News Linux News for Sep 09, 2005:

Linux Journal: Linux in Italian Schools, Part 3: DidaTux
(2005-09-09 00:15:57)
"One woman's mission to bring free software into Italian elementary schools uses both philosophical and practical tactics..."

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Ballmer on Linux Rivalry
(2005-09-09 01:00:45)
"One of questions wasn't the type you'd ordinarily expect from such a crowd: 'How should we think about Linux in our long-term IT strategy...?'"

ZDNet: What Linux Needs to Succeed
(2005-09-09 02:30:50)
"I would like to hear more Linux users talking about what *nix's need to meet the needs of everyone..."

Armed and Dangerous: Microsoft Tries to Recruit Me
(2005-09-09 03:15:12)
"Me," in this case, being one Eric S. Raymond...

Open Source Community Defends Massachusetts Open Formats Proposal
(2005-09-09 04:00:13)
Con Zymaris and Simon Phipps fire off their own responses to the recent eWeek column from David Coursey that lambasted the Massachusetts proposal to move to open formats.

Advisories: September 8, 2005
(2005-09-09 05:30:52)
Today's security advisories: apache, kdelibs, and apache2 (Debian GNU/Linux); apache2 (Mandriva Linux); exim and pcre (Red Hat Linux); and kcheckpass, mod_ssl, and php5 (Slackware Linux).

Linux.com: Locating Files in Real-Time with rlocate
(2005-09-09 07:00:26)
"Besides adding a few commodity options, like the -i argument for case-insensitive search, rlocate's main feature is secure path searching, which presents only paths to the user that he has permissions to..."

Local Tech Wire: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Support in Russian? Da!
(2005-09-09 08:30:15)
"Red Hat said Wednesday that it would offer support in Russian via the web and through telephone support starting in September..."

NewsForge: KDE Conference Celebrates Success and Looks to Future
(2005-09-09 10:00:23)
"Users, developers, and local visitors with an interest in open technology were treated to a display of stable desktop software and glimpses of cutting-edge innovations to come..."

Linux Magazine: Free and Open: An Interview with Mark Spencer, the Creator of Asterisk PBX
(2005-09-09 11:30:03)
"Asterisk PBX changed the way teleco viewed Linux and Open Source. Things may never be the same..."

NewsForge: ThinkFree Office? Think Again
(2005-09-09 12:15:30)
"Recently, its developers released a GNU/Linux version. Unfortunately, judging from the pre-release code that I reviewed, the results are subpar..."

Moneyweb: Major Medical Scheme Moves to Open Source
(2005-09-09 13:00:06)
"Medscheme, the largest medical aid administrator in southern Africa, recently made history, saved money and substantially improved its performance by upgrading its IT infrastructure..."

Reuters/CNET News: Japan's Access to Buy Out PalmSource
(2005-09-09 13:45:56)
"With the acquisition, Access will also gain Linux development resources for mobile devices in the U.S., France and China..."

International Herald Tribune: Nations Urged to Embrace Open Technology Standards
(2005-09-09 14:30:13)
"...[A] group that includes senior government officials from 13 countries will urge nations to adopt open information technology standards as a vital step to accelerate economic growth, efficiency and innovation..."

LinuxDevices: The ELC is Dead; Long Live the OSDL
(2005-09-09 16:00:56)
"The Embedded Linux Consortium filed dissolution papers with the state of California yesterday, ending a five year run promoting embedded Linux and developing standards for it..."

KernelTrap: 2.6.14 Merge Cycle Ending
(2005-09-09 17:30:20)
"Linux creator Linus Torvalds sent a reminder to the Linux Kernel Mailing List that the merge window for 2.6.14 is coming to an end..."

Tuxmachines.org: OpenSuSE 10.0 RC1 is Here Too!
(2005-09-09 19:00:02)
"Mandriva 2006 RC1 and OpenSuSE 10.0 RC1 hitting the mirrors right about the same time. They are running neck and neck..."

Law.com: Lawyers Flock to Mystery Web Site's Coverage of SCO-IBM Suit
(2005-09-09 19:45:32)
"No one knows for sure who Pamela Jones is: where she's worked, where she lives, what she looks like or why she's so obsessed with a lawsuit by the SCO Group Inc. against IBM Corp..."

IT Manager's Journal: Will SCO Be Around to Collect if it Wins?
(2005-09-09 20:30:19)
"In reading through the latest earnings announcement from SCO Group, the burning question is whether the company will be around to collect even if it should win [pending] lawsuits..."

LWN: Announcing the Preview Release of Ubuntu 5.10
(2005-09-09 22:00:36)
"The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Preview Release of Ubuntu 5.10--codenamed 'Breezy Badger...'"

Editor's Note: Free as in... Vista?
(2005-09-09 23:30:59)
Faced with serious competition from open source and increasing calls for open formats from governments and the World Bank, what will Microsoft do to protect its holiest of holies, Microsoft Office?

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