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The July issue of <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><i>Linux
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This issue focuses on Hardware. Click
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<center><H3><font color="green">Legislation and More Legislation</font></H3></center>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Patents
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It looks like the flawed system of software patenting that has become
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entrenched in the United States is on its way to Europe, amidst clarion
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calls of "<em>harmonise!</em>" and "<em>encourage innovation!</em>". Not
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everybody is so keen. Richard Stallman and Nick Hill have written a brief
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but thorough
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4683640,00.html">
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critique of the plans</a>, published in <em>The Guardian</em>. Ultimately,
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each side claims that the introduction of software patents will have
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opposite effects. Will they encourage innovation or stifle it? Will
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software development thrive in a more certain environment, or become bogged
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down in a morass of litigation? Ultimately you have to look at the
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evidence and make your own mind up. It is this columnist's opinion, however,
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that if you look at people like Richard Stallman, and then look at the
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people supporting increased patents and asks "who seems to support genuine
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innovation?" you will get some way towards the answer.
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Arlene McCarthy, a British MEP who has played an important role in the
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development of software patenting plans, certainly knows where she stands.
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She also knows what those of us who advocate free software
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4688611,00.html">
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should do</a>...
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It is time some of the "computer rights campaigners" got real... We
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have an obligation to legislate not just for one section of the
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software industry who seeks to impose its business model on the rest of
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industry, which moreover is not "free", but is actually a different
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form of monopoly by imposing a copyright licence system on users.
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To be honest, this smacks of the "TINA" doctrine (There Is No Alternative)
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promulgated by Margaret Thatcher & Co. during the 1980's.
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McCarthy does not even appear to appreciate the irony that the pro-patent
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lobby seeks to impose a business model on the rest of industry: a business
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model based on government-backed artificial monopolies.
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The Register has
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31472.html">
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criticised</a> those that rail against people like Arlene McCarthy as being
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ineffective, and ultimately self indulgent. Although
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the criticisms have some validity, they are ultimately cheap and
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convenient rather than insightful, and are not necessarily
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<a href="http://www.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/2003-June/004161.html">
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a true measure</a>
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of the reality of opposition.
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Perhaps a truer indication of the reality being faced in Europe, and maybe
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especially in the UK, is the British Government's handling of the public
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consultation with regard to ID cards. In an effort to maintain a result
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which could be used to provide positive spin and reduce debate, thousands of
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submissions made by members of the public via
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<a href="http://www.stand.org.uk/">
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the STAND.org.uk website</a>
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have been amalgamated into a single vote. Clearly the UK Government is not
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keen to have the terms of engagement defined by the public, no matter how
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31472.html">
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flattering</a> we are. The interests that are defining the terms of
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engagement are perhaps illustrated by proposals to include biometric data
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31380.html">
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on European passports</a>.
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<P>
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Nonetheless, there is still work that can be done. Even though
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The European Parliament's Committee for Legal Affairs and the Internal
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Market (JURI)
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<a href="http://swpat.ffii.org/news/03/juri0617/index.en.html">
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has voted</a>
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on a final list of proposed amendments to the planned software patent
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directive, the proposals still have to pass the European Parliament.
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Following attempts to rush the directive through the Parliament stage it
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has been
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<a href="http://swpat.ffii.org/news/03/plen0626/index.en.html">
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rescheduled to its original date</a>, September 1st 2003. This allows some
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time for concerned parties to lobby their MEPs, though with upcoming
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holidays,
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<a href="http://www.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/2003-June/004161.html">
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there is not as much time as one might think</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">EULA
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<a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/26/HNreverseengineering_1.html">
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Infoworld reports</a>
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that the US Supreme Court has refused to hear a reverse-engineering case,
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thus allowing a lower court ruling to stand. The lower court ruling was
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against a company that had imitated a product's look and feel (as opposed
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to recreating similar code) in violation of the product's EULA. The case
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is significant because it's outside the UCITA states (Virginia and
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Maryland, which expressly make EULAs enforceable), where EULAs are of
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questionable legal value. But now more valuable, apparently. The court
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also apparently accepted the plaintiff's contention that the defendant
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"must have" examined more than just the user interface, with no direct
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evidence. This case goes back several years, with previous suits between
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the companies.
