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Russia gets budget version of Windows

  • CNET News.com; By Michael Kanellos (Posted by dave on Sep 27, 2004 5:04 AM CST)
  • Groups: Microsoft; Story Type: News Story
Microsoft will release a low-price version of Windows in Russia by the end of the year, an effort to wean consumers in that country off pirated software and Linux.

'Know Your Enemy': Everything you need to know about honeypots

  • NewsForge (Posted by dave on Sep 27, 2004 4:30 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
This article is excerpted from the recently published book "Know Your Enemy: Learning About Security Threats". Honeypots are a relatively new and highly dynamic technology. Because they are so dynamic, it is difficult to define just what they are. Honeypots are unique in that they are not a solution in and of themselves; they do not solve a specific security problem. Instead, they are highly flexible tools with many different information security applications.

Mainsoft to Offer .NET to Linux Migration Solution

  • PR Newswire; By Press release (Posted by dave on Sep 27, 2004 4:23 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Press Release
Visual MainWin v 1.5 for J2EE(TM) on IBM eServer zSeries Helps Simplify IT Environments

Editorials: A Rant on the Computer World.

This is a rant Jim Smerk wrote about how people always call you to work on their computers, don't listen to you when you tell them something, and what he did to stop it. It's a rant also against WinTel and AOL. However, it has a happy ending. It started 6 months ago, it’s a sort of success story of sorts.

NSW [Australia] Linux tender response date set

  • ZDNet.com.au (Posted by dave on Sep 27, 2004 4:10 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: HP
Linux and open source solution suppliers wishing to respond to the NSW government's long-awaited Linux tender -- to be released on Wednesday -- will have until 28 October to do so, officials said.

Linux support a 'black hole'

  • Computerworld Australia; By Rodney Gedda (Posted by dave on Sep 27, 2004 4:07 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Industry murmurs about a lack of commercial support for Linux are justified, according to Education in the Workplace Institute director Ihian Mackenzie who believes the "free" nature of Linux is stifling its penetration in the business market.

India shares open-source experiences

  • Builder AU (Posted by dave on Sep 27, 2004 3:49 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Indian government has set up a Web site to share its experiences in the use of open-source solutions for building applications.

UT 2004 Linux Demo Released

  • Games Domain (Posted by dave on Sep 27, 2004 3:05 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
More freebies from Epic Games; the developer has released a new Linux demo for Unreal Tournament 2004.

Fyracle: Oracle-mode Firebird is released

A beta is currently available that allow Firebird to support the major Oracle-based ERP/CRM application Compiere with virtually no change to the Compiere code base. No other proprietary or open-source database system can currently do this. The best part : Fyracle is open source if you want to compile it manually it's a set of patches that needs to be run over the firebird 1.5.1 source tree

Do We Really Want OEM PCs, Laptops With Only GNU/Linux Preinstalled?

This Linux Today article explores the practical realities of getting Linux onto commodity priced computers. That you end up paying a higher "Microsoft Tax" by buying GNU/Linux only computers if you or your clients have any current need to run Windows. Also, Walmart is selling Linux compatible Laptops for $598 and $698. Model Numbers A535 and CN6302.

Gentoo Weekly Newsletter 27 September 2004

  • Mailing list; By Ulrich Plate (Posted by dave on Sep 27, 2004 1:38 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Newsletter; Groups: Gentoo
The first thing many visitors to the Gentoo website will notice when opening the Gentoo Handbook or any other piece of documentation these days is a little "Print" link sitting on the top of the right column: Bowing to long-standing popular requests, Xavier Neys implemented a simple way of viewing a printer-friendly version of Gentoo documentation.

Red Hat big wig attacks Sun

A Red Hat vice president has slammed Sun for refusing to open source its Java code and hanging on like grim death to its patents.

Dear one-browser Web designers: Don't say I didn't warn you

In my 2002 book, The Online Rules of Successful Companies, I said it was stupid to design Web sites that would work correctly only with the most popular Web browser. Yes, I told readers, over 90% of all Internet users today may use Microsoft's Internet Explorer (MSIE), but not long ago 90% of all Internet users ran Netscape. Web designers and site owners who made Netscape-only sites had to scramble madly to redo their work when MSIE started getting popular. "Learn from this!" I said.

Open Source Software (OSS) Africa Conference

  • newbrainframes.org (Posted by dave on Sep 26, 2004 2:57 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
The conference will cover a number of topical issues, with a specific focus on the changes and challenges facing the OSS industry in SA, says conference producer Beverley Govender. "The aim for this year's conference is to position it as an industry event where IT professionals from different backgrounds can share ideas about future developments in free software applications and networking."

Want to impress your friends? Use 3D-Desktop!

  • LinuxReviews.org; By Øyvind Sæther (Posted by xiando on Sep 25, 2004 10:49 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Reviews
3D-Desktop is pager (desktop switcher) that gives you a very impressive 3D overview of all your desktops and also allows you to switch between your desktops in a very fancy 3D box type way.

Free software and programmers exploitation

  • Libervis.com; By Danijel Orsolic (Posted by VISITOR on Sep 25, 2004 5:14 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Some people worry that free software/open source movement leads to the developers being a new “workers” class exploited by the free software companies. In the time when big companies such as RedHat, Sun, HP, Novell etc. are proving how economically viable open source business model can be, some people wonder what’s up with “poor” free software programmers and developers who happily contribute their work and source codes to the community for the sake of freedom and bettering the whole society without getting anything in return, economically speaking.

GNOME, KDE Aim at Windows

The latest revisions strengthen the case for Linux as a viable alternative to Windows on mainstream corporate desktops.

KDE 3.3 Boasts Improved Kontact App

  • eWEEK Linux (Posted by dave on Sep 25, 2004 4:38 AM CST)
  • Groups: KDE; Story Type: News Story
KDE 3.3 is another strong release from the prominent KDE project and stands out most for the improvements to its Kontact groupware application.

Red Hat pushes wider use of open-source computing

One of the world’s largest providers of Linux software on Monday said the Philippines has great potential for developing open-source computing because Filipinos have a thorough understanding of its value: that Linux is more cost-effective, scalable, and has more robust architecture than proprietary software like Microsoft Windows.

Users care about data, not software

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article explaining how to migrate your email and addressbook from Ximian Evolution to Mozilla Thunderbird. You might think that this is a straightforward operation, but it isn't. The tools and instructions are below the standards set by other modules in the same programs. Somewhere in the midst of the ordeal, I asked myself why I was going to all this trouble. In a moment of clarity, the answer hit me: users don't care about software, they care about data. And any free software developer who doesn't grasp the significance of that fact runs the risk of failure.

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