LONG [News Digest] of news articles for the 24hrs preceeding 12-09-06
Mark Kent
in comp.os.linux.advocacy. If you have any comments, suggestions or
remarks, please reply to this message and I will take account of all
that I can. The digest is created from my leafnode news spool, which is
pre-filtered, so some poster's articles might not appear.
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Subject: [News] Phillipines Gets FOSS Bill from Lobbyist
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:37:24 +0100
Copying (by hand) from the PDF.
,----[ Quote ]
| An act defining the procurement of software in government agencies,
| promoting the development, and use of free/open source sofware (FOSS)
`----
,----[ Quote ]
| "This act shall be known as the "Free/Open Source Software (FOSS)
| Act of 2006"
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http://www.chinwong.com/Documents/FOSS_bill_draft_.pdf
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Subject: [News] Students Love GNU/Linux, Microsoft Teaches with FreeBSD
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:16:54 +0100
Attracting Students to C# With FreeBSD
,----[ Quote ]
| Giga Information Group analyst Rob Enderle says Microsoft is trying to
| win the hearts and minds of computer science college students who are
| currently enamored of Linux and open source.
|
| Giga's Enderle maintains Microsoft chose FreeBSD because it's "viewed
| as being neutral, whereas Linux is viewed as being a competing
| platform."
`----
http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=2004
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Subject: [News] MythTV - Easy Setup Television, Powered by GNU/Linux
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:29:31 +0100
MythTV - Record and playback all your favourite TV soaps in GNU/Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| KnoppMyth : This is an attempt at making the Linux and MythTV installation
| as trivial as possible...
|
| MythTV for XBox - This is a project which aids in setting up MythTV on
| ones XBox gaming station with ease...
|
| MiniMyth - This is a small Linux distribution which turns a diskless
| computer into a MythTV front-end.
|
| Fedora Myth(TV)ology - This is a project started by Jarod Wilson...
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http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/09/mythtv-record-and-playback-all-your.html
There's also MythDora from Dennis Hand, whom I corresponded with last month.
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Subject: [News] Complete Bio-Protected GNU/Linux on Your Keychain
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:23:33 +0100
Portable Personal Computing Environment
,----[ Quote ]
| Ever get that tingly feeling at the base of your spine when using one
| of those grubby "public" computers? Did you log out of Gmail and blow away
| all those browser cookies? Don't forget because someone could be watching
| the browser log files. The Bio Computer-On-a-Stick solves these worries
| by providing your own USB powered Linux based bootable private computing
| environment... protected by fingerprint scan of course. All the standard
| apps needed are pre-installed, including Firefox web browser, e-mail, IM,
| and Open Office. Plus you get 512MB of space to store your files and
| documents. Simply locate a willing host computer, plug-in the Bio
| Computer, and restart from the included mini boot cd. Nothing is written
| to the host computer hard drive... It's almost like you were never
| there.
`----
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/80be/
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Subject: [News] "Ultimately, open source is the platform of the future"
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:20:17 +0100
Millionaire cosmonaut takes on Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| 'Ultimately open source is the platform of the future,' Shuttleworth told
| Reuters. 'It's one of those enormous waves that is taking over everything
| -- like the Internet.'
|
| [...]
|
| Governments in Brazil, China, Spain, India and Malaysia are already
| using Linux-based systems and Shuttleworth argues free software could
| slash the cost of getting computers into schools, community centres and
| homes in Africa.
|
| [...]
|
| 'Because open source is free, we can share knowledge much faster,'
| Shuttleworth said. 'If a kid learns to use a program at school she can
| take it and download it at home, show it to her parents and even her
| friends.'
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http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1200011.php/Millionaire_cosmonaut_takes_on_Microsoft
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Subject: [News] Candidate to Become Leader of Japan Loves UNIX/Linux
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:55:39 +0100
Look at his homepage.
'Nuff said.
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Subject: [News] Linux-based Gaming Console Gets GPS (the Hardcore Way)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:25:42 +0100
GPS for GP2X
,----[ Quote ]
| The GP2X is an handheld running Linux. It has 2 arm-processors and a
| few peripherial interfaces: Available on the ext-port is a serial port
| which normally is used as a debugging port. Other hardware can be
| connected to it too, though. I've used it to build a GPS-receiver into
| the GP2X, while keeping the original debugging-function.
`----
http://sprite.student.utwente.nl/~jeroen/projects/gpsgp2x/
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Subject: [News] Bill Gates Installs Mozilla Firefox, Deep in Denial
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:52:22 +0100
What Mr. Gates thinks of FireFox
,----[ Quote ]
| Bill Gates is one of the people with FireFox on his computer, so I asked
| him for his opinion.
|
| "So much software gets downloaded all the time, but do people actually use
| it?" he argued
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http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/20152
Sour grapes arguments from Gates. Only yesterday:
Firefox gains share, IE loses
,----[ Quote ]
| Other browsers posted slight gains in August, including Apple's own
| Safari (+.03 percent to 3.21) and Opera +.05 percent to 0.64).
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http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=36640
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Subject: [News] Want Vista? Then Get New Gear, Licences and... Air Conditioner
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:07:00 +0100
Hands on: Running Vista on a MacBook Pro
,----[ Quote ]
| 'Since installing Vista, I have found that my MacBook Pro runs hot. No
| doubt Microsoft hasn't worked on power management issues that might affect
| Apple hardware, which leaves me to wonder whether I'm slowly cooking the
| motherboard of my laptop. It's not hot enough to fry an egg on the
| aluminum case, but my laptop is noticeably warmer than when I use Mac OS X.
| I've also noticed that battery life is substantially reduced. Once again,
| energy management for Apple hardware is not likely at the top of
| Microsoft's list. Once Apple writes updated drivers to work with Vista, I'd
| expect these issues to be addressed.'
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003111
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Subject: [News] Sansung Telecom Web Site Runs Windows, Gets Hijacked, Spreads Malware, Breaks Apart
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:14:13 +0100
Samsung site hijacked as malware host
,----[ Quote ]
| The U.S. corporate website of Samsung Telecom has been hijacked and
| used to host and distribute malware, security vendor Websense has
| revealed.
`----
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=709669709&rid=-50
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=SamsungTelecom.com
I rest me (sic) case. Site is currently (still) down.
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Subject: [News] Linux Servers Steal the Spotlight
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:16:37 +0100
Spotlight: Linux and server report
,----[ Quote ]
| The advent of low-cost commodity servers was a boon to Linux, which offered
| a low-cost operating system for that platform. The capabilities of
| relatively low-priced servers have increased, and Linux has kept pace.
| This collection of news, expert advice and user stories shows how and
| why Linux plays well with blades, 64-bit servers and more heavy metal.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/general/0,295582,sid39_gci1213774,00.html
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Subject: [News] Indonesian Businesses Advised to Go Apple or Linux?
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:20:50 +0100
Computing systems for business: Linux or Mac?
,----[ Quote ]
| "It was annoying, the spams and the virus. It slows down my work,
| which relies heavily on e-mails. I can get and send 50 e-mails a day,
| but because of spams my inbox is sometimes crowded with hundreds of
| e-mails, some carrying virus," Ruthie said.
`----
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20060911.Q02&irec=1
Tell Ruthie that Windows machines (zomboes) are also responsible for spewing
out all that SPAM.
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Subject: [News] New Linux Filesystem Fascilitates Distributed Storage
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:25:02 +0100
Cleversafe Launches DSGrid File System
,----[ Quote ]
| The Cleversafe project, developers of the world's first open source
| Dispersed Storage software, has launched a new open source project, called
| the DSGrid File System (dsgfs), to allow a dispersed storage grid to appear
| as a mountable file system for Linux-based software applications.
|
| [...]
|
| ...Using the dsgfs, users will be able to seamlessly store data on
| the Cleversafe Research Storage Grid, on a commercial grid or on a grid
| they build themselves. dsgfs initially will support various versions
| of Linux, including Debian, Fedora and CentOS.
|
| "This new project means that most Linux-based applications will now be
| able to seamlessly take advantage of the benefits of dispersed storage,
| which include security, reliability and privacy,? said John Quigley,
| dsgfs project lead. "Cleversafe is inviting organizations and individualst
| o freely participate in the project."
`----
http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/875634.html
I suspect that Google'e GFS achieves the same thing, but is not available to
the public.
