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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.

[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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ByteEnable explains Hyper-Threading, runs some benchmarks and shows you how to get the most out of a Intel Pentium4 HT enabled processor upgrade.

Open Source developers gather to set the course for Mozilla's future.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft originally refused to support a similar program initiated by the Thai government last May, although Linux accepted. Microsoft started to lose market share to Linux and eventually began offering the Windows XP Home and Office standard editions to those buying budget PCs under the project for about $37 US. Microsoft has also put out a simpler and cheaper version of its Windows XP family for Thai users.

A recent article on the "hype cycle" which claimed Linux is difficult to install sparked a furious response. Read Your Say!

The Firebird Project has released version 1.5 of the Firebird database engine, a fairly small yet full-featured database that runs on Linux. Firebird evolved from the July, 2000 release of InterBase by Borland.

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday said it had nothing to say for now on IBM's call for discussions on making Java technology open source.

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 confidential, Red Hat Inc. Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said on Thursday.

With Linux-based machines proving to be the most successful growing server segment, IBM saw its total server sales balloon 10 percent from 2002 to 2003, while Sun Microsystems dropped 15 percent for the same period, according to the latest figures from research company Gartner.

Supercomputer specialist Cray has signed a deal to acquire OctigaBay, a maker of special-purpose computers that are based on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor.