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Trustix aims pay-as-you-go pricing scheme at hosting providers
Secure Linux distribution maker Trustix recently launched a software-pricing scheme aimed at users in the server hosting market.
Linus Torvalds: How the Kernel Group Can Prevent "SCO II" From ...
Labeled a "Request for Discussion," the e-mail outlines a suggestion to his fellow kernel developers that - spurred by the SCO lawsuits - the time has come for
Chrooting Apache
The chroot daemon allows you to run a program and have it see a given directory as the root (/) directory. This effectively locks the process into its very own filesystem ("chroot jail") isolated from the real / filesystem. In this article we will ...
Lindows can keep company name, judge rules
SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could have forced Linux vendor Lindows Inc. to change its business name worldwide, a Netherlands court on Thursday ruled that Lindows' current limited use of the Lindows name does not violate Microsoft Corp.'s Windows trademark.
Flash Player 7 Meets Linux
Macromedia releases an update to its Flash Player for the open-source operating system, adding support for SOAP and a popular Web formatting style.
Multithreaded RPC Servers for Linux. Thread-safe code writing
This article is supposed to give a positive answer for the question 23.10 from [1] Chapter "RPC" Originally only two files are taken from [1]: rdict.x and rdict_srp.c. All business logic is implemented into rdict_client.c file,generated by "rpcgen -a -M rdict.x" command. So,files rdict.c and rdict_cif.c (see [1] , Chapter "RPC") are just taken out.
Linux and National Security
As the open source industry grows and becomes more widely accepted, the use of Linux as a secure operating system is becoming a prominent choice among corporations, educational institutions and government sectors. With national security concerns at an all time high, the question remains: Is Linux secure enough to successfully operate the government and military's most critical IT applications?
How Linux Saved My Files and My Job
Next time your NTFS-based drive decides to take a sudden trip down south, give BG-Rescue Linux a try.
Microsoft prepares Linux war
THE SOFTWARE COLOSSUS which bestrides the Solar System, Microsoft, is apparently designing a secret weapon to take out Linux. Its
Beyond blocking -- U.S. and open source censorship slims the Net
Let's say you're a Chinese or Iranian citizen with the good luck to have access to an Internet connection. If you were interested in finding out about democracy, grass-roots political organization, or privacy by using that connection, you'd probably have a tough time, thanks to an Internet filtering service sponsored by the U.S. tax dollars.
The end days of Ximian?
When Novell made its surprise announcement last week that Ximian Connector was being released under the free software GPL license, I began to wonder if it marked the end of the Ximian era. Connector, after all, was the centerpiece of the Ximian strategy to make inroads into the corporate desktop market by providing full compatibility with the widely used Microsoft Exchange mail server. The answer? Novell giveth and Novell taketh away.
Commentary: BEA a little late to the open source party
According to all the market research firms, BEA Systems has been a leader in the proprietary enterprise application server business for quite some time. In fact, it held the top sales spot in the Java application server market with its WebLogic product line over IBM and Oracle for several years, owning from 25 to 35 percent of the market. Customers say products and services from BEA are good and reliable -- albeit a bit pricey. So why is it suddenly giving away its Workshop toolset code?
How companies can evaluate whether open source will work for them
A new open source evaluation model will be published this summer that will finally shed some long-overdue harsh light on a key business and development question: Can I use open source for that?
Torvalds Changes How Code Can Be Contributed to Linux
In a move against claims and worries that proprietary code might make its way into Linux, Linus Torvalds is changing how programmers can contribute code to the Linux kernel.
Linux Users Detail Their Red Hat Gripes
Responding to a recent column, the readers speak, and it turns out there are many reasons to hateor praisethe Linux distributor.
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