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Subject: [News] Linux Joins the US Navy
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:27:44 +0100
Linux helps Navy keep high-tech weapon system updated
,----[ Quote ]
| General-purpose computing systems (in other words: personal computers
| and workstations) could be useful within a variety of control systems
| as human machine interface (HMI) platforms, network interface systems
| and even host computers, but many engineers hesitate to incorporate
| them because of the many stability and security issues surrounding the
| dominant PC operating system, Microsoft Windows XP. Linux provides an
| open-source alternative that avoids these Microsoft-related issues. As
| more engineers become acquainted with Linux, and Linux vendors make
| their implementations easier to use, PCs running Linux OS have begun
| to appear in many mission-critical applications.
|
| For example, Real-Time Innovations (RTI) and Concurrent Computer Corp.
| have partnered to provide RTI's standards-based real-time data
| distribution middleware with Concurrent's RedHawk Linux in support of
| the U.S. Navy's Aegis Open Architecture program.
|
| [...]
|
| Concurrent's RedHawk Linux provides fast response to external events,
| optimized interprocess communication, and high I/O throughput needed for
| time-critical applications. The operating system has gained acceptance as
| a leading real-time Linux platform for high-performance applications,
| guaranteeing response on a dedicated processor to an external event in
| less than 30 microseconds.
`----
http://www.manufacturing.net/ctl/article/CA6368771.html
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Subject: [News] Microsoft? Think The Titanic (GOOD READ)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:36:37 +0100
Hasta la Vista, part 2: MSFT Titanic
,----[ Quote ]
| In the first part of this series, I mentioned how Jim Allchin came in,
| saved the day and everything was hunky dory again. Wrong. The story that
| "Windows was broken" came out in September, 2005. The same month a blog
| was published about the up and coming reorganization of Microsoft,
| stating that is was "just shuffling the chairs on the deck of the
| Titanic".
|
| [...]
|
| Six months later, the programmers seem to have come close to a mutiny,
| saying "Fire the leadership now!", saying "People need to be fired and
| moved out of Microsoft today. Where's the freakin' accountability"?
|
| [...]
|
| One day later, David Richards reports: "Up to 60% of the code in the new
| consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be
| rewritten as the Company 'scrambles' to fix internal problems a Microsoft
| insider has confirmed to SHN. (..) Microsoft has also admitted that it has
| major problems in it's Windows division and has has immediately initiated a
| total restructure of the division, a move that comes after a costly delay
| in rolling out its Vista program. (..) An internal memo written by Kevin
| Johnson the Co-President of the Windows division has revealed the changes
| that the Windows division faces: 'As part of the next step of Jim's
| transition, we discussed when it was appropriate to move his direct reports
| to me, and decided that this organization change was the right time.'"
|
| [...]
|
| Less than three months later, Bill Gates decides to resign. Even more
| features are scrapped in a desperate attempt to hit the release date.
| Now even the major networks are beginning to pick up the problems at
| Microsoft, like ABC ("What's wrong with Microsoft") and CNN ("A reality
| check for Vista").
|
| [...]
|
| You may or may not like Linux, but I promise you that the next guy who
| has the guts to publish an article like "Is Linux ready for the desktop?",
| I'll personally come over and punch his lights out! You say Aero, we got
| Xgl. You say WinFS, we got Beagle. You say Monad, we got plenty of those!
|
| [...]
|
| So, those of you who still think Microsoft will pull it off easily, are
| you still that convinced? Microsoft is seeking help with Xen, an Open
| Source company.
|
| [...]
|
| IBM went down when they introduced their PS/2 line of products. It
| should have been their finest hour. Microsoft may share the same fate.
| It will certainly not be the end of the giant, but it will be the end of
| a reign of terror. Still not convinced? I will give a Microsoft employee
| the last word:
|
| "It scares me that this is what Linux does today, it?s free. Open Office
| is free. I can do anything on the 'free' platform that I can do on Windows.
| Eventually it will be like an old sweater that I am comfy with. Wait 10
| years and watch as these folks graduate and move into positions of
| influence. Its no longer a hard migration issue -- that generation will
| be comfy with Linux and it will be the kind of decision (if not easier)
| that was made when corporations moved from OS/2 or DOS to Windows. No need
| to train.. What the hell is Windows anyway? I truly believe that was a
| big factor that drove our platform; we were able to get the stuff for
| almost free. Give it away to students.."
