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IBM has $1bn to wean developers from Microsoft

IBM will attempt to lure the developers with co-marketing deals, free software, low-cost development tools and access to large customer accounts - if they agree to translate their applications to run on IBM software platforms. The move is part of Mr Palmisano's strategy to invigorate the world's largest computer company before what he expects to be an upturn in global technology markets this year.

Slides from Brendan Eich's Mozilla Futures Talk at Developer Day ...

In the presentation, the Mozilla Foundation's Chief Architect outlined Mozilla's strengths and weaknesses and described a future strategy plan.

Fly Your Linux Box by Gyromouse

  • Linux Journal (Posted by dave on Mar 2, 2004 3:21 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Reclaim your desktop space and explore new possibilities with a Gyromouse/compact keyboard suite. Pick it up off the table. Squeeze the trigger on the bottom and tilt your wrist slightly. The cursor instantly follows your every movement. It's accurate, wireless and projects the ultimate in techno appeal. It's an Ultra GT Gyromouse.

Debian alert: New Linux 2.2.20 packages fix local root exploit (i386+m68k+powerpc)

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Mar 2, 2004 3:20 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: Debian
Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski of isec.pl discovered a critical security vulnerability in the memory management code of Linux inside the mremap(2) system call. Due to flushing the TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer, an address cache) too early it is possible for an attacker to trigger a local root exploit.

Sixth Real-time Linux Workshop issues call for papers

  • LinuxDevices.com (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 4:59 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Sixth Real-time Linux Workshop, scheduled for Nov. 3-5, 2004, in the island city/nation of Singapore, has issued a call for papers. Interested speakers should submit a 2,000-word abstract on one of several pre-set topics by August 1, 2004.

LXer statement of position on matters pertaining to SCO

You may have noticed a complete lack of SCO-related news posted to LXer for the past couple days, click to find out why.

Embedded Linux standards -- to be or not to be?

  • LinuxDevices.com (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 12:18 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The SD Times asks: "Should embedded Linux be standardized?" The article, by Edward J. Correia, discusses fragmentation and industry standards and focuses on standardization efforts from the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) and the newer Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF).

Gartner/Dataquest: Embedded Linux is now number one in Asia

  • LinuxDevices.com (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 12:18 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Gartner/DataQuest and EE Times Asia have collaborated on a survey which has found embedded Linux to now be the most commonly used operating system among Asian embedded developers. The finding comes from a detailed study surveying over 800 embedded software developers in Asia.

Mini Interview with Xandros Executives

  • OSnews (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 11:30 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Today we feature a mini but interesting interview with Xandros executives, Dr. Frederick H. Berenstein (Chairman & CTO) and Ming Poon (VP of Software Development).

Novell's Linux strategy will pay off, but not immediately

  • Business Times Singapore (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 11:28 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Novell
Pundits expecting quick returns from Novell's recent forays into Linux are likely to remain disappointed as the combined entity sees little short-term revenue upside for the company in the Asia-Pacific in the near term.

Company bypasses network-attached storage for Linux clusters

  • Search Enterprise Linux (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 9:44 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
A couple of years ago, Dynamic Graphics Group might have chosen network-attached storage (NAS) and not Linux for its new storage and delivery platform. But the company's IT gurus -- Todd Moore and Brian Kohles -- quickly discovered that NAS cost twice as much, delivers less I/O throughput and has fewer expansion options than a Linux cluster.

Sun deploys Linux in battle with Microsoft

Sun Microsystems' Koby Lif explains how his company will win market share among small and medium-sized enterprises in Israel - and the world.

Balance shifts toward open-source group, away from ELC

  • SDTimes.com (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 8:16 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: OSDL
Whether it's cosmic developer equilibrium or just plain fate, the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) has been steadily shedding members while the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has been drawing them in.

State pilots desktop open source

  • Australian IT (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 8:15 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Open-Source pilots in the NSW government are gathering momentum, with the Department of Commerce the latest agency to kick the tyres of desktop applications.

Open source is key, says Lastminute.com CTO

  • ZDNet.co.uk (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 8:15 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Chip Steinmetz, Part 1: In an exclusive interview, the CTO of the UK travel portal says the open-source community provides better support than IBM or BEA

Linux Hosts Post Strongest February Growth

  • Netcraft (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 6:00 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Linux-based hosting operations posted the strongest hostname growth in February, capturing the top three spots and seven of the top 10 in our monthly Hosting Switching Summary.

California State University chooses Linux for hosting center

The College of Business at the California State University in Chico selected SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server to maintain its widespread hosting services. Today the school not only hosts SAP and SUSE for their students, they host similar installations for 13 other universities around the world, and they are the front-line tech support center for all 120 SAP charter business schools in North America.

The Luxury of Ignorance -- Part Deux

  • Eric S. Raymond (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 3:58 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
A followup to "The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story" in which I discuss the community reaction, develop the concept of the luxury of ignorance further, and call for a sea-change in attitudes towards UI.

Study claims Linux most hacked but ignores malware

  • Sydney Morning Herald (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 3:57 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
In what appears to be an econometric approach to the analysis of server compromises and website defacement, a London-based group is claiming that Linux is the most breached online server and the BSDs and Mac OSX the safest.

[Australian] National OSS group launched

  • NEWS.com.au (Posted by dave on Mar 1, 2004 3:56 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Con Zymaris from Open Source Victoria said Open Source Industry Australia had been developed as a response to increasing demand from governments, corporates, educational institutions and open source providers for the Melbourne-based group's services.

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