IBM’s entire eServer family to run Linux

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

IBM Corp. has a grand unification plan for its servers. It’s called Linux. Indeed, Big Blue is preparing to make sure that its entire eServer family — from low-end Intel systems to high-end mainframes — will support all four major Linux distributions, reports ZDNet News.

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Committee approves watered-down anti-cracker bill

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that clarifies
federal law enforcement authority’s power to prosecute crackers and
other computer criminals and allocates more federal money to
agencies that investigate cybercrimes, from IDG News Service.

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Linux

InfoWorld announces top 10 innovators in e-Business

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Business Wire reports, IDG’s InfoWorld today announced
the “Top 10 Innovators” in e-business, a special feature recognizing 10 technical pioneers whose
vision and efforts have paved the way for the Internet and e-business.

Open letter to Eric S. Raymond

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux Today reprints this open letter to Eric S. Raymond pleading, “let’s get Linux into the Digital Divide Conference!”

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Linux

GnoRPM arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

A new release of GnoRPM (0.95.1) is available now and SecurityFocus warns versions of GnoRPM prior to 0.95 are believed to be vulnerable.

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Linux

Linux leader says standard version will emerge

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

CNET News quotes, “We will figure out a way that we will have a single, more generic distribution that we will all use,”
said Paul Thomas, who in June was named chief executive of TurboLinux.

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Linux

Linux customer server

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“Linux and other open source/GPL type software and operating systems may be free, they may give freedom, but it’s tough to sell service and materials to go with them if the service and materials aren’t there, or are mis-delivered,” states this osOpinion article.

Sourceforge software installed at Handhelds.org

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

All Linux Devices announces, SourceForge installed on handhelds.org
is available at http://www.handhelds.org/SourceForge/.

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Linux

RackShare expands domain name registration services with Tucows OpenSRS

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

RackShare, a domain name
registration and web hosting services provider, today announced the immediate
availability of expanded domain name registration services as a Tucows OpenSRS
Registration Service Provider, from PRNewsWire.

Thin client POS system on embedded Linux

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Red Hat, a leader in developing, deploying and managing open source Internet infrastructure solutions, has combined with Wincor Nixdorf to bring to market the BEETLE Point-of-Sale systems based on Embedded Linux, from Business Wire.