`----
http://thebeez.vnunetblogs.com/the_beez_speaks/2006/09/hasta_la_vista__1.html
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Subject: [News] Executives Looking for Open Source Alternatives
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:39:08 +0100
RP firms looking for 'open source alternatives'--execs
,----[ Quote ]
| It is no longer a question whether or not local companies should go open
| source. It is whether local providers can deliver open source solutions,
| executives of local software companies have said.
|
| Fernando Contreras, Jr., president and chief executive officer of software
| development and system design firm Imperium Technology Inc., said local
| customers were now aware of "open source alternatives."
|
| [...]
|
| "Open source provides business opportunities for companies," he added.
`----
http://technology.inq7.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=20147
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Subject: [News] Malaysia Saves Money by Using Open Source in the Public Sector
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:56:10 +0100
Expanding open source in public sector
,----[ Quote ]
| The Government has saved up to 30 per cent on information and
| communications technology costs among its agencies under the Open
| Source Software (OSS) initiative.
`----
http://www.ctimes.com.my/BusinessNews/20060911093653/wartrevamp
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Subject: [News] Why Open Source (Linux) is Better Than Windows
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:30:16 +0100
Why Open Source is Better.. Part One
,----[ Quote ]
| E.g. - The computer my mum and sister use was running Windows XP, and
| plagued by spyware, unfixed exploits ... and my phone was ringing all
| the time! "Help..."
|
| One day i got fed up, and decided to pop Ubuntu Linux on the machine.
| I've had two phone calls in the last three months! Quote from my
| technophobe mum: "I like this, it's much easier to use and I don't any
| popups any more."
`----
http://www.jameshooker.com/sitev3/
(The style of this writeup is juvenile)
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Subject: [News] eyeOS - Another Open Source (GPL/PHP/Apache) Web-based Operating System
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:34:56 +0100
What is eyeOS?
,----[ Quote ]
| eyeOS is an Open Source Web Desktop Environment, commonly known as
| Web Operating System (Web OS) or Web Office. eyeOS is Open Source
| Software, and can be downloaded or used trought the official eyeOS
| server. The basic System comes with some office and PIM applications,
| and the complete eyeOS software database can be found at eyeApps.org and
| in the public server.
`----
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Subject: [News] Inquirer Review: Vista is a Mess
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:01:19 +0100
Microsoft Vista is still a mess
,----[ Conclusion ]
| Vista's still a mess. It's meant to be at release candidate stage, yet
| vendor's are struggling to provide sufficient driver support, features
| are still missing or not yet complete, and its performance compared to XP
| is still poor. Nowadays hardware is cheap, and it would be sufficiently
| acceptable to upgrade in anticipation of a wonderfully revolutionary OS.
| Unfortunately Vista provides little to no benefit for end users compared
| to that of the previous version of Windows, released five years ago
| in 2001.
|
| There are no upgrades or features to the OS that are sufficiently
| compelling to make upgrading a necessity, some which were earlier
| promised, allowed for sufficient reason for an upgrade to be considered,
| but these have been removed one by one over the course of Vista's
| prolonged patchy road of development, and now Vista appears little more
| than an ill-performing version of XP with a glorified interface.
`----
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34268
COLA has argued (anticipated/foresaw) this for at least a year. To quote the
bottom line again:
"Ill-performing version of XP with a glorified interface."
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Subject: [News] Vista RC1 Leads to Confusion, Dependency Issues
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:07:51 +0100
Vista tests leave us all in the dark
,----[ Quote ]
| The VoleWare version is clunky, it requires you to download .net, but it
| does tell you which types of software will not work under Vista at the
| moment too. In my case Nero 7 Premium Nero will have to be uninstalled as
| well as a little thing called Sun J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6.
|
| However, Vole says I will have no problem with any of my hardware and I
| will be able to install Vista's premium packs just as soon as I have
| mortgaged the house and sold the wife and the cat into slavery to
| afford it.
|
| The question is, which one is right? It seems that ATi want me to dump
| my Nvidia card and Microsoft wants me to abandon Java. We wonder what
| they are really trying to say?
`----
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34270
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Subject: [News] Open Source Storage Project Kicked Off
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:03:10 +0100
Open source storage software project gets green light
,----[ Quote ]
| The IBM-run Eclipse Foundation has created a new open source project
| to develop storage management software.
