News Linux News for Apr 01, 2005:

LinuxInsider: Fast NASA Action Begets World's Largest Linux Supercomputer
(2005-04-01 00:15:13)
"The space shuttle Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003 sparked development of the world's second largest supercomputer, a system with 10,240 Intel Itanium 2 processors capable of performing 51.87 trillion calculations per second..."

ZDNet: What is Your Open Source Business Model?
(2005-04-01 01:00:40)
"One of the big criticisms of open source is its apparent lack of a business model..."

Groklaw: Coupling and the Maintainability of the Linux Kernel
(2005-04-01 02:30:10)
"A recently presented paper has the following abstract, something that would certainly gain the attention of anyone interested in Linux kernel development..."

ZDNet: Copying and Innovation: Where Should Open Source Draw the Line?
(2005-04-01 04:00:04)
"If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the creator of del.icio.us should be very flattered..."

Advisories: March 31, 2005
(2005-04-01 04:45:53)
Today's security advisories: kernel (Conectiva Linux); samba (Debian GNU/Linux); netkit-telnetd and LimeWire (Gentoo Linux); and ipsec-tools, htdig, and libexif (Mandrakelinux).

OSNews: Speeding Up of GNOME
(2005-04-01 05:30:14)
"Today I thought about how I can make my very own application to only link against those libraries that it really requires and not those it get provided by PKG-CONFIG..."

NewsForge: Ogilvy Worldwide Says OSS is OK
(2005-04-01 07:00:13)
"The Ogilvy Group, whose clients include IBM, Cisco, and Pitney-Bowes, has made the switch from Windows to Linux and BSD..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: A Linux Cluster Primer [Parts One and Two]
(2005-04-01 08:30:04)
"Reaching $3+ billion in market size by 2006 is just the start of something even bigger for server clusters, particularly Linux clusters, according to Tom Quinn, business development director at Linux Networx in Bluffdale, Utah..."

Yahoo!/TechWeb: Bus-Tech Improves Mainframe-Open Source Connectivity
(2005-04-01 10:00:05)
"Bus-Tech Inc., said Tuesday it has upgraded its zDASD 3990 Controller, which connects mainframes to open system storage products using DASD file access..."

Linux Journal: Exploring Ruby on Rails
(2005-04-01 11:30:20)
"A discussion about the Rails framework, how to build with it and the benefits of Ruby..."

NewsForge: TUX Magazine Debut Signals New Vitality in Linux Market
(2005-04-01 13:00:15)
"'TUX will tell you how to get things done--without having to lift the hood.' But is the world ready for a Linux publication aimed at entry-level users...?"

dot.KDE: KDE Chooses BitKeeper for Source Code Repository
(2005-04-01 13:45:30)
"Due to severe problems with the scheduled migration of KDE's massive source code repository from the CVS revision control system to Subversion, the KDE project has decided to opt for the BitKeeper source control system as the more pragmatic choice..." :)

internetnews.com: Red Hat's Earnings Soar
(2005-04-01 14:30:53)
"Red Hat's earnings more than doubled in the company's fiscal fourth quarter, and enterprise subscriptions nearly doubled too..."

The Age: Linux Looks to Hilton for Exposure
(2005-04-01 15:15:21)
"A new group set up to advance the cause of free and open source software has decided to recruit socialite Paris Hilton into its ranks as a means to gain more exposure..." :)

CNET News: Amazon Picks up an Intelligent Penguin
(2005-04-01 16:00:52)
"Amazon.com is deploying Linux-based business-intelligence tools to improve the efficiency of its financial budgeting, forecasting and reporting..."

Gentoo Linux: GeNToo--Gentoo on the NT Kernel
(2005-04-01 16:45:43)
"A very frequent complaint in the open-source community is the Linux kernel's poor interactive performance and sometimes lackluster driver support..." :)

The Guardian: 'It's a Race Against Time'
(2005-04-01 17:30:03)
"And, let's face it, when it comes to going downhill fast, who better than Novell to act as host...?"

Techworld: Yet Another Foolish Network Protocol
(2005-04-01 18:15:24)
"The Internet engineering community has proposed a new communications protocol designed to help prosecutors track down people who illegally download copyrighted material from peer-to-peer Web sites..."

Computer Business Review: Novell Offers Break for Cash-Strapped German Govt
(2005-04-01 19:00:55)
"Novell will offer German public sector organizations significant discounts on all its products, a spokesperson said yesterday..."

KernelTrap: April Fools on LKML
(2005-04-01 19:30:53)
"Every year the lkml sees a handful of April 1'st gags, and this year was no exception..."

NewsForge: Microsoft Joins OSDL, Frees Linux of Liability
(2005-04-01 20:00:54)
"Adding what is perhaps its most significant member to date, the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has announced that longtime open source opponent Microsoft is joining its ranks..." :)

internetnews.com: Mozilla Community Cashing in on Bug Bounties
(2005-04-01 20:30:00)
"The Mozilla Foundation's Bug Bounty Program has netted some of its community members $6,000, nearly half of it going to one German developer, officials announced earlier this week..."

MozillaZine: Improved Popup Blocker Available for Testing
(2005-04-01 21:15:27)
"Asa Dotzler wrote in to tell us that the Mozilla Foundation is testing a patch for Mozilla Firefox that improves popup blocking..."

ZDNet UK: No Regrets for Newham
(2005-04-01 22:00:43)
"The council thinks 'more than ever' that its decision to go for Microsoft-based systems over Linux-based alternatives was the right call..."

Humorix: Microsoft Issues Warning Against April Fool's Day Jokes
(2005-04-01 22:45:34)
"'We've had it up to here with April Fool's Day,' said a Microsoft spokesperson. 'This so-called holiday does not give people the right to infringe our intellectual property for humor purposes...'" :)

Editor's Note: A Ship of Fools? More Like a Rowboat
(2005-04-01 23:30:32)
"Like a battle-weary soldier crawling out of his foxhole, I survey the post April Fool's Day battlefield and view the casualties--nay, the sheer carnage of carcasses strewn about by professional humor and scathing wit..."

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