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Linux News for Jul 28, 2006
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Editor's Note: Beware of Suits Bearing Code (2006-07-28 22:30:10)
The demise of the OpenDarwin project is a lesson for us all in
how corporate notions of "open source" can really lead to something
far different.
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LinuxPlanet: LinuxWorld Reshuffles Its Trade Show & Conference Deck (2006-07-28 21:00:34)
"With LinuxWorld San Francisco 2006 just around the corner,
curiosity is hovering in the air over IDG's plans for future Linux
and open source events..."
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Forbes: Lunching With Larry (2006-07-28 19:30:46)
"Oh yes, they paid attention. But what I said was that the
interesting thing about open source is that the intellectual
property is available to all of us..."
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LinuxInsider: Survey: Attitudes Shifting on Linux, Windows Server Systems (2006-07-28 18:00:17)
"The latest customer survey comparing Linux and Windows servers
crowns the open source the winner, but tips some
ease-of-administration advantages to Microsoft..."
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internetnews.com: HP Not Happy About Patents in GPL 3 (2006-07-28 16:30:40)
"The second draft of the GPL version 3 license is not even a day
old and already one of the largest Linux vendors in the world is
taking issue with its content..."
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CNET News: Torvalds Critical of New GPL Draft (2006-07-28 15:00:54)
"The second draft of a revised General Public License has been
released, but Linus Torvalds--founder and leader of the best-known
software project governed by the GPL--remains unconvinced of its
merits..."
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NewsForge: Google Announces Hosting for Open Source Projects (2006-07-28 13:30:14)
"...[W]ho describe the service as similar to SourceForge.net and
other community hosting projects, but not designed to compete with
those projects..."
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Marcelo Tosatti: Linux v2.4.33-rc3 (And a New v2.4 Maintainer) (2006-07-28 13:30:00)
"Willy Tarreau has stepped up to maintain the mainline v2.4
tree, and will do so starting from v2.4.34..."
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SearchOpenSource: Dumping Microsoft SQL Server: MySQL, PostgreSQL Attract Big Users (2006-07-28 12:00:31)
"So, you're a Microsoft SQL Server administrator flirting with
open source, but you're not sure how far you should go on the first
migration...?"
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O'Reilly: An Interview with the Creator of FreeSWITCH (2006-07-28 10:30:39)
"When it comes to open source phone systems, Asterisk is by far
the dominant player, but it isn't the only kid on the team and
FreeSWITCH is considered by many to be one of the up and
comers..."
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Linux.com: A Geo-Located Photo Album in Five Easy Pieces (2006-07-28 09:00:21)
"Open standards, and openness in general, enables people to
combine a variety of technologies in new and interesting
ways..."
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SearchSecurity: Linux Patch Problems: Your Distro May Vary (2006-07-28 07:30:54)
"Nevertheless, underneath the surface, they all share pretty
much the same code base..."
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Linux.com: Create GUI Dialogs for GNOME and KDE (2006-07-28 06:00:34)
"This time, we are going to look at Zenity and KDialog, which
allow you to create GNOME- and KDE-specific front ends for
scripts..."
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developerWorks: Knock-Based Commands for Your Linux Laptop (2006-07-28 04:30:10)
"For the first time, you can hit your computer and get a
meaningful response...!"
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Advisories, July 27, 2006 (2006-07-28 03:45:25)
Today's security advisories: drupal and asterisk (Debian
GNU/Linux); seamonkey (Red Hat Linux); mutt, x11, gimp, and
xine-lib (Slackware Linux); and freetype, ruby1.8, and heartbeat
(Ubuntu Linux).
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ZDNet: Open Source Compresses Data Warehouse Margins (2006-07-28 03:00:28)
"[Greenplum] announced today it and Sun can now deliver data
warehouses at $20,000 per usable terabyte..."
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Free Software Magazine: Should We Limit the Terms of Free Software Operating Systems...? (2006-07-28 01:30:01)
"At one time, there was another project worthy of note: BeOS. It
wasn't POSIX-compatible, but it was neat. But now, only free *NIX
prevail... really...?"
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OSWeekly: Is Linux Ready For The Fight Ahead? (2006-07-28 00:00:31)
"What these companies have apparently missed is that it will
indeed be Windows XP and not Vista that will be the real
competition..."
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