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(Analysis by Mike 'Iron' Orr)
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There is little point in going through the details of the SCO case once
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again. Instead, you can peruse the
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<A HREF="http://sco.iwethey.org/">sco.iwethey.org</A> collection of documents
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relating to lawsuit.
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If you want further reading,
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Eric Raymond has released an updated version of his
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<a href="http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html">
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SCO vs. IBM position paper</a> which reflects some of the changes in the
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case over the past weeks. Hopefully the doubt surrounding this whole
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affair will be dispelled soon. As Richard Stallman
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<a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2914132,00.html">
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has commented</a>,
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the media bears some blame for the depth of the FUD generated by this case.
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<FONT COLOR="green"><IMG ALT="Linux Focus"
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The E-zine
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxfocus.org/">LinuxFocus</A>:
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has for July/August the following articles:
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<a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2003/article305.shtml">
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Going 3D with Blender: Very first steps
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2003/article299.shtml">
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A GNUstep "small apps" tour
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</a>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2003/article301.shtml">
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Product Review: Textmaker
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2003/article294.shtml">
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IDS - Intrusion Detection System, Part II
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2003/article302.shtml">
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Book Review: Mastering Red Hat Linux 9
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2003/article303.shtml">
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GUI Programming with GTK - part 2
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2003/article300.shtml">
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A 1 Bit Data Scope
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2003/article297.shtml">
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Building an autonomous light finder robot
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</a>
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</ul>
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<P>
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Some links of interest from the O'Reilly stable:
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<a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/05/29/netcat.html">
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Introduction to Netcat</a>
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"the Swiss Army Knife of networking".
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/06/17/dyson.html">
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Eight Questions for George Dyson</a>,
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Director's Visitor of the Institute for
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Advanced Study and a historian.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/04/06/mplayer.html">
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Video Playback and Encoding with MPlayer and MEncode</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/06/02/snort.html">
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Snort Security Holes and Strategies for Safe Network
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Monitoring</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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Almost 2,000 ephemeral films (industrial, educational, and
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advertising) from the early 1900s through the 1960s are available
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for free on the Net,
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<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2003/05/23/rickp.html">
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thanks to film archivist Rick Prelinger</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/06/05/scripts.html">
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Running Arbitrary Scripts Under CVS</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3198">
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Python Success Stories</a>: eight true tales of flexibility, speed,
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and improved productivity.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<P>
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Some interesting links from NewsForge:
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<li>
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/04/1722231">
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Automatic Astronomy</a>, how computers help spot hard to see phenomena.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1341206">
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SCO staff join Linux protests</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/1828241">
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Using Slackware as a Live CD</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/1732237">
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Inside the Linux kernel debugger</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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The Brazilian Public Sector to Choose Free Software
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It has been reported that the Brazilian public sector
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<a href="http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/1746253">
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plans to migrate from Windows to Linux</a>
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on 80% of computers in state institutions and state-owned businesses.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<P>
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Some interesting links from
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<a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/">Linux Today</a>:
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<li>
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US Department of Defense
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<a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/OSSinDoD.pdf">
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rates Open Source
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</a>[pdf].
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</li>
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<li>
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Wired reports that
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<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59334,00.html">
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the developing world can benefit from GNU/Linux</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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Forbes magazine on
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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/2003/06/16/cx_ld_0616linux.html">
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the limitations of Linux</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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Welsh speaking computer users have
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<a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136525,00.html">
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created their own Linux distribution</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59088,00.html/wn_ascii">
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Building a DIY TiVo</a>
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</li>
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SSC, publisher of Linux Journal, recently announced the launch of a
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new on-line publication,
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<a href="http://WorldWatch.LinuxGazette.com">
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WorldWatch</a>.
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It offers readers a
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comprehensive daily digest of articles from publications around the
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world about topics concerning Linux and open-source software.
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<P>
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<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/34848/">
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Modern SCO Executive</a>, apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan. Everybody
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join in for the chorus.
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<P>
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/13/1530210.shtml?tid=106&tid=185">
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Slashdot discussion on the release of Linux 2.4.21</a>
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<P>
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Some Linux Journal links:
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<li>
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Linux Journal has
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<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6925">
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reported on a Finnish study on FLOSS</a>
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(free/libre and open-source software) in developing countries.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6909">
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Working with OpenSSH</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6922">
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VGA for the Ultimate Linux Box</a>.