`----
http://www.techworld.com/networking/news/index.cfm?newsID=6832&pagtype=samechan
Initial announcement/plan (older news):
Eclipse Foundation Creates Open Source Aperi Storage Management Framework
,----[ Quote ]
| "The Aperi Project will simplify the management of storage environments
| and increase interoperability through a standards-based, open source
| software framework"
`----
http://www.ebizq.net/news/7265.html?rss
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Subject: [News] More Software, More Linux-oriented (Digest)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:07:08 +0100
Cimmetry Releases Linux Version of AutoVue
,----[ Quote ]
| By responding to the evolving needs of a global customer
| base that is increasingly relying on the Linux server platform for its
| technical engineering departments, Cimmetry enhances its leadership
| position in the collaborative visualization market.
`----
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-11-2006/0004429932&EDATE=
PIKA Technologies Connects Skype to Asterisk Open Source PBX
,----[ Quote ]
| PIKA Technologies has announced the upcoming release of a new addition to
| the PIKA Connect product line. The second generation PIKA Connect for
| Asterisk is a channel driver for open source Linux-based Asterisk PBX,
| enabling connectivity to Skype.
`----
http://home.nestor.minsk.by/computers/news/2006/09/1105.html
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Subject: [News] Company Replaces Windows with Linux in 90 Branches
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:10:58 +0100
Hire company charges ahead with Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| Kennards Hire is ready to replace Windows server with Linux at 90 branches,
| to accompany 400 desktops already running the open source operating system.
`----
*Yawn* What...? Another company dumps Windows?
Many Linux praises in the article, e.g.:
,----[ Quote ]
| "We're finding it (Linux) very reliable," he said. "To fix an issue on
| Linux, even as far as resetting the OS, the guys can do that very
| easily through Linux. It's totally configurable remotely. "They can get
| rid of an application, wipe it, without going on-site."
`----
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Subject: [News] More Details on IBM's Opening Up of Software in Healthcare
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:19:04 +0100
New IBM Software to Facilitate Healthcare Data Exchange
,----[ Quote ]
| IBM announced a major step in the drive toward a national electronic
| medical records system by contributing software technology that supports
| the exchange of healthcare information to the open source community.
`----
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/52918.html
This was initially mentioned last month.
IBM brings electronic medical records one step closer through open technology
,----[ Quote ]
| IBM today announced a major step in the drive toward a national
| electronic medical records system by contributing software technology
| that supports the exchange of healthcare information to the open source
| community.
`----
http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/pr.nsf/pages/news.20060809_openhealthcare.html
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Subject: [News] Speculation: Apple-Schmidt for Google OS?
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:21:53 +0100
Google and Apple: A Google OS At Last?
,----[ Quote ]
| At this point in time, we don't know what all of this will lead to, but
| just think for a moment about how Google already has most of the
| building blocks in place for some sort of an OS presence. They don't
| necessarily need to build it from scratch themselves if they can somehow
| work with Apple on devising a system that does all of the work for them.
`----
http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2325
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Subject: [News] Popular MySQL GUI Does GPL
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:48:15 +0100
Webyog Contributes the Source Code of Their Flagship Product SQLyog to the
Open Source Community
,----[ Quote ]
| Webyog announced this week that its widely popular product SQLyog -
| an advanced graphical client for administration of MySQL databases,
| will be released under the Open Source GPL license.
|
| [...]
|
| QLyog runs on Windows and the Wine Windows emulator on Linux.
`---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Wine Is NOT Emulator (WinE)
http://www.prweb.com/releases/sqlyog-mysql-gui/manager-front-end/prweb434995.htm
Now that's GPL'd, it won't be hard to create a native version for GNU/Linux.
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Subject: [News] New Video Wall Powered by Linux
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:51:44 +0100
1-2-1VIEW Unveils Linux-Based Video Wall Solution
,----[ Quote ]
| Based on Linux open source and IP technology, the MegaEye
| seamlessly integrates with existing network infrastructure and
| can be economically scaled to any size without compromising on
| image quality.
`----
http://linux.sys-con.com/read/270115.htm
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Subject: [News] Open Source Development Beats Proprietary Counterparts
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:42:20 +0100
Eclipse director: Open source development bests proprietary
,----[ Quote ]
| In this exclusive interview, Milinkovich explains how his organization
| was able to effectively deploy 10 projects simultaneously to Eclipse
| developers while proprietary vendors struggled to even get their code out
| the door at times, and why having a lot of plug-ins is great so long as
| IT managers can find them effectively.
