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Open Source Solaris? II

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has a little bit more info from the "summit" that Sun recently held regarding OpenSolaris. The article includes comments from Doc Searls, Linus Torvalds and Brian Behlendorf. Seems they still don't have a real plan and haven't yet decided on a

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Open Source Solaris?

Sun announced (for the second time I think) that Solaris will be open sourced, or at least have an open source project based on it. I find it difficult to get excited about this one until I 1) see what license they will be using and 2) actually see it

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LinuxWorld UK

I am happy to report that LinuxQuestions.org will be at LinuxWorld UK...and so will I. I just booked my flight and will be arriving Sunday morning, a couple days before the show. If you'll be making the trip feel free to stop by the LQ booth

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IETF MARID WG Sender-ID Judgment

The IETF MARID working group has come to a consensus about the issue I posted about here. They have decided that it is not wise to use a patent encumbered algorithm (in the case Microsoft's pra bit of Sender-ID). So what does this mean? Either MSFT will have

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Linux Servers Continue to Sell

Good to see that Linux servers are continuing to sell. From the article: "The popularity of pre-packaged Linux servers continues to roll on. The market for server hardware shipping with Linux reached more than $900 million in the second quarter of this year, according to research firm IDC. Revenue

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Improving Linux Driver Installation

This article discusses some of the current issues with Linux hardware device drivers. While I completely agree that the current implementation needs to be improved, I'm not too sure about things like "When you plug in a camera, the photos should sync with your desktop photo application.

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More GMAIL

You know the drill. First response gets a GMAIL invite. Maybe even the first two this time ;) --jeremy

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Microsoft Sees Open-Source Threat Looming Ever Larger

Seems Microsoft may finally be getting the picture that Linux and Open Source are for real and pose a serious threat. One thing I don't quite get though. From the article: "while we believe our products provide customers with significant advantages in security and productivity, and generally

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LinuxQuestions.org is Headed to the UK

I just got confirmation that LinuxQuestions.org will have a spot in the .Org Village for the upcoming LinuxWorld UK. I'm trying to pony up the cash to get myself there. Both LinuxWorld New York and LinuxWorld San Francisco went very well for LQ, and I am looking

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Fired for Blogging

Does anyone else find it odd that Friendster, a company focused on social networking, has fired an employee for blogging? I agree with Jeremy Zawodny - if you have a friendster account, canceling it may not be a bad idea. They clearly don't get it. --jeremy

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More Microsoft Patents

Looks like MSFT is at it again. This time it's "Discoverability and navigation of hyperlinks via tabs" (hmm, just like lynx) and "Generating a music snippet". Coupled with their recent "a process configured to run under an administrative privilege level" sudo ripoff,

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More Linux OEM Musings II

More on preload OEM Linux. The article underscores why Dell will likely not be the leader in this market. The question remains though - who will be? I was hoping for IBM, but they still rely on MSFT for a lot of revenue also (albeit much less then someone like

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More Linux OEM Musings

Maybe this will convince OEM's like Dell to take a closer look at Linux. The problem is, the larger the OEM the more tied to MSFT they are. I've seen some estimates (that were backed up with some very logical looking numbers) that up to 20%

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MSFT's license for Sender-ID II

As a followup to this post on the Sender-ID license, it looks like the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has taken an official position. This means no SpamAssassin support at a minimum. The article contains some comments from Larry Rosen, general counsel of the Open Source Initiative, regarding why the license

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The SCO Group Announces Third Quarter 2004 Results

SCO has released their third quarter results, and they aren't pretty. From Groklaw: The Unix products business, they say, is now profitable. They are, however, downsizing and some offices are moving to smaller offices. They are closing the Spain and Italy offices. They expect "restructuring" costs

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Binary Kernel Modules II...and Alan's Back

Looks like the binary kernel module I commented on earlier is continuing to make some waves. It looks like the driver, minus the binary hook, will remain in the kernel. This issue also brought up questions about whether a kernel contributor should be willing to remove code that they contributed.

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Interview with Microsoft's Security Program Manager

In this short interview Stephen Toulouse, Microsoft's security program manager, admits two interesting things: 1. He uses firefox 2. Securing Windows is something he thinks will take about 10 years (with them being about 2.5 years in at this point). Thanks for the honesty. --jeremy

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Another MSFT article

I have two comments on this article. From Microsoft Australia platform strategy manager Paul Roworth: it's quicker to get patches for holes in Microsoft products - 25 days on average compared with 57-82 for various flavours of Linux, according to Microsoft's statistics. I'm not

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Microsoft Disputes Linux Threat

Seems some people don't consider Linux a threat. I find it hard to believe the following statement: "Linux is no threat to Microsoft and any claims to the contrary are simply a misconception created by sensationalism and media hype, Microsoft Australia's platform strategy manager Paul

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Novell and Red Hat are now EAL3 Certified

With Red Hat AS now EAL3 certified on a variety of IBM servers, you now have multiple options for EAL3 compliant Linux distributions. This should be a win for Government adoption, which is a huge market. This will allow agencies to be compliant and avoid vendor lockin. --jeremy

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Binary Kernel Modules

Looks like the dislike of binary kernel modules has caused one person to stop supporting a device. While I personally would like to see all kernel modules released under an OSI approved license and available in source format, I think it's unrealistic at this point for all companies

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Microsoft FUD declared misleading by UK ASA

I was happy to see that the horrible MSFT campaign that compared the cost of running Windows on a dual 900MHz Xeon vs the cost of Linux running on a z900 IBM mainframe was declared misleading by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The fact that Microsoft needs to run

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MSFT's license for Sender-ID

For those of you who are unaware, some time ago Microsoft and SPF-proponent Meng Wong agreed to merge SPF and Caller-ID into Sender-ID. The license for Sender-ID has just been released, and it looks like it will likely stifle the adoption of Sender-ID. A cursory looks shows that "This

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More Microsoft Engagement with Open Source Projects

Seems at least one person at Microsoft would see them do a little more in the Open Source arena. On a side note, I wonder what being a "chief community evangelist" at MSFT is like? --jeremy

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Microsoft's "Independent" Linux Studies

This post yet again brings up the point that MSFT funds "independent" studies, and them uses them in their "fact-based" strategy. On the bright side, even the mainstream media is catching on. Unfortunately , some CxO's are still being fooled. --jeremy