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Linux-Announce Digest #854
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Linux-Announce Digest #854, Volume #4 Mon, 9 Aug 2004 01:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Red Hat: Open Source News (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
GNU C Library version 2.3.3 release (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
[SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings (paulf)
[ADMIN] comp.os.linux.announce report for Mon Aug 9 00:05:01 CDT 2004 (cola-admin@stump.algebra.com)
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 14:43:44 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Red Hat: Open Source News (fwd)
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Red Hat Open Source News
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**** Govt/Policy ****
Linux gaining support in Japan's schools
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac1
To challenge the dominance of Microsoft's Windows PC operating system=
,
Japan is promoting the Linux system in public schools.
======
Open Source Law: Open source and the IT trade deficit
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac2
We look at the current consistently poor performance of Australia in
the ICT industry. We identify one instance in which failure to move t=
o
a functionally equivalent open source product has significant costs f=
or
Australia and, in that example, quantify those costs at $430 million
[US$300,382,400/=80249,361,000] per year. This paper identifies an
alternative model for ICT commercialisation and discusses some potent=
ial
impacts."
======
Court confirms GPL valid in Germany
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac3
A court in Germany has just confirmed the earlier preliminary
injunction in the netfilter/iptables case--the GPL is valid in
Germany.
======
Barcelona embracing open source
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac4
The city of Barcelona, Spain's second largest city, recently announce=
d
it will be phasing out its current Windows NT infrastructure in favor
of open source software, according to IBLNEWS and other prominent
Spanish-language news outlets.
======
'Creative destruction' and the future of the software industry
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac5
The way that software is being produced and acquired is changing
rapidly. The availability of high quality software, often for no
licensing costs and with very user-friendly license terms, is
challenging commercial companies producing products in the same softw=
are
category.
**** Implementations ****
Space agency taps SGI, Intel for supercomputer
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac6
NASA has picked computer maker Silicon Graphics Inc. and chipmaker In=
tel
to develop a major supercomputer based on Linux to simulate space
exploration and conduct other research, SGI announced Tuesday. With a=
n
eventual 10,240 processors, the Space Exploration Simulator will be
among the world's largest supercomputers based on the Linux operating
system, the company said.
======
ITV switches on to Linux
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac7
Linux and open source software offers cost savings, flexibility and
better security, according to ITV's director of operations and
infrastructure, but is not always appropriate and needs to be assesse=
d
on a case-by-case basis.
======
Hilton Hotels business solutions to interoperate with Linux
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac8
In response to the ever-increasing pace of business today, Hilton Hot=
els
& Resorts announced yestereday a new standard for business technology=
in
hotels. The Hilton Integrated Business Solution is a flexible and con=
venient
collection of essential business amenities and services that are now =
available
at all Hilton hotels across the U.S.
======
Lockheed Martin To ditch 10K Solaris workstations for Linux
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac9
Aeronautics giant Lockheed Martin plans a 10,000 seat migration away
=66rom Solaris over to Linux and Intel, a confidential source told us
yesterday.
**** Applications ****
CA open sources DB at LinuxWorld
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac10
In a big step to reaffirm its commitment to open source technologies,
Computer Associates will officially open source its long forgotten
database software at LinuxWorld in San Francisco.
======
IBM to make Java database open source
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac11
Raising its stakes in open-source software, IBM plans to create an
open source project around Cloudscape, a specialized Java database, C=
NET
News.com has learned.
**** Reports ****
Microsoft shaken by open bluff
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac12
Telstra has shaken Microsoft and won a keener commercial relationship
with the software giant by talking up its enthusiasm for open source
software.
======
IT "Declaration of Independence" sponsored by The Open Group
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac13
The "Developer Declaration of Independence" calls for the adoption an=
d
protection of open standards by corporations, governments, organizati=
ons,
and individuals to ensure a fair competitive marketplace, thus allowi=
ng
all parties to compete equally from the basis of a shared technology
foundation and framework. The Open Group has published the Declaratio=
n
at http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac14 and is=
asking supporters to
visit the web site where they can sign it.