`----
http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1215034,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/hfxlz
Also see:
Eclipse Adoption on The Rise
,----[ Quote ]
| With the EclipseWorld conference kicking off this week in Boston, it would
| be easy to think the open source Java tools project is everywhere.
`----
http://www.devxnews.com/article.php/3630071
====
Subject: [News] Windows is Insecure Because It Was Simply Born That Way
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:47:32 +0100
Linux vs Windows
,----[ Quote ]
| The author point out several 'Myths' that have been dogging the
| arguements over Windows and Linux and defends them rather well. Two of them
| I rather like were
|
| 1. If Linux is said to only seem more secure because fewer people use it,
| then why is apache considered more secure that IIS when apache is more
| widely used.
|
| 2. If open source is inherently vulnerable, why is apache more secure even
| though it is open source. (The security by anonymity argument takes a
| beating again :-) )
|
| [...]
|
| Further the discourse on Windows' inherent insecurity due to its single
| user and monolithic model was food for though. (So now I know why the
| systems on the domain cannot fast switch users.)
|
| Another useful comment on the site is how microsoft encourages admins to
| use the administrator account itself for their application needs. Again
| that struck a chord. How many times have we seen admins on systems
| running the domain server using their fully empowered administrator
| account to 'go surfing', as one colleague put it, with IE.
`----
http://jsemmanuel.blogspot.com/2006/09/linux-vs-windows.html
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Subject: [News] Windows Can Silently CORRUPT Data
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:12:20 +0100
MS06-049 Causing Silent Data Corruption
,----[ Quote ]
| "It looks like there is a problem with the recently released MS06-049
| / KB920958 patch. If you have compression activated on any folder, then
| the compressed data is at risk from corruption. New files that are close
| to a multiple of 4K in size will have their last 4,000 bytes or so
| overwritten with 0xDF. Although this problem has been reported to
| Microsoft, as yet there appears to have been no official announcement."
`----
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/11/1342224&from=rss
I guess these data corruptions prove that XP ought to have BSoD'd more often
than it does. How will a GNU-bee know that some vital data was not erased
some time in the past? Silent loss of data is usually worse than having to
reinstall the O/S or having data leaks and ransoms (e.g. hijackers) that are
at least detectable.
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Subject: [News] Alfresco's Open Source ECM Launched, Runs on Linux
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:40:20 +0100
Alfresco Launches First Open Source Records Management Solution
,----[ Quote ]
| Alfresco Software Inc., the first provider of an open source
| enterprise content management solution, today announced the
| availability of the Alfresco Records Manager preview release.
`----
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=161753
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Subject: [News] Linux Networx (HPC) Gets Additional $37 Million in Funding
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:42:16 +0100
Linux Networx Scores $37M
,----[ Quote ]
| Salt Lake City, Utah-based Linux Networx has raised $37M in a round
| of venture funding, the firm reported today.
`----
http://www.techrockies.com/story/0005273.html
====
Subject: [News] Resolving the Wembley Goal Dispute, Using Linux
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:44:29 +0100
Linux system could resolve "Wembley goal" dispute
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| According to statements by the BBC Piero was written in Java and C++
| and builds on top of OpenGL API under Linux.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/78007
Linux also resolves the operating systems dispute.
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Subject: [News] Reconciliation With An Abusive Monopoly
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:52:26 +0100
FOSS Community, Microsoft And Reconciliation
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| I had a fair amount of respect for Neil McAllister until today. In
| his article, McAllister is calling on the FOSS community to "to set
| aside their pride, recognise (sic) their place in the larger software
| market and start working to build bridges, rather than fortresses."
| Nowhere in his article does McAllister suggest that Microsoft should
| change its behavior. Nowhere did McAllister suggest that Microsoft
| should stop abusing others. Nowhere did McAllister suggest that
| Microsoft consider making a public acknowledgment of the way it has
| treated the FOSS community. In his view, Microsoft has the flowers;
| therefore, we should go back home.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/69311/index.html
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Subject: [News] Silicon Graphics Pushes GNU/Linux Into the Clusters
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:02:46 +0100
SGI Brings Real-Time Performance and Streamlined Cluster Management to
Open Source Linux With SGI ProPack 5
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| SGI today unveiled SGI ProPack(TM) 5 for Linux(R), the latest version of
| its software supplement that boosts the capabilities and performance
| of industry- standard Linux on the world's most scalable Linux
| servers.
