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IT Management Linux News for Oct 20, 2008
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Setting Up MySQL - Database, Users And Sample Table (Oct 20, 2008, 22:02)
LAMPComputing.com: "We discussed how to install
LAMP in one of our previous articles. Some of you may be wondering
how to create databases, users and tables on your newly installed
MySQL server. This blog post introduces the preliminary steps to
work with your new LAMP server."
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The Dying Embers of Microsoft's IP Claims Against Open Source (Oct 20, 2008, 20:32)
The Open Road: "The fact is that Microsoft has
yet to find a way to call out its intellectual property (IP) in
things like Linux without stumbling over all of the IP that it, in
turn, has "borrowed" from others, including the open-source
world."
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IETF Failed to Account For Greylisting (Oct 20, 2008, 18:32)
That Grumpy BSD Guy: "The potential for
conflict between greylisting and sites with large pools of outgoing
SMTP senders is well known and in need of resolution. Why does the
SMTP RFC moving along the standards track fail to address
this?"
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Linux Foundation End User Summit: New BtrFS Filesystem and Knowledge Center (Oct 20, 2008, 17:02)
Linux Magazine: "...the nonprofit organization
enthusiastically welcomed participants from the financial arena,
despite the current crisis on Wall Street, among them
Merrill-Lynch, UBS, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Credit
Suisse."
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Linux Ecosystem Worth $25 Billion (Oct 20, 2008, 16:32)
Netstat -vat: "The Linux Foundation is set to
release a report on Wednesday estimating that the Linux ecosystem
is now worth $25 billion. The $25 billion figure is one that I'm
surprised at because its lower than other forecasts I've seen over
the years."
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Want to Laugh? Another Tall Tale About Where Linux Came From (Oct 20, 2008, 16:02)
Groklaw: "Linux was created by IBM, HP (HPQ)
and other former IT systems monopolists that realized that
Microsoft was taking their systems monopoly away from them. IBM,
HP, Digital Equipment (now part of HP), etc. had banded together
for this purpose in the early 1980s while Linus Torvalds, the
nominal creator of Linux and who now works for one of the groups
IBM, HP, etc. put together for its trust-like purposes, was still
in short pants."
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Microsoft Dances With Open Source Businesses (Oct 20, 2008, 15:32)
ZDNet: "Open source businesspeople are
frustrated that their business models is not bringing them enormous
returns. Microsoft perceives the threat of open source and wants to
neutralize it. Let the dance begin."
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Amazing Figures on the Open Source Adoption in Finland (Oct 20, 2008, 15:02)
FOSSBazaar: "I found the results incredibly
interesting. In particular, they found that 75% of responding firms
use open source software in some way. This figure is up from
approximately 13% in the year 2000, which is a major increase in
just a few years."
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Vista Marks End of 'Planned Software' (Oct 20, 2008, 13:32)
ZDNet Asia: "Speaking at a forum here Friday,
Whitehurst said the proprietary, "top-down, planned" software
development model characteristic of closed source companies is
coming to an end--one which is demonstrated by the number of bugs
in Vista, he said."
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Why Good People Make Bad OS Choices (Oct 20, 2008, 13:02)
Cyber Cynic: "...once more I was reminded about
the difference between a used car salesman and a computer salesman:
the used car salesman knows when he's lying."
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More Patent Threats From Microsoft (Oct 20, 2008, 12:02)
Groklaw: "Ina Fried has an interview with
"Microsoft's top intellectual property lawyer", Horacio Gutierrez,
and Gutierrez directly threatens to sue any company, like Red Hat,
that refuses to sell out and do a patent deal like the one Novell
signed up for"
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Microsoft: We're All 'Mixed Source' Companies (Oct 20, 2008, 11:02)
CNet News: "In case you were wondering,
Microsoft thinks the battle of open source vs. proprietary software
is basically over. "Today, but increasingly in the future, we are
all going to be 'mixed source'," Microsoft's top intellectual
property lawyer said in a lunchtime interview..."
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