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A kinder, gentler Perens is going Global now (Register)

The Register takes a look at what Bruce Perens is up to these days. "One thing you have to admire about Bruce Perens: he has lots of ideas and he's not afraid to implement them. Before the door was fully closed behind him at HP, he started Sincere Choice to counter Microsoft's "Software Choice" initiative. Now he's heading up a new non-profit: the Global Technology Policy Institute."

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Trust or treachery? (News.com)

News.com warns us about some potentially treacherous uses of Microsoft's Palladium architecture. " Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and co-founder of the GNU project for creating free versions of key Unix programs, lampooned the technology in a recent column as "treacherous computing.""

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OpenOffice.org Project Update (Linux Journal)

The Linux Journal looks at the state of the OpenOffice project. "There are installations in place or in planning stages in the German Bundestag, the Maltese Prime Minister's office, to name just two. The governments of Italy, England, Canada, China, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica and many other countries have taken a view that these platforms can help them manage and control both smaller, more efficient IT budgets and establish for the first time a path to universal access to public documents."

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When It's Life or Death, Some 911 Systems Turn To Linux (CIN)

CIN looks at using Linux in 911 emergency services. "While the low cost of Linux makes it attractive, the big draw for IT managers like Stebbins is its reliability. The machines in the St. George 911 center are in use 24 hours a day, seven days a week, says Stebbins. One of the systems has been running continuously for nearly a year and a half."

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Dell on Linux and Tablets (vnunet)

Vnunet covers Dell chief executive Michael Dell's pro-Linux keynote address at the recent Gartner symposium. ""We see a lot of customers who have developed Unix applications moving to Linux," he said. "Chief information officers have said that they knew Linux would cost less, but were surprised that it performed better.""

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Microsoft memo: Linux fight backfiring (News.com)

According to this News.com article, Microsoft execs are now realizing their tactics are not effective against Linux. " Top Microsoft executives, including co-founder Bill Gates and Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, have long derided open-source software as being everything from a "cancer" to "Pac-Man-like." But those messages have failed to diminish the popularity of open-source programs such as Linux among developers and customers, according to a Microsoft memo distributed at a strategy meeting in Berlin in September."

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MS admits its Linux-bashing jihad is a failure (Register)

Here's the Register's take on this year's Halloween memo from Microsoft. "The Beast has hired a research crew to do a bit of attitude sampling among the Great Unwashed in the US and abroad, and has found that slagging Linux is not winning it any points. In a company memo posted by Eric S. Raymond here we learn that regular folks are both eager for a Microsoft alternative and generally respectful of the open-source concept."

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SGI to unveil new supercomputer (News.com)

News.com takes a look at some new supercompters from SGI. "In the next few months, SGI will come out with its first Itanium 2 computers. These systems will hold 32 processors per rack and will run the Linux operating system."

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Original Mac hand leads Sun desktop charge (Register)

The Register looks at Sun's plans for a Linux desktop. "Jonathan Schwartz thinks Sun will be the first company to present a deployable Linux desktop with all the trimmings - the management software, applications (iPlanet) and the channel - to Fortune 500 customers. Since no one else of Sun's size is trying to do this, and IBM and Hewlett Packard are Windows licensees and are doing Linux everywhere except on the desktop, he's probably right. At least on this scale."

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Turbolinux sells clustering business to start-up (Register)

Turbolinux is in the process of changing its business model. This article in the Register covers the sale of its EnFuzion clustering software to start-up company Axceleon Inc. "The formation of Axceleon and the acquisition of EnFuzion follow the acquisition of Turbolinux by Japanese software house Software Research Associates Inc in August. While SRA acquired the Turbolinux name and Linux distribution business, Turbolinux's US management team planned to launch a new company based around its PowerCockpit server provisioning software under the management of former Turbolinux CEO Ly-Huong Pham."

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Linux adds desktop tools (vnunet)

Vnunet looks at new desktop releases coming from SuSE and Red Hat. "But Linux's near-term corporate success is still more likely to be on the server side. Suse said over 500 downloads of the UnitedLinux beta are being requested every day. UnitedLinux is an attempt to create a standard Linux configuration backed by Suse, SCO, Turbolinux and Conectiva."

