02 22:00:37)
"Phil Tonnellier, president of Linux Canada, says it's too early to tell if the move to open source is paying off, but response has been good so far, with more than 6,000 downloads since the January 13 release..."

eWeek: ASF Releases Apache Lenya Update
(2005-03-02 22:45:02)
"The Apache Software Foundation's Lenya development community yesterday announced an update to its open-source content management system..."

Lake County Record-Bee: Open Source: The Best Things in Life are Free
(2005-03-02 23:30:00)
"Even if you're not a techno-geek, even if you run Windows, there are free tools out there to help you 'bond' with your computer. You've just gotta believe..."

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