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Debian Weekly News - August 17th, 2004 (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
Red Hat: Open Source News (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
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Debian Weekly News
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Debian Weekly News - August 17th, 2004
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Welcome to this year's 32nd issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for
the Debian community. Of interest to large-scale installations:
Hewlett-Packard finally [1]offers 24x7 support for [2]Debian
GNU/Linux with HP Extensions. In an [3]article Chris DiBona
highlighted the services offered by GNU/Linux vendors and pointed out
that their repositories are miles ahead of competing proprietary
commercial offerings.
1. http://www.hp.com/hps/linux/lx_debian.html
2. http://www.hp.com/hps/linux/lx_debian_faq.html
3. http://os.newsforge.com/os/04/07/11/1748243.shtml
Investigating Sarge Security. Joey Hess [4]looked through every
[5]security advisory issued in 2004 and checked to see if the
security hole was fixed in sarge as well. Security holes not fixed yet
in sarge include those in [6]libpng, [7]libpng3, [8]php4,
[9]netkit-telnet-ssl, [10]pavuk, [11]www-sql, [12]lha, [13]log2mail,
[14]hsftp, [15]trr19, and [16]slocate. The other 1.5 years worth of
security advisories back to the release of woody would probably take
several more days to check. [17]Investigation of security advisories
from 2003 revealed that security updates for [18]tomcat4 and
[19]gtksee are missing in sarge.
4. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/08/msg00144.html
5. http://www.debian.org/security/
6. http://packages.debian.org/libpng
7. http://packages.debian.org/libpng3
8. http://packages.debian.org/php4
9. http://packages.debian.org/netkit-telnet-ssl
10. http://packages.debian.org/pavuk
11. http://packages.debian.org/www-sql
12. http://packages.debian.org/lha
13. http://packages.debian.org/log2mail
14. http://packages.debian.org/hsftp
15. http://packages.debian.org/trr19
16. http://packages.debian.org/slocate
17. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/08/msg00168.html
18. http://packages.debian.org/tomcat4
19. http://packages.debian.org/gtksee
Debian-Installer Review. Bruce Bayfield [20]reviewed the new
[21]debian-installer (d-i). He says "It introduces Debian's strengths
right at the start, and it goes a long way toward burying Debian's
reputation for being difficult to install." He added, that, by
installing only a minimal number of packages, d-i defaults to a
noticeably more secure system compared to most commercial
distributions. Bayfield suggests the new installer ease of use will
bring many new users to Debian.
20. http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=3D04/08/09/164207
21. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
What comes after Sarge? Osamu Aoki [22]wanted to release a new
[23]debian-reference package that explains the latest release names.
Naturally he was wondering which name testing will become once sarge
is released as Debian 3.1. Colin Watson opened the curtain and
[24]revealed that the release after sarge will be called etch.
Quickly, a discussion arose about using a different name and voting
upon the name.
22. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/08/msg00737.html
23. http://packages.debian.org/debian-reference
24. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/08/msg00743.html
Zero-Day Non-maintainer Uploads. Steve Langesek [25]said that this
close to the release of sarge, 3 days can definitely make the
difference between a package being ready in time for sarge, and not
being ready in time. Moreover, history shows us that 0-day
non-maintainer uploads (NMUs) have been very effective at bringing the
release-critical (RC) bug count down rapidly. He would therefore like
to declare open-season on RC bugs, including 0-day NMUs if appropriate
until the release of sarge.
25. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/08/msg00768.html
Online Changelog Files. Andrew Pollock was [26]missing a possibility
to reach changelog files without actually installing the corresponding
packages. Therefore he has created [27]changelogs.debian.net which
contained those files. Martin Michlmayr [28]revealed that changelog
files already exist on [29]packages.debian.org. Hence, the new site
finally redirects HTTP requests to the files on packages.debian.org.
26. http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2004/06/msg00023.html
27. http://changelogs.debian.net/
28. http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2004/06/msg00106.html
29. http://packages.debian.org/
Best Practice QA Uploads. Matthew Palmer [30]started to write a QA
upload best practices document after working through quality assurance
(QA) procedures with one of his new-maintainer applicants. The
[31]second version caused some [32]disagreement on the scope of a QA
upload, though.