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<P>
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Interesting Linux Weekly News look at
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<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/34007/">Open-Source content management
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systems</a>. Many of the talkbacks have good information too.
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<P>
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Mike Crawford has written a fine
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<a href="http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk/articles/">
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selection of articles</a>
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on the general topic of quality in Free Software.
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Titles include
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<em>
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<a href="http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk/articles/whytestkernel/">
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Why We Should All Test the New Linux Kernel</a>
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</em>,
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<em>
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<a href="http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk/articles/testsuites/">
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Using Test Suites to Validate the Linux Kernel</a>
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</em>
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and more.
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<P> Listings courtesy <EM>Linux Journal</EM>. See <EM>LJ</EM>'s
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/events.php">Events</A> page for the
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<b>O'Reilly Open Source Convention</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>July 7-11, 2003<BR>Portland, OR<BR>
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<a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target="_blank">
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http://conferences.oreilly.com/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>12th USENIX Security Symposium</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>August 4-8, 2003<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
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<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/" target="_blank">
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http://www.usenix.org/events/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>HP World</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>August 11-15, 2003<BR>Atlanta, GA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.hpworld.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.hpworld.com</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Linux Clusters Institute Workshops</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>August 18-22, 2003<BR>Yorktown Heights, NY<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/" target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>LinuxWorld UK</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>September 3-4, 2003<BR>Birmingham, United Kingdom<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxworld2003.co.uk" target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxworld2003.co.uk</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Linux Lunacy</b><BR><i>Brought to you by Linux Journal and
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Geek Cruises!</i><br></TD>
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<td valign=top>September 13-20, 2003<BR>Alaska's Inside Passage<BR>
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<a href="http://www.geekcruises.com/home/ll3_home.html" target="_blank">
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http://www.geekcruises.com/home/ll3_home.html</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Software Development Conference & Expo</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>September 15-19, 2003<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.sdexpo.com" target="_blank">
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http://www.sdexpo.com</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>PC Expo</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>September 16-18, 2003<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<a href="http://www.techxny.com/pcexpo_techxny.cfm" target="_blank">
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http://www.techxny.com/pcexpo_techxny.cfm</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>COMDEX Canada</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>September 16-18, 2003<BR>Toronto, Ontario<BR>
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<a href="http://www.comdex.com/canada/" target="_blank">
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http://www.comdex.com/canada/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>IDUG 2003 - Europe</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 7-10, 2003<BR>Nice, France<BR>
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<a href="http://www.idug.org" target="_blank">
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http://www.idug.org</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Linux Clusters Institute Workshops</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 13-18, 2003<BR>Montpellier, France<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/"
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target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>LISA (17th USENIX Systems Administration Conference)</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>October 26-30, 2003<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
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<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa03/" target="_blank">
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http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa03/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>HiverCon 2003</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>November 6-7, 2003<BR>Dublin, Ireland<BR>
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<a href="http://www.hivercon.com/" target="_blank">
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http://www.hivercon.com/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>COMDEX Fall</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>November 17-21, 2003<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
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<a href="http://www.comdex.com/fall2003/" target="_blank">
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http://www.comdex.com/fall2003/</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<b>Linux Clusters Institute Workshops</b><BR></TD>
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<td valign=top>December 8-12, 2003<BR>Albuquerque, NM<BR>
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<a href="http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/"
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target="_blank">
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http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org</A><BR></TD></TR>
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<a name="general"></a>
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<center><H3><font color="green">News in General</font></H3></center>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">SGI Announces first Altix Customers on Madison
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</FONT>
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</H3>
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<P>
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<a href="http://www.sgi.com/products">SGI</a>
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has announced the first of its customers receiving the new Intel Itanium 2
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'<a href="http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2003/may/madison.html">Madison</a>'
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processor in recent sales of the SGI Altix 3000 system.
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The Altix system combines SGI's fourth generation NUMAflex shared memory
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architecture with Intel Itanium 2 processors and the 64-bit Linux operating
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system for a uniquely balanced system. Each supercluster node runs a
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single Linux operating system image with up to 64 Itanium 2 processors and
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512GB of memory. With the new processor immediately available on Altix
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systems. Among the first SGI customers to deploy Altix 3000 systems based
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on the new processors are:
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<ul>
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<li>
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SARA Computing and Networking Services: 416 Intel Itanium 2
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processors (1.30 GHz, 3M) and 832GB of memory.
