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Freebies are nice, freedom is nicer

Author: JT Smith

“The big issue, whether you prefer to think of yourself as an
advocate of Free Software or Open Source Software, comes in making
sure everyone, including people new to covering Linux and Free Software, understands what we mean when we say ‘free,'” remarks this All Linux Devices article.

Category:

  • Open Source

Why we don’t need perfectly secure systems

Author: JT Smith

SecurityPortal article summarizes, computer security needs to be viewed as a complex organism,
with all it’s systems interconnected, instead of as a series of discrete
problems to be solved individually.

Category:

  • Linux

LinuxWizardry powers Lineo booth

Author: JT Smith

LinuxWizardry Systems, Inc. Magic Passage VPN Appliances were used by Lineo for its Internet Access at the Embedded Systems Conference held in San Jose California this past week, Business Wire reports.

Category:

  • Linux

Give us MacOS X or give us death, Intel users demand

Author: JT Smith

According to The Register, OS X on Intel web site creators argue that Apple has to make the major strategic shift and release MacOS X – “a beautiful OS, with all the power of a BSD environment” – for platforms other than its own Mac line, and they point to the success of Linux as a sign of the sense in such a move.

Oracle to deliver first database for Linux clusters

Author: JT Smith

PRNewswire on NewsAlert: Oracle Corp., the largest
provider of software for e-business, today announced the industry’s first clustered
database server on the Linux operating system, Oracle8i Parallel Server.

Congress isn’t Napster’s cavalry

Author: JT Smith

Wired News speaks with Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC), the chairman of the House subcommittee of courts and intellectual property, and with key members of his staff.

SOT opens office in USA

Author: JT Smith

Linux Weekly News reports, SOT, publisher of the #1 Linux in Finland – the home country of Linux
and Linus – is establishing a distribution office for Best Linux in
the USA in response to growing demand.

VA Linux Systems expands in Europe

Author: JT Smith

VA Linux Systems, Inc., Diamond Sponsor of the IDG LinuxWorld Conference & Expo being held this week in Frankfurt, Germany, today announced that it has expanded its operations in Germany, the
UK, the Netherlands and Belgium with a number of key additions to its European team from Business Wire. (Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)

Microwindows 0.89pre2 released

Author: JT Smith

Microwindows v0.89pre2 is released with quite a few new capabilities, including handwriting
recognition, graphics keyboard, and a new window manager, reports All Linux Devices.

SteelEye to feature reliability for SAP

Author: JT Smith

PRNewswire: SteelEye Technology Inc., a leading provider of reliability platforms for
Linux-based eBusiness applications, today announced that it will demonstrate
high availability Linux clustering solutions for mySAP.com, including
Human Resources, Financials and Logistics components, as well as, Oracle8i
and Apache environments on industry-leading Compaq ProLiant servers during LinuxWorld in Frankfurt, Germany.