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Global Linux adoption key to competition
The global spread of freely available Linux software is the biggest competitive threat to Microsoft Corp. and other developers that keep the inner workings of their programs under wraps, Red Hat Inc. Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said on Thursday.
Open source punch-up surrounds mobile Java upgrade
Sun critics claim only making Java open source will guarantee its ubiquity and its power as a weapon against Microsoft, and this week IBM adopted the popular publicity tactic of the 'open letter', calling on Sun to open up the Java specifications.
Usenix takes Free Software campaign to Congress
The Board of Directors of Usenix, the Advanced Computing Systems Association, has followed up SCO's campaign of sending letters to US Congressmen urging them to speak out against the use of Free Software with a campaign of their own.
Sun to Meet IBM Over Open-Source Java
In response to an open letter from IBM asking Sun Microsystems Inc. to join the company in developing an open-source version of Java, Sun plans to meet with IBM to discuss the issue, Sun sources said.
Out with the new, in with the old
...with the surging interest in Linux, combined with the new FreeBSD Unix foundation for Apple's Mac OS X operating system, dowdy text commands are seeing something of a renaissance.
Linux server sales show high-end trend
With the server market's heavy pricing pressure, revenue growth has typically been far less than unit shipment growth--when any revenue growth could be found in the last three difficult years. But in Linux servers, revenue growth outpaced unit shipments, according to fourth-quarter figures from market research firm IDC.
Can IP-PBXs Go Open-Source?
Like any new company trying to break into a market with several established players, Pingtel has an uphill struggle. According to PBX analyst and regular BCR contributor Allan Sulkin, Pingtel has been battling companies such as Vertical, Altigen and Shoreline.
Denying SCO's right to redistribute GPL'ed code opens questions of Open Source compliance
Somebody had to do it, and why not Nmap? By restricting SCO was redistributing GPL'ed code, Fyodor has taken a step applauded by many (your editor included), but also raised the question of Open Source(tm) complaince, and started what could become an interesting story to watch over the coming months.
Metamail Format String Bugs And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
[Look for updated from your distribution shortly.] "Metamail is an implementation of MIME, the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a proposed standard for multimedia mail on the Internet. Metamail implements MIME, and also implements extensibility and configuration via the "mailcap" mechanism described in an informational RFC that is a companion to the MIME document."
Worldwide Server Market Posted Double Digits Revenue Growth in the Fourth Quarter of 2003, According to IDC
According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the worldwide server market grew at 11.4% to $13.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2003, marking the third consecutive quarter of positive growth. Worldwide server unit shipments grew dramatically by 22%, compared with the year-ago period. A favorable exchange rate was one factor leading to the very strong quarterly results, but the market grew 3% without the effects of the currency exchange rate.
Fyodor pulls Nmap from SCO products
One of the best-known network security scanners will no longer be available with the SCO Group's products, with its developer saying he had terminated the company's rights to redistribute any version of the program with its products.
Review: theKompany Black Adder Python IDE
Black Adder is theKompany's Python IDE. However, this simple answer, while accurate, does not do Black Adder justice. Black Adder offers Python developers a convenient interface for managing python files, easily navigating classes, debugging python scripts, database connectivity via mxODBC, and, of course, creating GUIs in Python using pyQT and QT Designer. As an added bonus, it does all this on both Windows and Linux.
Debian alert: New Linux 2.4.19 packages fix several local root exploits (mips)
An integer overflow in brk() system call (do_brk() function) for Linux allows a local attacker to gain root privileges. Fixed upstream in Linux 2.4.23.
Ballmer chuckles over Linux woes
Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft Corp., appears to take delight in the troubles that Munich is having as it switches 14,000 city computers from Windows to a rival Linux operating system.
Intel Hyper-Threading on Linux: Fact or Myth
ByteEnable explains Hyper-Threading, runs some benchmarks and shows you how to get the most out of a Intel Pentium4 HT enabled processor upgrade.
Mozilla Foundation rallies supporters to take back the web
Open Source developers gather to set the course for Mozilla's future.
Novell is back with end-to-end Linux solution
Novell Inc’s acquisition of SuSe Linux last month means it has acquired the pieces that make it the only IT vendor able to offer a complete end-to-end Linux solution, said its Asia Pacific sales and marketing director David Lenz.
Another Small Victory for Desktop Linux
Reports in Italy indicate that Rome City Council is the latest government organization to try Linux as a desktop operating system, although the jury is still out as to whether 2004 will be the year of desktop Linux.
Toward a new kind of 'Linux distribution'
There's no denying that "Linux distributions" have played a central role--arguably the central role--in the evolution of Linux from hobby project to mainstream technology. However, even as Slackware, Red Hat, and other distributions became "Linux" to millions of users, one inescapable fact remained: that unlike their proprietary OS cousins, which contain technologies developed (or licensed) by a single organization to fit into a single, integrated product, Linux distributions are merely convenient packaging around a loosely knit collection of thousands of independently developed technologies.
IBM forcing Sun to revisit Java strategy
Sun Microsystems Chief Engineer Rob Gingell is going to think long and hard and carefully craft a response to IBM's challenge that it set Java free in the open source world. We probably won't see an official reaction for a few days at least, a Sun spokeswoman told NewsForge Thursday.
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