News Linux News for Nov 09, 2005:

ZDNet: Open Source Database Wars Begin
(2005-11-09 01:00:11)
"Web 2.0 start-ups have a hidden vulnerability. They all rely on the same database, mySQL..."

InfoWorld: CA Spins Off Ingres. Does Anyone Care?
(2005-11-09 02:30:54)
"Does anyone care? Where will Ingres get it's market share from...?"

ZDNet: MS-Office Schema Not as Open Source Friendly as Microsoft Says It Is
(2005-11-09 04:00:30)
"As Yates originally explained it to me, 'Our license may not be compatible with the GPL, but it is compatible with many other open source licenses, and certainly can be used with the OpenDocument license...'"

ReallyLinux: Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Debian
(2005-11-09 05:30:45)
"The OOo group released 2.0 in rpm format only. Needless to say, this has some non-rpm GNU/Linux users up in arms..."

OSNews: The Linux Twist of the Neuros 442
(2005-11-09 07:00:30)
"Neuros Audio LLC sent us in for a spin their latest versions of their two main products, the Neuros 442 Digital Media Player/Recorder and the Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 1..."

SmartMobileAssets: BlackDog--USB Powered Linux Server Review
(2005-11-09 08:30:38)
"On board the system is a mini USB 2.0 connector, a MMC slot and a fingerprint scanner. The device is powered by a 400Mhz PowerPC chip and comes in 256 or 512MB on board flash memory and 64MB RAM..."

Linux.com: Personal Finance Software for GNU/Linux
(2005-11-09 10:00:43)
"GNU/Linux offers several similar applications--most of them free software--that can meet or exceed the capabilities of the proprietary programs..."

NewsForge: Interview: Bob Young After Red Hat
(2005-11-09 11:30:21)
"Bob Young is, arguably, one of the most influential figures in the development of Linux and open source..."

Linux Journal: How a Linux Distro Saved Hard Disk Data
(2005-11-09 11:30:47)
"Our search-and-rescue expert is back to share how he recovered a master boot record and reclaimed lost data..."

SearchOpenSource: The Art of the Open Source Deal
(2005-11-09 13:00:58)
"Open source software vendors may have the advantage of being viewed as the proverbial Davy in the face of proprietary Goliaths, but don't let that wholesome image fool you..."

ZDNet UK: French Opt For Laissez-Faire Linux
(2005-11-09 14:30:25)
"The French tax agency claims that upgrading its 80,000 desktops to Office XP would cost €29.5m, but switching to OpenOffice.org only €200,000..."

NewsForge: PostgreSQL 8.1 Released
(2005-11-09 15:15:10)
"The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PGDG) is expected to formally announce the availability of PostgreSQL 8.1 today at the Open Source Database Conference in Frankfurt, Germany..."

-stable: Linux 2.6.14.1
(2005-11-09 16:00:03)
"We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.14.1 kernel..."

CNET News: Software Developer Kit for Cell Chip
(2005-11-09 16:45:05)
"The kit, which contains more than 1,000 pages of documentation, includes extensions for optimizing the chip for Linux applications and other features..."

TechWorld: Palm CEO Promises to Stick with Palm OS
(2005-11-09 17:30:43)
"Palm's CEO has written a letter to its developer community assuring them the company is not planning to dump its Palm operating system..."

Ubuntu: Ubuntu Certified for IBM's DB2
(2005-11-09 18:15:20)
"Ubuntu is moving into Enterprise computing with IBM's certification of Ubuntu as 'Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux...'"

Linux.com: Quake 4 for Linux
(2005-11-09 19:00:36)
"As soon as I read the news on Slashdot that id Software's just released Quake 4 was already available as both a Linux client and game server, I ran out and dropped $50 for the game..."

LXer: Understanding the Linux and Open Software Development Model
(2005-11-09 20:30:41)
"As someone who spent over a decade as a commercial software program and development manager, I view Open Source Software methods as simply a way to build applications. It happens to be the most efficient one..."

ExtremeTech: Analysis: Is This the Dawn of the Linux Worms?
(2005-11-09 22:00:55)
"The Luppi worm is blazing a trail with great potential for attackers. We might learn a lot about how secure Linux systems are in the next few months..."

linux kernel monkey log: OSDL and a Binary Kernel Driver Layer
(2005-11-09 23:30:51)
"It appears that the Japan OSDL group is having a hard time coming to grips with exactly how the whole Open Source development process works..."

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