======
Finally, a US Linux smartphone
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac15
US mobile phone customers will at last gain the option of a Linux-bas=
ed
handset later this year, when operators begin offering a high-end
Motorola Linux/Java smartphone aimed at business professionals. The A=
780
will roll out globally in early Q4, reaching select US regions before
2005, according to Motorola.
======
More than 90% of Linux systems have never been infected by a virus, n=
ew
Evans Data survey; 80% have never been hacked
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac16
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac18
Ninety two percent of survey respondents indicated that their Linux
systems have never been infected with a virus, according to Evans Dat=
a's
new Summer 2004 Linux Development Survey. Contrast those findings wit=
h
data from Evans' Spring 2004 North American Development Survey where =
3
in 5 non-Linux developers reported a security breach and 32% experien=
ced
3 or more breaches.
======
Red Hat to serve Java
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac19
Red Hat will grow beyond its Linux roots next week and sell a subscri=
ption
service supporting an open source Java application server, according =
to
people familiar with the company's plans.
======
Linux drifts from Sun orbit
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac20
Two and a half years after its chief executive donned the suit of
Linux's penguin mascot on an exhibition stage, Sun seems to have fall=
en
out of love with the open-source operating system.
======
Linux gaining steam in China
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac21
Linux, the open source software programme, is gaining increasing
momentum in Asia-Pacific, especially China, due to strong government
backing and great demand for low-cost computing from enterprises,
suggest industry executives.
======
Open source IP services vendor nets $5M funding
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac23
Black Duck Software has closed a $5 million funding round, co-led by
General Catalyst Partners and Flagship Ventures. The company, which
sells open source software intellectual property (IP) managment servi=
ces
to software developers and vendors, plans to use the money to hire ke=
y
personnel and promote its "protexIP" services.
======
LinuxWorld preview: What's up with Linux and ERP?
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac25
For the past few years, chief information officers (CIOs) and chief
technology officers (CTOs) have responded to my Linux evangelism with
this question: "If Linux is so great, why aren't there any enterprise
resource planning (ERP) apps on it?" Until recently, I only had SAP -=
- a
Linux supporter since 1999. I told CIOs and CTOs that ERP companies a=
re
historically very conservative and don't usually port their applicati=
ons
until there's a huge demand.
======
No defense for Linux
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac26
Linux is being designed into future U.S. defense system, including th=
e
Army's Future Combat System (FCS), the Land Warrior, and the Global
Information Grid, which will connect all future military systems into=
a
single network.
======
Low-scale desktop software pushed again as Windows alternative
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac27
The idea is straightforward: Instead of giving employees computers
packed with features they rarely use, companies could save tons of ca=
sh
by distributing simple machines tied to powerful central servers.
**** SCO claim ****
Standard resources:
SCO Wiki: http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac29
GrokLaw: http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac30
SCOX Graph: http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac=
31=3D
**** Training ****
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http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBEWp5AJPSNNASUGQ1AK59txRJ/apac22
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 14:44:45 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: GNU C Library version 2.3.3 release (fwd)
========== Forwarded message ==========
Version 2.3.3 of the GNU C Library is now available for download at:
http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/
Please see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html for mirror sites around the world.
This is an interim release and the C library's developers do not
recommend that users build this release at all. This goes beyond the
admonitions we usually make that updating the C library is no trivial
task and it is very easy to damage one's system. In fact, this
release represents a snapshot of development state during a stable
period around the end of 2003. Development of the C library has
progressed since, and many outstanding problems found in the 2.3.3
code are already known and have been addressed. Maintainers of
GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd binary distributions already base their systems
on development snapshots that contain the changes between 2.3.2 and
this 2.3.3 release. The purpose of this release is to provide a newer
common baseline for the source code that people are already using. If
you are not involved in maintaining a binary distribution package of
the GNU C Library already based on something later than the 2.3.2
release, then this release is not for you.
Since the 2.3.2 release was made, the C Library's developers have been
rethinking the procedures by which we make releases. In future, the
release process will be more aligned with how people actually use the
GNU C Library's code in building whole systems and better coordinated
with contributions from the maintainers of those distributions. We
anticipate the 2.3.4 release will be the first milestone of the move
towards new ways of making glibc releases.
The following files are available:
b45c4cfa714a4688c319149c15a1e060 glibc-2.3.3.tar.gz (16.7M)
e825807b98042f807799ccc9dd96d31b glibc-2.3.3.tar.bz2 (12.4M)
9006b8bff18beb864f6053857f25b410 glibc-linuxthreads-2.3.3.tar.gz (303k)
8149ea62922e75bd692bc3b92e5e766b glibc-linuxthreads-2.3.3.tar.bz2 (224k)
fdd40a37dc4d867e6590de1e9e71fa73 glibc-2.3.2-2.3.3.diff.gz (2.8M)
2ed557ccd79d567a90c466dd630ea49b glibc-2.3.2-2.3.3.diff.bz2 (2.1M)
Note the `linuxthreads' package is required to build a useful system C
library for use with Linux kernels prior to version 2.6. To build a
configuration supporting only Linux 2.6 kernels or to build for
GNU/Hurd, the package is not required. The main glibc-2.3.3 release
package contains the Native POSIX Threads Library (NPTL) contributed
by Ulrich Drepper, which supports Linux 2.6 kernels only.
This release like all others was made possible by the contributions of many
people. We are very grateful to all of them, and chief among those are:
Ulrich Drepper
Jakub Jelinek
Andreas Jaeger
Alexandre Oliva
Andreas Schwab
Steven Munroe
H.J. Lu
Thorsten Kukuk
Richard Henderson
Daniel Jacobowitz
Philip Blundell
Martin Schwidefsky
Kaz Kojima
Guido Guenther
David Mosberger
Carlos O'Donell
Alfred M. Szmidt
Paolo Bonzini
GOTO Masanori
Enjoy!
Roland McGrath for the GNU C Library Developers
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GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu@gnu.org>
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu
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From: paulf@quillandmouse.com (paulf)
Subject: [SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings
Date: 8 Aug 2004 22:55:08 GMT
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* Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG) *
* Meeting Schedule *
*************************************
TAMPA ****************************************************
11 August 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second Wednesday of each month)
*****************************
* CANCELLED *
* Due to lack of facilities *
* in which to meet. *
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Hillsborough Community College
Dale Mabry Campus
4001 Tampa Bay Blvd
Tampa, FL
See http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/Docs/DM-Map.htm for directions.
SARASOTA/BRADENTON ***************************************
18 August 18:00-21:00 Sarasota
(third Wednesday of each month)
Honeywell
8323 Lindbergh Court
Sarasota, FL
See http://www.bish.net/directions/
DUNEDIN **************************************************
28 August 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(usually fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library,
Community Room B.
Dunedin, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#dunedin for directions.
ST PETERSBURG ********************************************
30 August 19:00-21:00 St Petersburg
(usually last Monday of each month)
St Petersburg Public Library, Main Branch
Auditorium
3745 Ninth Ave North
St Petersburg, FL 33713
727-893-7724
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#stpete for directions.
BRANDON **************************************************
2 September 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center
Brandon, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#Brandon for directions.
NEW PORT RICHEY ******************************************
4 September 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#npr for directions.
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ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentation: As indicated.
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good cheer!
(And don't forget to start your installs early!)
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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 00:06:00 CST
Subject: [ADMIN] comp.os.linux.announce report for Mon Aug 9 00:05:01 CDT 2004
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Subject: comp.os.linux.announce report for Mon Aug 9 00:05:01 CDT 2004
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
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