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Infrastructure Linux News for Jun 27, 2001
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Debian Weekly News - June 25th, 2001 (2001-06-27 19:30:17)
KDE 2.2alpha packages available, good Debian laptops, /sbin or
/bin for traceroute?, improving qmail performance, NewbieDoc news,
more.
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The Register: Caldera defends pay-to-play license (2001-06-27 18:30:42)
Noting that free downloads of its OpenWorkstation product are
still available, Caldera has issued a defense of its "per system"
licensing practice, reported here two days ago. "Developers need to
have a company that is there that is going to be there for the
long-term," says the company.
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internetnews.com: One Net, One Law? (2001-06-27 16:00:37)
"Under the aegis of the Convention, countries with more strict
requirements may be allowed to crack down on ISPs (regardless of
their country of origin) on the basis of their customers' content.
ISP's, therefore, are concerned that the treaty will effectively
require them to act as Internet content police, scouring the Web to
make sure sites they host don't break the laws of any convention
member country." Among the luminaries opposing this Convention:
Richard Stallman.
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O'Reilly .NET DevCenter: Microsoft Plans Shared Source .NET (2001-06-27 15:26:58)
An interview with Microsoft program manager Dave Stutz discusses
some of the issues behind .NET, shared source, and Microsoft's
preference for FreeBSD over Linux as a target platform for
implementing .NET for Unix-like operating systems because of
licensing issues.
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IBM eServers and Redhat Tux 2.0 Set New SPECweb Records (2001-06-27 14:45:58)
"Both servers supported a total of 3,227 simultaneous
connections in a 2-way configuration, and 1,820 simultaneous
connections in a 1-way configuration. These results set a new
record for Intel-based 2-way SMP servers."
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LinuxPlanet: .comment: Separated By a Common Operating System (2001-06-27 13:43:33)
When Dennis Powell's Caldera installation died, he decided to
use the occasion to look at two other Linux distributions: Progeny
Linux and SuSE Linux 7.2. While he likes both of them, he realized
that there's really no such thing as a generic Linux distribution,
as both distros -- as well as most other Linux distros -- are set
up to box users into relationships with manufacturers, as knowledge
of one distribution has little to do with any other distribution.
If Microsoft were to cook up a plan to cause Linux to disappear in
a virtual Tower of Babel it could scarcely be more effective than
that which has been adopted by distributions on their own,
voluntarily.
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The Register: MP3 owners get stroppy with open source coders (2001-06-27 01:53:21)
Fraunhofer and Thomson, owners of key bits of MP3, have decided
to flex and demand royalties of developers proprietary and open
source with MP3. This item covers the effects of strict enforcement
of the patents behind MP3 with two open source projects: 8Hz-MP3
(the developers are shutting down until further notice) and
BladeEnc (which is now distributed source-only to avoid legal
problems.)
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