News Linux News for May 10, 2005:

InfoWorld: Windows Can't Kill Linux
(2005-05-10 00:15:28)
"Open source isn't down for the count; in fact, it's only just warming up..."

Groklaw: Why Free Software Really Matters
(2005-05-10 01:00:01)
"Groklaw's Shawn Boyette has written an article for Groklaw on why Free Software really matters..."

ZDNet UK: Learning Lessons From Open Source
(2005-05-10 01:45:04)
"Proprietary software vendors can learn a valuable lesson from their open source counterparts when it comes to customer care and respect..."

Groklaw: Intimidation
(2005-05-10 02:30:45)
"SCO and its minions can never again complain about Linux 'zealots,' not without being laughed right off the stage, because compared to them and their tactics, it's clear now who are the pros at intimidation and terror..."

Free Software Magazine: The Risk of Mixing Free and Non-Free
(2005-05-10 03:15:04)
"In a world where anything (even SCO...) is possible, we have to remember that risks are taken when free and non-free software are mixedl..."

eWeek: You Can Go Your Own (Linux) Way
(2005-05-10 04:00:42)
"Rigorous manageability is a major advantage of the Linux platform, but, as with any strict framework, necessary exceptions can threaten to upset the works..."

Advisories, May 9, 2005
(2005-05-10 04:45:40)
Today's security advisories: smail and xfree86 (Debian GNU/Linux); and GnuTLS (Gentoo Linux).

Linux.com: CLI Magic: shutdown
(2005-05-10 05:30:29)
"Using shutdown is easy. You only have to learn two important things before you get your blackbelt in shutdown..."

Linux Magazine: The Unknown Power Tool: m4, Part Two
(2005-05-10 07:00:49)
"This month, let's dig deeper into m4 and look at included files, diversions, frozen files, and debugging and tracing..."

NewsForge: Allowing Exactly the Right People to Send Email
(2005-05-10 08:30:35)
"Here's how you can install and configure EXACT to keep spammers from taking advantage of your mail server..."

informIT: Installing and Configuring Novell OES Clients
(2005-05-10 10:00:30)
"This chapter details the installation and configuration of various Novell Open Enterprise Server clients, and can serve as a cheat sheet for Novell OES administrators..."

India Infoline: Novell and Veritas Expand Strategic Relationship
(2005-05-10 11:30:41)
"Veritas plans to provide select customers early access to Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability (HA) software on Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 under Veritas' pre-release software program..."

The Register: LugRadio Goes Live This Summer
(2005-05-10 12:15:22)
"The creators of LugRadio, a fortnightly radio programme that takes an irreverent look at Linux and open source, are holding a Linux community event this summer in Wolverhampton..."

IT Manager's Journal: AudioGlobe Startup Melds Music, DRM, Open Source
(2005-05-10 13:00:21)
"AudioGlobe founder Jon Joye and his band sort of happened onto their desire to adjust the digital rights management (DRM) for their music in the same way members of the musical group tuned their instruments..."

The New York Times/CNET: IBM Buys Start-Up to Advance Open Source
(2005-05-10 13:45:37)
"IBM is increasingly betting that it can build a big business around open-source software. The latest step in that strategy is the purchase of Gluecode Software, an open-source start-up..."

internetnews.com: Two Holes Poke Firefox Veneer
(2005-05-10 14:30:32)
"On Saturday the Greyhats Security Group punctured the browser's aura of invincibility after it released details of two flaws that allow a malicious site to execute arbitrary code..."

LinuxWorld Magazine: You Are Now Entering an O'Gara-Free Zone
(2005-05-10 15:00:01)
"Maureen O'Gara's bylined material will no longer appear anywhere in the Sys-con universe of sites or publication..."

PR: Fedora Core 4 Test 3 Available
(2005-05-10 15:30:24)
"The Fedora Project would like to announce the release of Fedora Core 4 test 3; currently scheduled to be the final test release before Fedora Core 4..."

eWeek: OpenOffice 2.0 Faces Opposition Over Its Use of Java
(2005-05-10 16:00:37)
"OpenOffice.org 2.0 is in late beta and brings improvements in both speed and Microsoft Office compatibility to the popular open-source office suite, but some free software fans are objecting to its use of Sun's Java..."

Open: Novell Snaps Up Linux Security Company
(2005-05-10 16:30:46)
"Linux vendor Novell Inc. has acquired Immunix Inc., a security software vendor based in Portland, Oregon..."

Channel Register: Local Councils Get the Hots for Linux
(2005-05-10 17:00:15)
"Local authorities in the UK are embracing Linux and other Open Source operating systems and applications, a probe by the Society of IT Managers has shown..."

internetnews.com: Apache Talks Open Source Java
(2005-05-10 17:30:03)
"Open source advocates clamoring for Sun Microsystems to open up their lock on Java may have found an answer in an Apache project named Harmony..."

CNET News: Gates Sees Big Dollars in Little Devices
(2005-05-10 18:15:16)
Mostly about embedded space, but some talk of relationships with open source: "I don't think you can say anything about the open-source community as a whole because there are so many different players in there with so many different products..."

eWeek: Popular MEPIS Linux Goes Commercial
(2005-05-10 19:00:59)
"The developers behind the popular open-source distribution of MEPIS Linux are expanding its reach beyond the Linux fan base to the business world..."

Computerworld New Zealand: DHBs' Open Source Desktop Pilot Expected in June
(2005-05-10 19:30:57)
"Eclair system requires an upgrade to work with Firefox..."

NewsForge: Hula Brings Open Source Groupware to SMBs
(2005-05-10 20:00:01)
"Linux adoption by small and medium-sized businesses is being held back by the lack of an open source groupware server that's easy to install and configure..."

Financial Times: Open Source Software Undermines Windows Strategy
(2005-05-10 20:30:09)
"This has brought about a rapid rethink of the company's early, unsuccessful efforts to marginalise the open source approach to software development..."

LinuxDevices: Black Duck Joins OSSI
(2005-05-10 21:15:14)
"A start-up marketing open source license management services has joined a non-profit entity devoted to governmental use of open source software..."

NewsForge: Linux Powering UCF/DARPA Grand Challenge Vehicle
(2005-05-10 22:00:36)
"Make no mistake, coaxing an unmanned vehicle to navigate autonomously over a rugged, obstacle strewn 160-mile course is no walk (or drive) in the park..."

LinuxDevices: Search Tool Aims to Speed Open Source Due Dilligence
(2005-05-10 22:45:37)
"San Francisco-based startup Palamida is now shipping its 'IP Amplifer' software, which the company says can help companies understand the origins of the open source code they use, as well as their license obligations..."

Dissident Voice: The Free Software Challenge in Latin America
(2005-05-10 23:30:46)
"In 2002, then-US Ambassador to Peru, John Hilton, delivered a threatening letter to the Peruvian congress using his public office to act on behalf of a very powerful American private interest..."

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