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Older news:
SGI drops MIPS Irix computers
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/77763 (in German)
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Subject: [News] School of Medicine Turns to Open Source, Spreads Like Cancer
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:05:12 +0100
College Taps Open-Source App to Solve Costly Paper Chase
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| Going with an open-source application also saved the school plenty of
| money by avoiding the need for licensing fees, according to Charlie
| Hitlin, manager of application development and media services for the
| UNC-CH SOM. The SOM's open-source experiment also paved the way for
| other UNC-CH departments to get involved with the free code movement.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2012729,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
I hope that the subject line doesn't upset anybody. I'm having second
thoughts.
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Ray Ingles
> This is a digest of the previous 24 hours (GMT day) of [News] postings
> in comp.os.linux.advocacy. If you have any comments, suggestions or
> remarks, please reply to this message and I will take account of all
> that I can.
How about a list of the "Subject" lines at the beginning so they are
easier to skim? Otherwise, a good idea. :->
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Mark Kent
Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> espoused:
> On 2006-09-12, Mark Kent <mark...@demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> This is a digest of the previous 24 hours (GMT day) of [News] postings
>> in comp.os.linux.advocacy. If you have any comments, suggestions or
>> remarks, please reply to this message and I will take account of all
>> that I can.
>
> How about a list of the "Subject" lines at the beginning so they are
> easier to skim? Otherwise, a good idea. :->
>
Interesting idea... guess I could do it with two sed runs. I'll take a
look at that.
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"It is our worship word too."
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Roy Schestowitz
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> Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> espoused:
>> On 2006-09-12, Mark Kent <mark...@demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> This is a digest of the previous 24 hours (GMT day) of [News] postings
>>> in comp.os.linux.advocacy. If you have any comments, suggestions or
>>> remarks, please reply to this message and I will take account of all
>>> that I can.
>>
>> How about a list of the "Subject" lines at the beginning so they are
>> easier to skim? Otherwise, a good idea. :->
>>
>
> Interesting idea... guess I could do it with two sed runs. I'll take a
> look at that.
An index would be neat, but I should probably stay out of this discussion.
*smile*
flatfish+++
Yea....
You might lose some hits on your webpage and you wouldn't have Mark's nose
up your butt shilling for you.
Hadron Quark
> This is a digest of the previous 24 hours (GMT day) of [News] postings
> in comp.os.linux.advocacy. If you have any comments, suggestions or
> remarks, please reply to this message and I will take account of all
> that I can. The digest is created from my leafnode news spool, which is
> pre-filtered, so some poster's articles might not appear.
>
> ====
>
> Subject: [News] Phillipines Gets FOSS Bill from Lobbyist
> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:37:24 +0100
remove [News] - its redundant. Ditto for "Subject:" . Center subject text
with date underneath.
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Hadron Quark
An index would not be very useful for a very obvious reason : it cant be posted
in html with links. It would be yet more redundancy.
> An index would be neat, but I should probably stay out of this discussion.
> *smile*
Yes. If you posted them as an original digest like any sane person
would, we wouldnt be having this discussion and Mark wouldnt have to act
like your secretary.
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Ray Ingles
> An index would not be very useful for a very obvious reason : it cant be posted
> in html with links. It would be yet more redundancy.
It would allow you to inspect the list of subjects and see if there was
anything you wanted to scroll down to see. Kind of like what the subject
view already does in, say, a newsreader...
>> An index would be neat, but I should probably stay out of this discussion.
>> *smile*
>
> Yes. If you posted them as an original digest like any sane person
> would, we wouldnt be having this discussion and Mark wouldnt have to act
> like your secretary.
Now, see, *I* asked politely and the idea's being considered. Might I
diffidently suggest that a more civil tone could be more productive?
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Hadron Quark
> On 2006-09-12, Hadron Quark <qadro...@geemail.com> wrote:
>> An index would not be very useful for a very obvious reason : it cant be posted
>> in html with links. It would be yet more redundancy.
>
> It would allow you to inspect the list of subjects and see if there was
> anything you wanted to scroll down to see. Kind of like what the subject
> view already does in, say, a newsreader...