30. http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2004/07/msg00076.html
31. http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2004/07/msg00088.html
32. http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2004/07/msg00089.html
Synchronising Skolelinux with Sarge. Petter Reinholdtsen posted a
[33]list of packages that the [34]Skolelinux people should push into
Debian in order to get Debian synchronised with Skolelinux. He and
Joey Hess are [35]worried that it may already be too late to get new
packages into Debian in time for the release of sarge.
33. http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2004/08/msg00084.html
34. http://www.skolelinux.no/
35. http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2004/08/msg00130.html
Which KDE Version in Sarge? Co-release-manager Steve Langasek
[36]complained about a last minute upload of a number of packages from
KDE 3.3 to unstable. Since he considers it undesirable to have a mix
of different versions and impossible to get all of KDE 3.3 into sarge
on schedule for the release, he concluded that KDE in sarge will not
be updated from unstable and fixes to KDE related packages should be
submitted to testing-proposed-updates. Chris Cheney [37]objected to
Steve's assessment, while [38]Ben Burton and [39]Ren=E9 Engelhard
concurred. Ren=E9 also [40]noticed that [41]kdelibs-data again caused
file conflicts with [42]openoffice.org-mimelnk.
36. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/08/msg00222.html
37. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/08/msg00223.html
38. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/08/msg00224.html
39. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/08/msg00230.html
40. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/08/msg00228.html
41. http://packages.debian.org/kdelibs-data
42. http://packages.debian.org/openoffice.org-mimelnk
Cdrecord on the Way to non-free. Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo [43]noticed
that J=F6rg Schilling has added a non-modification clause to a file
within the [44]cdrecord distribution which renders the package
non-free since this is in direct [45]conflict with the [46]GNU General
Public License.
43. http://www.tribulaciones.org/blog/computers/software/cdrecord-license=
_13-08-2004
44. http://packages.debian.org/cdrecord
45. http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/006193.html
46. http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
New LaTeX Project Public License, Version 1.3. Branden Robinson
[47]reported that a new version of the [48]LaTeX Project Public
License (LPPL) has been published, taking most of debian-legal
contributor's comments into account, and the LaTeX project also
intends to see OSI Certification. It seems to be compliant with the
[49]Debian Free Software Guidelines. Hilmar Preusse [50]added that the
teTeX packages in Debian are released under LPPL 1.2.
47. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/07/msg00079.html
48. http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/
49. http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
50. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/07/msg00153.html
Freeness of the Qt Public License. Martin Krafft [51]wondered if the
new [52]Qt Public License (QPL) is considered DFSG-free, since it is
[53]OSI approved and because it was [54]requested to remove [55]libcwd
from main. Andrew Suffield [56]asserted that choice-of-venue clauses
are decidedly non-free.
51. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00016.html
52. http://www.opensource.org/licenses/qtpl.php
53. http://www.opensource.org/licenses/
54. http://bugs.debian.org/251983
55. http://packages.debian.org/libcwd
56. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00030.html
Bug Squashing Week. Frank Lichtenheld [57]announced that this entire
week has been declared the bug squashing week. He will be around in
#debian-bugs on both irc.debian.org and irc.oftc.net over the whole
period of time (except for system recreation intervals) trying to keep
the party going and appeal to all people to participate on it. He will
be also joining the real life bug squashing party at the TU Darmstadt,
Germany.
57. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2004/08/msg00005.html
New SPI Officers. John Goerzen [58]announced that [59]Software in the
Public Interest, Inc. (SPI) has [60]selected the [61]officers during
its annual meeting. They are: President: John Goerzen, Vice President:
Benjamin Mako Hill, Treasurer: Jimmy Kaplowitz, and Secretary: David
Graham. He also announced the [62]annual report for SPI and encouraged
Debian developers to get involved with this organisation.
58. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2004/08/msg00006.html
59. http://www.spi-inc.org/
60. http://lists.spi-inc.org/pipermail/spi-announce/2004/000089.html
61. http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/board
62. http://www.spi-inc.org/~jgoerzen/ar2004/spi2004.html
Security Updates. You know the drill. Please make sure that you update
your systems if you have any of these packages installed.
