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Government and large corporations often require ISO certification of their products," said McNeil. "This would make Linux a much safer bet.".

NetApp's storage software will be used for a general certification platform for future releases them on a single rack to support a large grid cluster of Linux

...announced today that its Web hosting packages starting from Shared Intermediate and above are now compatible with the open source database platform MySQL.

Embedded webserver specialist Mbedthis Software has released AppWeb, a new "mini-Apache" for embedded Linux focusing on high security and designed for "embedding in applications and devices." AppWeb can be configured with a memory footprint of only 110K, and targets web services, offline applications, and embedded device management, according to Mbedthis.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Progeny has received LSB 1.3 certification for its Platform Services Componentized Linux core based on Debian sarge.

"Various overflows in the handling of AIM DirectIM packets was revealed in GAIM that could lead to a remote compromise of the IM client."

Open-source activists gathered at LinuxWorld Expo late last week to protest what they say are anti-Linux campaigns being spearheaded on Capitol Hill by rivals

"A new embedded Linux distribution with 2D accelerated graphics based on XFree86 is available now for the Sharp Zaurus SL-C700/750/760/860 and is currently being ported to other ARM architectures. The distribution -- Cacko Linux -- aims to make PDAs into more versatile, sublaptop-like machines by replacing Qtopia with X11."

"The Open Source developers are a target of spammers. We are the creators of most high-profile anti-spam technology. For example, SpamAssassin started out as, and remains today, an Open Source project. The predominant mail delivery programs of the Internet are Open Source projects such as Sendmail and Postfix, and thus most efforts to spam-proof those programs are Open Source as well. This is important, because it gives spammers a reason to defame us."

Bradley caught me up on a lot of what's going on with the FSF these days, including the SCO situation, non-corporate globalization, and GPL enforcement. but if Novarg affects the site, it will be the first time an attack on

Initial reports indicate that the virus was designed to execute a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) website ( http but if Novarg affects the site, it will be the first time an attack on

"The Joint Technical Committee of ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) has voted to recognize the Free Standards Group as a submitter of Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) for Linux."

"The company makes embedded graphics and I/O chips for mobile multimedia devices, and says it will actively participate in defining key APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for CE Linux audio, video, and graphics. "

"Apache's mod_python module could crash the httpd process if a specific, malformed query string was sent."

"If you are expecting cute graphical wizards and penguins automating every configuration step for you, that may be true. However, in essense, Slackware is one of the simplest distributions there is if you are proficient with a Linux system."

"In this interview, Red Hat vice president of engineering Brian M. Stevens talked to SearchEnterpriseLinux.com about the distributor's new Open Source Assurance program, the addition of a server provisioning module to its Red Hat Network, the 2.6 kernel and the SCO lawsuit."

"Much progress has been made recently in integrating SELinux into Gentoo Linux..."

While some work remains before we attain ISO certification for the Linux operating system, the designation of the Free Standards Group as a PAS submitter is a

Our IT investment expert, Melanie Hollands, takes a no-nonsense, in-depth look at the current state of Sun Microsystems, corporate owner of the Java franchise and ostensible leader of the Java development community. More than a few people are concerned that after 22 years as an innovator and power player in enterprise IT, that Sun might erode into simply a niche player, dropping out of the same league as Microsoft and IBM in IT power and influence. What's your take on where the house of Solaris is headed? Read on for our writer's assessment ...

The latest release of Samba, a widely used open-source application for file sharing on networks running Microsoft Windows, is for large-scale deployments