>
>>> An index would be neat, but I should probably stay out of this discussion.
>>> *smile*
>>
>> Yes. If you posted them as an original digest like any sane person
>> would, we wouldnt be having this discussion and Mark wouldnt have to act
>> like your secretary.
>
> Now, see, *I* asked politely and the idea's being considered. Might I
> diffidently suggest that a more civil tone could be more productive?
You will find I did. And got called a wintroll. Sorry : I treat as I
find too.
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Peter Köhlmann
> Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> writes:
>
>> On 2006-09-12, Hadron Quark <qadro...@geemail.com> wrote:
>>> An index would not be very useful for a very obvious reason : it cant be
>>> posted in html with links. It would be yet more redundancy.
>>
>> It would allow you to inspect the list of subjects and see if there was
>> anything you wanted to scroll down to see. Kind of like what the subject
>> view already does in, say, a newsreader...
>>
>>>> An index would be neat, but I should probably stay out of this
>>>> discussion. *smile*
>>>
>>> Yes. If you posted them as an original digest like any sane person
>>> would, we wouldnt be having this discussion and Mark wouldnt have to act
>>> like your secretary.
>>
>> Now, see, *I* asked politely and the idea's being considered. Might I
>> diffidently suggest that a more civil tone could be more productive?
>
> You will find I did. And got called a wintroll.
Because you are one
> Sorry : I treat as I find too.
Now where have we heard that before?
Simon Cooke comes to mind, the worst asshole ever to post on usenet
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Mark Kent
Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> espoused:
>> An index would not be very useful for a very obvious reason : it cant be posted
>> in html with links. It would be yet more redundancy.
>
> It would allow you to inspect the list of subjects and see if there was
> anything you wanted to scroll down to see. Kind of like what the subject
> view already does in, say, a newsreader...
Some people are not to be pleased, are they? This chap was the person
who was first asking for a digest, afairc.
>
>>> An index would be neat, but I should probably stay out of this discussion.
>>> *smile*
>>
>> Yes. If you posted them as an original digest like any sane person
>> would, we wouldnt be having this discussion and Mark wouldnt have to act
>> like your secretary.
>
> Now, see, *I* asked politely and the idea's being considered. Might I
> diffidently suggest that a more civil tone could be more productive?
>
Also, I don't think Mr Quark considered the very obvious issue that
digests can only be made /after/ the postings have happened, not before.
I'm sure he's regretting that little oversight, as evidenced by the
above.
Mark Kent
Peter Köhlmann <peter.k...@t-online.de> espoused:
> Hadron Quark wrote:
>
>> Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> writes:
>>
>>> On 2006-09-12, Hadron Quark <qadro...@geemail.com> wrote:
>>>> An index would not be very useful for a very obvious reason : it cant be
>>>> posted in html with links. It would be yet more redundancy.
>>>
>>> It would allow you to inspect the list of subjects and see if there was
>>> anything you wanted to scroll down to see. Kind of like what the subject
>>> view already does in, say, a newsreader...
>>>
>>>>> An index would be neat, but I should probably stay out of this
>>>>> discussion. *smile*
>>>>
>>>> Yes. If you posted them as an original digest like any sane person
>>>> would, we wouldnt be having this discussion and Mark wouldnt have to act
>>>> like your secretary.
>>>
>>> Now, see, *I* asked politely and the idea's being considered. Might I
>>> diffidently suggest that a more civil tone could be more productive?
>>
>> You will find I did. And got called a wintroll.
>
> Because you are one
>
He wanted a digest, I've made him one. He's still not happy. And this,
in spite of his consistently posting off-topic in this group.
Tim Smith
Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
> How about a list of the "Subject" lines at the beginning so they are
> easier to skim? Otherwise, a good idea. :->
RFC1153
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--Tim Smith
Ray Ingles
Works for me. Thanks for digging that up!
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Mark Kent
Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> espoused:
>> In article <slrnegd6dr....@localhost.localdomain>,
>> Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
>>> How about a list of the "Subject" lines at the beginning so they are
>>> easier to skim? Otherwise, a good idea. :->
>>
>> RFC1153
>
> Works for me. Thanks for digging that up!
>
1153 is intended for mail readers like mutt which can decompose the
digest back into individual messages. This wasn't my original plan, but
I see no reason why it couldn't be done.
Any other thoughts?
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