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</li>
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<li>
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory: SGI Altix 3000 installation running
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256 Intel Itanium 2 processors (1.50 GHz with 6MB L3 cache) with
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2TB of system memory and 1.5 TFLOPS of computational power.
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</li>
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<li>
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: SGI Altix 3000 system
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powered by 128 Intel Itanium 2 processors (1.50 GHz, 6MB).
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</li>
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</ul>
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<P>
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SGI has been doing very well in terms of
|
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<a href="http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2003/june/altix_benchmarks.html">
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performance benchmarks</a>
|
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with systems based on the new Itanium 2 processor.
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The entry-level server starts at $70,176 (U.S. list) at four processors
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with up to 32GB of memory and scales to 12 processors and 96GB of memory.
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<P>
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<a name="distro"></a>
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<center><H3><font color="green">Distro News</font></H3></center>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Debian
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</FONT>
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</H3>
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<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd-0306/msg00002.html">
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Robert Millan announced</a>
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that he
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has managed to get
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<a href="http://people.debian.org/~rmh/gnu-freebsd/">
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GNU/FreeBSD</a>
|
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installed self-hosting. The kernel
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runs init, which initialises swap and filesystems, and spawns 8 nice
|
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gettys. He has built a new
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<a href="http://people.debian.org/~rmh/gnu-freebsd/pub/">
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base tarball</a>
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(26.9 MB), with only the
|
|
minimal utilities plus APT. He has also
|
|
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd-0306/msg00004.html">
|
|
set up an APT repository</a>
|
|
for his GNU/FreeBSD packages, including the toolchain and XFree86.
|
|
(<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/23/">
|
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Courtesy Debian Weekly News</a>)
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<P>
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<hr width="20%" noshade>
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<P>
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<a href="http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=212&page=1">
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Will Debian survive Linux's popularity?</a>
|
|
Discussed
|
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/30/0223205.shtml?tid=106&tid=185&tid=90">
|
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on Slashdot</a>.
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<P> <hr> <P>
|
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Knoppix
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
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|
|
<P> Quantian Scientific Computing Environment.
|
|
Dirk Eddelb&yyml;ttel
|
|
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0305/msg02037.html">
|
|
announced</a>
|
|
<a href="http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html">
|
|
Quantian</a>, a remastered version of
|
|
<a href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/">
|
|
Knoppix</a>.
|
|
<a href="http://software.biostat.washington.edu/edd/quantian/">
|
|
Quantian</a>
|
|
differs from Knoppix by adding a set of programs of
|
|
interest to applied or theoretical workers in quantitative or
|
|
data-driven fields. It still retains all of Knoppix' impressive
|
|
features in terms of automatic configuration of virtually all
|
|
available hardware features. If there is sufficient interest, this
|
|
project may become a Debian subproject.
|
|
(<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/22/">Courtesy Debian
|
|
Weekly News</a>)
|
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<P>
|
|
<hr width="20%" noshade>
|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://games.slashdot.org/games/03/06/19/1427228.shtml?tid=127&tid=186&tid2">
|
|
Slashdot report</a>
|
|
on the new bootable arcade emulator (MAME) with hardware detection from
|
|
Knoppix.
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Libranet
|
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</FONT>
|
|
</H3>
|
|
Extremetech has
|
|
<a href="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1114701,00.asp">
|
|
reviewed Libranet 2.8</a>
|
|
|
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Red Hat
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
|
|
The Register has reported that
|
|
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31259.html">
|
|
Red Hat has turned a profit once again</a>.
|
|
|
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<P> <hr> <P>
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">SuSE
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/">
|
|
SuSE</a>
|
|
has announced the availability of
|
|
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/e-desktop/">
|
|
SuSE Linux Desktop</a>, which it claims is the first Linux desktop for large IT
|
|
infrastructures.