* [63]ruby -- Insecure CGI session management.
* [64]rsync -- Unauthorised directory traversal and file access.
* [65]kdelibs -- Denial of service.
63. http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-537
64. http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-538
65. http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539
New or Noteworthy Packages. The following packages were added to the
unstable Debian archive [66]recently or contain important updates.
66. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/newpkg_main
* [67]akode -- Akode arts plugin.
* [68]amd64-libs -- AMD64 shared libraries for use on i386/x86_64
systems.
* [69]bindgraph -- DNS statistics RRDtool frontend for BIND9.
* [70]ccs -- Cluster configuration system.
* [71]cman -- Cluster manager.
* [72]coqide -- Proof assistant for higher-order logic.
* [73]couriergraph -- Mail statistics RRDtool frontend for
Courier-{POP,IMAP}.
* [74]digitemp -- Program to read from temperature sensors in a
1-wire net.
* [75]eagle-usb-utils -- Userspace tools for Eagle USB ADSL modems.
* [76]fence -- I/O fencing system.
* [77]freedoom -- Free game files for the 3D game DOOM.
* [78]gcjwebplugin -- Web browser plugin to execute Java (tm)
applets.
* [79]gfs-tools -- Global File System.
* [80]ghdl -- VHDL compiler/simulator using GCC technology.
* [81]gimp-gap -- GIMP Animation Package.
* [82]gnurobbo -- GNU Robbo is logic game ported from ATARI XE/XL.
* [83]gnustep -- GNUstep Development Environment -- user
applications.
* [84]gradm2 -- Administration program for the grsecurity2 RBAC
based ACL system.
* [85]gtweakui -- Collection of simple dialogs as a front end to
GConf.
* [86]ibwebadmin -- Web-based administration for the Firebird and
Interbase database.
* [87]ifstat -- InterFace STATistics Monitoring.
* [88]kaquarium -- Aquarium panel applet for KDE.
* [89]kfish -- Fish panel applet for KDE.
* [90]kolourpaint -- Simple Paint Program for KDE.
* [91]ksociograma -- Technical educational software to make
sociograms.
* [92]kwartz -- Language independent HTML templating system.
* [93]laptop-mode-tools -- Userland scripts to control "laptop
mode".
* [94]mcpp -- Matsui's CPP implementation precisely conformed to
standards.
* [95]mpc -- Command-line tool to interface MPD.
* [96]mpd -- Music Player Daemon, the name says it all.
* [97]normalize-audio -- Adjust the volume of WAV files to a
standard volume level.
* [98]ntfsprogs -- Tools for doing neat things in NTFS partitions
from Linux.
* [99]pentanet-utils -- Utilities for Pent@NET DVB Data receiving
cards.
* [100]php-mail-mime -- PHP PEAR module for creating and decoding
MIME messages.
* [101]php-radius -- Radius protocol implementation in PHP.
* [102]pymacs -- Interface between Emacs Lisp and Python [dummy
package].
* [103]pymacs-elisp -- Emacsen Lisp modules for pymacs.
* [104]qsynaptics -- Qt application to configure Synaptic TouchPad.
* [105]request-tracker3.2 -- Extensible trouble-ticket tracking
system.
* [106]shermans-aquarium -- Sherman's aquarium applet for GNOME 2.
* [107]spfqtool -- Command-line SPF query tool.
* [108]torsmo -- System monitor that sits in the corner of your
desktop.
* [109]zope-cookiecrumbler -- Use cookies even when folder doesn't
support cookies.
67. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/akode
68. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/amd64-libs
69. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/bindgraph
70. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/ccs
71. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/cman
72. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/coqide
73. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/couriergraph
74. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/electronics/digitemp
75. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/eagle-usb-utils
76. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/fence
77. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/freedoom
78. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/gcjwebplugin
79. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/gfs-tools
80. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/electronics/ghdl
81. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/gimp-gap
82. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/gnurobbo
83. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/gnustep
84. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/gradm2
85. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/gtweakui
86. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/ibwebadmin
87. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/ifstat
88. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kaquarium
89. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kfish
90. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/kolourpaint
91. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/ksociograma
92. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/kwartz
93. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/laptop-mode-tools
94. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/mcpp
95. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/mpc
96. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/mpd
97. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/normalize-audio
98. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/ntfsprogs
99. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/pentanet-utils
100. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/php-mail-mime
101. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/php-radius
102. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/pymacs
103. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/pymacs-elisp
104. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/qsynaptics
105. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/request-tracker3.2
106. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/shermans-aquarium
107. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/spfqtool
108. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/torsmo
109. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/zope-cookiecrumbler
Debian Packages introduced last Week. Every day, a different Debian
package is [110]featured from the testing distribution. If you know
about an obscure package you think others should also know about, send
it to [111]Andrew Sweger. Debian package a day introduced the
following packages last week.
110. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/
111. http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=3Ddebaday
* [112]mairix -- Indexes and searches email in Maildir and MH
formats.
* [113]pydf -- Colourised df(1)-clone.
* [114]ixbiff -- Notify user when mail arrives by blinking keyboard
LEDs.
112. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/28953.html
113. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/29195.html
114. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/29593.html
Orphaned Packages. 5 packages were orphaned this week and require a
new maintainer. This makes a total of 168 orphaned packages. Many
thanks to the previous maintainers who contributed to the Free
Software community. Please see the [115]WNPP pages for the full list,
and please add a note to the bug report and retitle it to ITA: if you
plan to take over a package.
115. http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/
* [116]debconf -- Debian configuration management system.
([117]Bug#265570)
* [118]libapache-dbilogger-perl -- Tracks what's being transferred
in a DBI database. ([119]Bug#265760)
* [120]lzo -- Real-time data compression library. ([121]Bug#265726)
* [122]lzop -- Real-time compressor. ([123]Bug#265727)
* [124]python-bsddb3 -- Python interface to libdb3.
([125]Bug#264695)
116. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/debconf
117. http://bugs.debian.org/265570
118. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libapache-dbilogger-perl
119. http://bugs.debian.org/265760
120. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/liblzo1
121. http://bugs.debian.org/265726
122. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/lzop
123. http://bugs.debian.org/265727
124. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/python-bsddb3
125. http://bugs.debian.org/264695
Want to continue reading DWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
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page to find out how to help. We're looking forward to receiving your
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126. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/contributing
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Red Hat: Open Source News (fwd)
Date: 19 Aug 2004 07:40:06 GMT
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**** ObReminder - Software Freedom Day August 28
Welcome to Software Freedom Day Online!
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa1
With Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) you have the right to use it
for any purpose, including commercial use. You can examine the program's
design, in the form of source code, and make any changes you wish. You
can redistribute the software to others, either in the original form or
with your modifications.
**** Govt/Policy
Senate passes FTA deal amid US warning
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa2
The legislation for Australia's free trade agreement (FTA) with the
United States has passed the Senate, along with Labor's amendments.
Vienna joins Linux waltz
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa3
Vienna council is giving nearly half its workstation users the chance to
move to Linux. The head of the city's information services, Erwin
Gillich, said the move would take place next year, and an evaluation
would follow in 2006.
Delay to Munich's Linux move only 'few weeks'
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa4
The Munich city administration has said that it expects its planned
migration to Linux to be delayed by only a few weeks as the impact of
proposed European Union software patenting legislation is examined.
China denies 'Asian standard' for Linux
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa5
China has never intended to develop an isolated Asian standard for
Linux, which some Japanese industry executives fear, said a senior
Chinese Government official last week.
State of California explore open source alternatives
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa6
Each year the State of California spends millions of dollars on
software, software maintenance and renewal. Many private and
governmental organizations are turning to open source software as a
cost-effective alternative to closed source software. The state should
more extensively consider use of open source software, which can in many
cases provide the same functionality as closed source software at a much
lower total cost of ownership.
**** Implementations
Mythic Entertainment invests in Dell Systems globally to provide dynamic
online gaming experience
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa7
In the United States, as many as 32,000 gamers play Dark Age of Camelot
online at any given time. Mythic Entertainment meets this around-the-clock
demand by powering the games on a cluster of 200 Dell PowerEdge servers
running Red Hat Linux and updating game environments in real-time.
