News Linux News for Sep 01, 2005:

LinuxWorld Magazine: Mono BOF Proposal Turned Down By Microsoft For Second Year Running?
(2005-09-01 00:15:25)
"'When I asked the various people in charge what happened they kept pointing fingers at someone else until it reached full circle...'"

Silicon.com: Leader: Microsoft and OSDL--A Missed Opportunity?
(2005-09-01 01:00:07)
"Research could have helped IT users decide between Windows and Linux..."

ZDNet: Who is Representing Mambo?
(2005-09-01 01:45:10)
"A dispute between Miro Software, which created the original code, and its development team, has resulted in Miro placing the code with a foundation it created and the developers walking away from it..."

CNET News: SUSE Linux for Power Processors Resurrected
(2005-09-01 02:30:32)
"Suse stopped selling its boxed product for PowerPC computers at version 7.3..."

Linux.com: Five Mistakes GNU/Linux Neophytes Make
(2005-09-01 03:15:50)
"New users tend to make some common mistakes when trying out GNU/Linux for the first time..."

ThePodcastNetwork: The GNU/Linux User Show #13
(2005-09-01 04:00:31)
"This week's show consists of an interview I had with Richard M Stallman (RMS)..."

developerWorks: Linux on Board: Little Calendar Challenges Big Groupware
(2005-09-01 05:30:40)
"Expensive groupware is simply overkill when all you want is to decide whose turn it is to do the dishes. This month, Peter uses his old Linux box to build a miniscule Web-based household calendar..."

Linux Journal: Optimizing Oracle 10g on Linux: Non-RAC ASM vs. LVM
(2005-09-01 07:00:55)
"Using benchmarks to answer the question of whether automatic storage management performs as well as Linux filesystems using an LVM..."

Phoronix: NVClock v0.8 BETA Preview
(2005-09-01 08:30:56)
"Several months ago, we published an article entitled The State of Linux NVIDIA Overclocking, which received quite a bit of attention, as it revealed overclocking potential on some GeForce cards..."

Digital Opportunity Channel: Open Source Simple Computer for Agriculture in Rural Areas
(2005-09-01 10:00:10)
"The application will have 50 weed species in the database, their botanical characteristics, their incidence and ways to control them on field..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Beowulf's Becker on Linux Trademarks, Lawsuits and Grid vs. Cluster
(2005-09-01 13:00:01)
"IT shops are being bombarded by mixed and incorrect messages about the legal aspects of open source software and the current status of grid and virtualization technologies..."

Linux Journal: Linux in Italian Schools, Part 2: ITC F.Besta, Ragusa
(2005-09-01 13:00:59)
"Want to help a technical high school in Sicily develop open-source software? They're waiting for you..." [Story repaired. -ed.]

ComputerWeekly: IBM Says Linux is Cheaper to Run
(2005-09-01 13:45:34)
"IBM has sponsored its own independent research into the total cost of ownership of Linux-based server systems, when compared with Microsoft Windows and Sun’s Solaris operating systems..."

Financial Times: Massachusetts Set to Switch off Microsoft
(2005-09-01 14:30:24)
A follow-up to yesterday's draft proposal from the Commonweatlth: "The state of Massachusetts has laid out a plan to switch all its workers away from Microsoft's Word, Excel and other desktop software applications..."

Silicon.com: Unilever Ditches Global Linux IT Migration Plans
(2005-09-01 15:15:26)
"Unilever has dropped plans to move its global IT infrastructure onto a Linux platform by 2006, saying the cost benefits originally used to justify the risk of the migration are no longer there..."

eWeek: Microsoft Holding Its Ground on Office for Linux
(2005-09-01 16:00:23)
"Some prominent figures in the Linux community believe that as enterprises increase their use of Linux on the desktop, Microsoft Corp. will be forced to consider offering a version of Office for Linux..."

New Zealand Reseller News: MS Wrong on Security Claims: Red Hat
(2005-09-01 16:45:10)
"Red Hat is accusing Microsoft of getting its facts wrong in its latest attack on Linux security..."

Computerworld Australia: TechEd: Microsoft to Clone Open Source
(2005-09-01 17:30:32)
"If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, developer of the open source fire transfer tool rsync, Andrew 'Tridge' Tridgell has every reason to smile as Microsoft announced a similar utility..."

eWeek: OpenOffice Beta Isn't Ready for Business
(2005-09-01 18:15:56)
"But the software is not--repeat, not--recommended for production use at this time..." Isn't that what "beta" means?

Desktop Linux: Freespire Changes Name, Linspire Goes Free (As in Beer) For a Time
(2005-09-01 19:00:32)
"...[T]he developer of a 'free' version of Linspire called Freespire has agreed to change the name of his project, and Linspire Inc. is offering free copies of Linspire Linux 'for a few days...'"

ZDNet Asia: Open-Source Projects Intertwine for Integration
(2005-09-01 19:45:40)
"Three open-source projects are teaming up to create an alternative to software-integration products from IBM and other heavyweights..."

LinuxPlanet: Beautiful LinuxFest, In Ohio Again I See
(2005-09-01 20:30:24)
"If LinuxWorld Expo has become the place for the suits, and OSCON has become a developer's haven, then where does the average Linux user get to go...?"

IT Managers Journal: Making Money from FLOSS
(2005-09-01 21:15:47)
"But what's less clear is how to make money from it--not to Bill Gates scope but by building a strong company or making a decent living. How can you make any money when you give away your work for free...?"

China Daily: Open Opposition
(2005-09-01 22:00:43)
"China is no exception, and the government has thrown substantial weight behind Linux. Recently, however, an industry association has urged the Chinese Government to review its policy supporting it..."

Computerworld: Open-Source Databases Grow
(2005-09-01 22:45:45)
"Like many companies, National Semiconductor Corp. is looking for ways to cut costs and has Linux and open-source high on its list..."

CNET News: Something Fishy's Going On
(2005-09-01 23:30:27)
"The Trusted Computing Group is an industry consortium that's trying to build more secure computers..."

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