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Adobe flirts with Linux, but not for the desktop
CNET's News.com and ZDnet ran a news story today about Adobe and Linux. It appears that Adobe is advertising for Linux-related positions: one as director of Linux marketing and another for a senior software architect for an Adobe open source project. NewsForge contacted Adobe for additional information and was given the opportunity to speak with Pam Dezieo, Director of Product Marketing for Acrobat, about those ads and the Adobe view of the Linux market.
Survey: Mac OS X most secure, Linux least
Security firm Mi2g has released a report declaring Mac OS X and BSD Unix the "world's safest online computing environments" and Linux the least secure, although some security experts say the findings could be misleading.
Programming Tools: InstallShield X
If people can't install you new program easily and quickly, without endless tweaking and reconfigurations, what good is it?
Ucopia and Mandrakesoft to extend the boundaries of mobility
Ucopia, Mandrakesoft and the Université de Paris LIP6 research laboratory have been granted a 1 euro million research grant to collaborate in advanced mobility research. The project aims to find novel methods of enabling and managing wireless mobility.
Shadows Loom Over Sun's Open Source Plans
Sources close to the vendor say a significant internal debate rages within the highest levels of Sun about the company's open-source Solaris plans, which were first announced in June.
Linux cures ailing pharmacy network
Family-owned Medicine Chest Pharmacy in Hayward, Calif., was running Windows NT -- until Microsoft pulled support for that operating system. Faced with a choice between a massive expenditure to upgrade to Windows 2000 and the sometimes challenging freedom of going with open source, pharmacist James Cohen decided to think outside the box.
Montavista and NEC form embedded Linux partnership
MontaVista Software Inc has announced a strategic partnership with NEC Electronics Corp that will see MontaVista Linux integrated with and optimized for NEC's embedded hardware platforms.
Debian Weekly News - November 2nd, 2004
Welcome to this year's 43rd issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. Adrian von Bidder noted that mirroring Debian via rsync uses quite some CPU-power on the server and hence is not the preferred method. Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton reported that some of their servers are moved from Debian 2.2 (potato) to a current release of Fedora for marketing reasons.
Novell hits back at Ballmer's anti-Linux memo
Novell Inc has issued a response to Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer's recent anti-Linux memo, using the same reports cited by Ballmer in defense of the open source operating system.
Firefox, Mozilla Loosen Internet Explorer's Grip on Browsers
Internet Explorer's decline, from 95.48 percent in June, is primarily due to the Mozilla and Firefox browsers, which saw their market share numbers climb almost as much as Internet Explorer's fell, to 6.02 percent. Both Mozilla and Firefox are available for Mac OS X. Opera, another third-party Web browser, combined with Safari to account for just over one percent of Web browser users.
Microsoft wins £500m NHS contract
The NHS has awarded a nine-year software contract to Microsoft, a week after the OGC sang the praises of open-source alternatives. The contract involves Microsoft providing its operating system, desktop products and bespoke software to the NHS. Microsoft is expected to create bespoke software which will allow the NHS' current clinical technology to run more smoothly on the Windows operating system.
Amazon's A9 Search Engine Toolbar Now Available for Firefox
The toolbar, available from toolbar.a9.com, uses the standard Firefox extensions mechanism to offer the same features as those available to Internet Explorer users.
1,000 IPTV STBs running Linux to be deployed in Belgian homes
This month, Belgacom, the leading telecommunications company in Belgium, will begin deploying 1,000 Linux-based IPTV STBs (Internet protocol television set top boxes) in home test sites located on its DSL network throughout Ghent, Brussels, and Liege. The STBs are being supplied by i3 Micro Technology, and are fitted with a customized user interface (UI) based on Espial's Escape middleware.
Sun Readies New Solaris Push, Snipes at Linux
Sun offers new details on its open-source strategy. Officials say its forthcoming Solaris 10 will be cheaper than comparable Linux solutions.
Red Hat Partner Community serves up Runtime
Red Hat’s Runtime Partner program is now available worldwide as part of the Red Hat Partner Community. The Red Hat Partner Community is designed to encourage the combination of open source and traditional technologies into the fabric of enterprise computing to provide technology solutions that give customers more choice.
Aust open source app plays role in US poll
A US community organisation is using an open source web-based survey application, which was developed by a Melbourne resident, to keep track of what it deems to be voting irregularities in the US election. Jason Cleeland, the developer of PHPSurveyor, a PHP based online survey tool, said he was excited by the fact that his application was being used by Verified Voting Foundation, a non-partisan body which was set up after the 2000 US elections, as part of their Election Incident Reporting System.
Adobe dipping toes into desktop Linux waters
Adobe Systems, maker of major desktop software products such as Photoshop and Acrobat Reader, has begun a quiet effort to become more involved with Linux.
Changes in Lycoris as a company
Joseph Cheek CEO of Lycoris has published a letter to their customers and the community. In the letter Joe addresses many outstanding issues that have gone unresolved over the past few months, and outlines major changes to Lycoris the company, the products, and future direction. Quote: "... During the past week I have felt that there are other unresolved issues with Lycoris as a company. In particular, I have taken a hard look at our current business model and whether it is sustainable or not. Currently I conclude that our business model is not sustainable, and have decided to make some other fundamental changes. ..."
Authoring an SVCD with VCDImager
So you've recorded the last six seasons of "Red Dwarf" off of PBS, and now you'd like to burn them onto a disc that you can watch on your TV? Most DVD players support two formats that you can burn onto a regular CD: Video Compact Disc (VCD) and Super Video Compact Disc (SVCD). This article will help you create your own videos on SVCD, the superior of the two formats.
SCO still planning to post new lawsuit information site
Despite what TechWorld, InfoWorld, Groklaw, and other IT news outlets reported yesterday and today, The SCO Group still plans to post a new Web site that tells the company's side of the story of its patent-infringement lawsuits against IBM, Novell, and other companies.
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