IBM not threatened by Sun's Novell gambit
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa8
IBM officials scoffed at Sun Microsystems Inc.'s intimations last week
that it would buy Novell Inc., calling the rhetoric nothing more than an
attempt to disrupt IBM and its customers.
E*Trade Japan builds Linux-based trading system on BEA WebLogic
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa9
E*Trade Japan will use BEA Systems' WebLogic Server and
WebLogic JRockit products to develop and support its Linux
and Intel-based online securities trading system.
**** Applications
BBC begins open-source streaming challenge
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa10
The BBC is quietly preparing a challenge to Microsoft and other
companies jostling to reap revenues from video streams. It is developing
code-decode (codec) software called Dirac in an open-source project
aimed at providing a royalty-free way to distribute video.
**** Reports
Trademark claims loom for firms bearing 'Linux'
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa11
Companies in Australia with Linux in their name are being warned that
action over the trademark could occur next year... Australian companies
trading on the name "Linux" may be exposed to trademark claims for the
first time as early as next year, if the nation's major open-source body
gets its way.
Linux for sale in San Francisco
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa12
Any Linux developer in a coma for the last six years who awoke to
the sight of LinuxWorld's trade floor in San Francisco this week
would most likely have suffered a severe stroke... It's not a
hobbyists' operating system anymore; the fusion between the
geek realm and big business is now a reality, like it or not.
Linux will threaten Symbian dominance, says report
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa13
While Symbian will be the mobile OS market share leader in the next 24
to 36 months, thanks to its endorsement by market makers Nokia and NTT
DoCoMo, a report just published says that Linux will threaten the
Symbian OS for long-term dominance. "Linux leads other platforms in
openness and low cost - factors that are essentials to success in a
market defined by tight margins, rapid innovation, and standards
adherence," the report adds.
Linux catching Mac
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa14
see also: http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa15
With the release of its first Linux laptop last week, Hewlett-Packard
predicts this year the free operating system will unseat the Mac as the
No. 2 desktop operating system behind Windows... Indeed, some analysts
say Linux displaced the Mac as the leading alternative in 2003.
An alternative to Windows
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa16
With its low cost, growing catalogue of desktop software, and backing
from business, Linux could finally pry the PC market from Microsoft's
grasp.
Storage vendors eye Linux market
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa17
Storage vendors continue to eye the Linux market, if vendor
announcements at this week's LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco is
any indication... At least a half-dozen storage vendors saved
announcements for the event, among them VERITAS, Applied Micro Circuits
(AMCC) and Emulex. Vendors trumpeted their long history of support for
Linux.
Perens readies old-school Linux, but who wants it?
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa18
The first beta of a Linux distribution that hopes to compete with
enterprise server products from SuSE and Red Hat is set for release on 1
September - but few in the industry can see it gaining much support.
2 S.D. companies pull back on plans for stock offerings
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa19
Software seller Lindows Inc. plans to postpone its IPO indefinitely,
according to Dow Jones News Service, which cited JMP Securities, one of
Lindows' underwriters, as its source. JMP, Lindows executives, company
lawyers and other underwriters of the proposed stock sale either did not
return calls or declined to comment.
Linux squeezing WinCE, VxWorks out of devices
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa20
Market research firm VDC (Venture Development Corporation) says embedded
developers are turning away from Microsoft Windows CE, Wind River
VxWorks, and roll-your-own in-house OSes as they embrace embedded Linux
in growing numbers. The finding is part of VDC's 2004 Embedded Software
Strategic Market Intelligence Program.
Aruze develops Linux-operated arcade board
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa21
Company says lower development costs, consistent updates reasons for
choosing the open-source operating system.
**** SCO claim
Standard resources:
SCO Wiki: http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa22
GrokLaw: http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa23
SCOX Graph: http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa24=
IBM strikes at SCO claims
http://info.redhat.com/a/tBBIpT8AJPSNNASgHN1AK59txfa/apaa25
IBM has taken another swing at the SCO Group's faltering attack on
Linux, filing a motion seeking dismissal of SCO's contract claims.
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