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Linux News for Mar 23, 2005
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LinuxInsider: SCOing, SCOing, Gone? (Mar 23, 2005, 23:30)
"SCO's woes are a cautionary tale -- not because SCO is evil, or
because SCO is anti-Linux, or because its CEO tried a lawsuit in
the press..."
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eWeek: Microsoft Patent Too Close to IPv6, Lawyers Say (Mar 23, 2005, 22:45)
"Lawyers for the Public Patent Foundation and the Software
Freedom Law Center are scrutinizing a patent held by Microsoft for
which... Microsoft failed to disclose prior work done by the
Internet Engineering Task Force..."
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Consortium Standard Bulletin: A Call For Communication Between Communities (Mar 23, 2005, 22:00)
"The impetus for finally addressing the topic of openness in
this issue is a recent open letter delivered by 29 individuals in
the vanguard of the open source movement to OASIS..."
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CNET News: Mozilla Fixes Risky Firefox Flaw (Mar 23, 2005, 21:15)
"The Mozilla Foundation issued a patch for a major security flaw
in its Firefox browser on Wednesday and advised people to update
their software..."
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LocalTechWire: Ticketmaster To Use Red Hat Enterprise Linux, StrongMail (Mar 23, 2005, 20:30)
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux will be part of a new email product
developed by Ticketmaster..."
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NewsForge: Novell's BrainShare 2005--Day 3 (Mar 23, 2005, 19:45)
BrainShare: "Naturally, I had to impose upon my
fellow breakfasters for their views on Novell's move to
Linux..."
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ZDNet Australia: Mozilla: We're More Secure Than Microsoft (Mar 23, 2005, 19:00)
PC Forum: "Even with increased popularity, the
Firefox Web browser won't face as many security problems as
Internet Explorer, according to the president of the Mozilla
Foundation..."
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InfoWorld: Novell Preps Linux Desktop 10 (Mar 23, 2005, 18:15)
BrainShare: "Linux is ready for the corporate
desktop, and the forthcoming version of Novell's Linux Desktop
offering will go head-to-head against Windows, Novell executives
said here this week at the company's annual BrainShare
gathering..."
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internetnews.com: VMware to Virtualize IBM Blade Servers (Mar 23, 2005, 17:30)
"IBM has agreed to offer evaluation copies of VMware's
applications with its BladeCenter system in an attempt to bring the
promise of virtualization software on blade servers to life..."
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The Near- and Long-Term Future of SCO (Mar 23, 2005, 17:30)
The SCO Group gets another warning from NASDAQ, this time for
late 1Q 2005 filings. Meanwhile, CEO Darl McBride lays out his
plans for SCO's future. (Repaired) articles within.
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ZDNet Australia: Linux Firms Rubbish Microsoft's Customer Win (Mar 23, 2005, 16:45)
"Microsoft is delighted that the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors is swapping Linux for Windows--but the open source
community insist it doesn't prove that Windows is superior to
Linux..."
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SearchSecurity: Snort (Rules) for Sale (Mar 23, 2005, 14:30)
"Open source IDS Snort is quietly ushering in changes to its
license agreement that allows it to charge for timely, tested
rules..."
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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Novell CEO Dismisses Analyst Report at BrainShare (Mar 23, 2005, 13:45)
BrainShare: "On a day when Novell CEO Jack
Messman wished to address new announcements like the ZENworks Suite
7 and a partnership with JBoss, reporters asked about a report
issued by Boston-based Yankee Group..."
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IT Manager's Journal: Stunt Computing: Profile of an Open Source Startup (Mar 23, 2005, 13:00)
"Getting a tech startup going is typically like pulling off a
spectacular stunt--riddled with risk, uncertainty, and thrill.
Basing a business on Linux and open source technology, as it turns
out, can add both safety and peril to the trick..."
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allAfrica: Microsoft to Train Ugandan Teachers (Mar 23, 2005, 11:30)
"A Kampala software dealer said, the development will support
free and open source software peddlers in Kampala, who now have to
devise other methods of convincing people to use their
software..."
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A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows, Part 4 (Mar 23, 2005, 10:00)
"Wrapping up the series with a look at some cool features of
Linux you can add to your work desktop..."
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CoolTechZone: Open-Source Equivalents to Windows Programs: Choices, Choices, Choices... (Mar 23, 2005, 08:30)
"You may be thinking of switching to Linux. What's holding you
back? Is it that you are worried that you won't be able to perform
X task effectively...?"
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developerWorks: Track Bugs with Bugzilla on Linux (Mar 23, 2005, 05:30)
"For those in the support arena, keeping track of issues,
problems, and the fixes applied to them can be a daunting task;
however, there is a perfect open source answer to this challenge:
Bugzilla..."
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Advisories: March 22, 2005 (Mar 23, 2005, 04:45)
Today's security advisories: perl (Debian GNU/Linux) and MySQL
(Mandrakelinux).
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ONDotnet: Miguel de Icaza Explains How To "Get" Mono (Mar 23, 2005, 04:00)
"It's perhaps the most controversial project in the open source
world, but this mostly stems from misunderstanding: Mono, the open
source development platform based upon Microsoft's .NET
framework..."
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Linux Magazine: A Solaris Carol (Mar 23, 2005, 02:30)
"Dammit! Don't we have enough of these stupid licenses anyway?
All we need is four or five of them, tops...!"
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NewsForge: Welcoming EDS to the World of Linux (Mar 23, 2005, 01:00)
"EDS, the giant computer services company, apparently doesn't
like Linux much right now..."
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