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Linux & Learning (eSchoolNews)

The eSchoolNews examines ways in which Linux can save schools money. "Schools across the country are finding that Linux can help reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO) in a number of ways. Tightening budget constraints mean schools must capitalize on their existing infrastructure. Linux can run on a processor as slow as a 386. Remember those?" Thanks to Alonzo (Registration required)

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Stallman: Disk, I/O issues delay GNU OS (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld talks to Richard Stallman about the GNU OS. ""I would say that when two features that are that essential are still missing, we are not at version 1.0 of the system yet," Stallman told IDG News Service in an interview this week in Bangalore. Stallman was however noncommittal on a new release date." Thanks to Daniel Lark

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Tech legend takes on Microsoft (CNN)

CNN covers Mitch Kapor, the software pioneer who introduced products such as Lotus' Notes, Agenda and 1-2-3 spreadsheet, in a new open-source venture. "Kapor's latest effort, an open-source "interpersonal" information manager, has been under development for more than a year but doesn't yet exist. Yet already there are expectations it could challenge Outlook, the industry heavyweight."

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Oracle's Jarvis: Unplugged--but not unarmed (ZDNet)

ZDNet talks with Mark Jarvis, Chief Marketing Officer of Oracle. "As OracleWorld transpires this week, Oracle Chief Marketing Officer Mark Jarvis hopes to give Microsoft some grief with version 2 of the Oracle Collaboration Suite. In addition, Jarvis is calling OracleWorld a Linux festival, and touts the cost benefits of Linux/Intel solutions over Wintel and Unix platforms."

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LinuxDevices Embedded Linux Newsletter for Nov. 7, 2002

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Grounds for Identity (Linux Journal)

Linux Journal tackles the hot topic of identity. "At the show I made as much trouble as I could. On the opening day I moderated a panel on identity and open source. On the closing day I gave a talk about the open-source nature of internet infrastructure--the need for open identity protocols and other standards that commercial interests alone would be unlikely to provide."

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Data security for Linux power users (Register)

This Register article has some tips for keeping data secure on your Linux system. "I'll get into the Linux home network soon in a forthcoming article with our John Lettice. For now I'll concentrate on data hygiene and on-line anonymity. Why? because your Linux box is literally peppered with data traces indicating the Web sites you've visited, the files you've uploaded and downloaded, and every file you've recently accessed. You think encryption is the way to go? Think again. It's only as private as your passphrase is strong. It may be impractical for a remote attacker to crack it, but a brute-force attack is quite plausible for someone who has physical possession of your box and plenty of time. Like a police forensics lab, say."

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Lightweight Linux, Part 1 (IBM developerWorks)

This IBM developerWorks article is about leveraging older hardware to break the hardware/software upgrade cycle. "Too often, modern operating system vendors treat hardware as if it were disposable -- use it for a year and then throw it away. One might be tempted to believe that secret backroom meetings are going on between vendors of operating systems and computer hardware manufacturers. New operating systems and applications demand the latest, most powerful hardware. The newest hardware works best only with the latest, most feature-rich software. I'm sure the churn helps someone's bottom line, but it does nothing for mine."

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Clustered Linux: supercomputing on the cheap (ZDNet)

ZDNet is carrying a TechRepublic article about Linux clustering technology. "According to Linux vendors and industry analysts, cost-effectiveness is just one of several reasons prompting more enterprises to choose Linux systems."

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Developing LSB-certified applications (IBM developerWorks)

Here's a HOW-TO article on IBM developerWorks about developing LSB-certified applications. "The Linux Standard Base is a big step toward ensuring binary compatibility among Linux applications, and it should greatly reduce the amount of testing and validation required for operation on multiple platforms. In five straightforward steps, George Kraft, chairman of the Linux Standard Base, shows you how to build an LSB-certified application."

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Major German Paper praises KDE and Konqueror

KDE.news is carrying the news from a big German newspaper Süddeutsche, which has published a 10-part installation report of SuSE Linux 8.1, complete with praise for KDE and Konqueror. Other projects such as the Gimp and OpenOffice.org are also mentioned positively.

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Device Profile: CDL Paron 'secure PDA' (LinuxDevices)

LinuxDevices takes the CDL Paron for a test drive. "IBM and Consumer Direct Link, Inc. (CDL; Costa Mesa, CA) have co-developed the Paron MPC, a unique handheld PC which combines the functions of a PDA, Bluetooth wireless access, cellular telephone, and biometric fingerprint recognition, along with a security-oriented hardware/software architecture. In particular, IBM and CDL claim that the Paron represents the world's first handheld wireless device with built-in biometric user authentication."

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Zope quickstart in November Linux Productivity Magazine

The November issue of Linux Productivity Magazine explains the power of Zope, and then takes a completely uninitiated user through the steps to install and learn Zope. Included is a glossary of Zope terminology.

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