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<a name="commercial"></a>
|
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<p><hr><p>
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|
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<center><H3><font color="green">Software and Product News</font></H3></center>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Eset Unveils NOD32 Antivirus For Linux Mail Servers
|
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</FONT>
|
|
</H3>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://www.eset.com">
|
|
Eset Software</a>, a provider of
|
|
Internet software security solutions, announced today the debut of NOD32
|
|
Antivirus for Linux Mail Servers, extending NOD32 antivirus detection
|
|
software to the Linux email
|
|
server environment. The MTA
|
|
(Mail Transport Agent)-independent solution runs on most Linux
|
|
distributions including RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, Debian, and others; it also
|
|
supports Sendmail, Qmail, Postfix, and Exim, among other email server software.
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">VariCAD
|
|
</FONT>
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://www.varicad.com">
|
|
VariCAD</a>
|
|
has announced the recent release of its mechanical CAD system -
|
|
VariCAD 9.0.1.0. The compact CAD package includes many tools for 3D
|
|
modeling and 2D drafting, libraries of mechanical parts, surface development
|
|
(unbending), calculations of standard mechanical components, tools for working
|
|
with bills of materials (BOM) and title blocks. It is a compact system
|
|
featuring all necessary tools that the mechanical engineering designers need to
|
|
make their work comfortable and effective. The system is distributed
|
|
"fully-loaded", with all features included. Free 30-day trial version is
|
|
available for download from
|
|
<a href="http://www.varicad.com">
|
|
http://www.varicad.com</a>
|
|
|
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<P> <hr> <P>
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|
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Distro Distribution in Ireland
|
|
</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
JMC SOFTWARE has announced that it has been appointed Irish
|
|
distributer for FreeBSD as well as the Linux distributions from Red Hat,
|
|
SuSE and Mandrake.
|
|
These are available throughout Ireland
|
|
at <a href="http://www.thelinuxmall.com">www.thelinuxmall.com</a>
|
|
or tel 01 6291282.
|
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Big Medium
|
|
</FONT>
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://www.globalmoxie.com/">
|
|
Big Medium</a>
|
|
is claimed to be an easy-to-use tool for Linux and other UNIX systems that
|
|
allows non-technical staff to edit and maintain websites while providing
|
|
<a href="http://www.globalmoxie.com/moxie/bigmedium/features.shtml">
|
|
a wide range of features</a>.
|
|
The software is a suite of Perl scripts designed for web servers running
|
|
the UNIX operating system, including Linux, Mac OSX, Solaris and FreeBSD.
|
|
Big Medium is licensed for $129, and a free
|
|
<a href="http://demo.globalmoxie.com/">
|
|
online demo</a> is available.
|
|
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Zend Performance Suite released/PHP scripting
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
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<a href="http://www.zend.com">
|
|
Zend Technologies</a>, the designers of the PHP scripting engine,
|
|
has announced the release of the Zend Performance Suite (ZPS) 3.5.
|
|
Zend Performance Suite enables both enterprises and service providers
|
|
to overcome scalability issues and to deliver high performance
|
|
Web sites, increasing server throughput by up to 30 times - without
|
|
upgrading their hardware.
|
|
<P>
|
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<hr width="20%" noshade>
|
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<P>
|
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Zend has also announced that it will team with Sun Microsystems to initiate
|
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specification for PHP and web scripting access to Java technology.
|
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">QuickUML 1.1
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<a href="http://www.excelsoftware.com">
|
|
Excel Software</a>
|
|
has begun shipping
|
|
QuickUML 1.1 for Windows and Linux. QuickUML is an object-oriented
|
|
design tool that provides tight integration and synchronization of a
|
|
core set of UML models.
|
|
QuickUML Linux 1.1 adds improved font handling, an enhanced Contents
|
|
view for class and object models, and a toolbar to access code
|
|
manager commands. QuickUML Linux has the same features as the Windows
|
|
edition and also uses QuickHelp to provide context sensitive
|
|
application help.
|
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<P>
|
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<hr width="20%" noshade>
|
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<P>
|
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Excel Software has also announced the
|
|
availability of QuickHelp for Linux. QuickHelp is a development tool
|
|
for creating and deploying application help to Mac OS 9, Mac OS X,
|
|
Windows 95 through XP and virtually all Linux distributions.
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<CENTER><SMALL><STRONG>
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Copyright © 2003, Michael Conry.
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Copying license <A HREF="../copying.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html</A><BR>
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Published in Issue 92 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, June 2003
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</STRONG></SMALL></CENTER>
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