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May 2002 Archives January February March April May June July August September October November December Linux Distributors Gang Up Posted By Adam Beecher - 09:58, 31 May 2002 Ending several days of speculation, Linux distributors Caldera, SuSE, Turbolinux and Conectiva confirmed on Thursday that they will band together under the UnitedLinux banner. The UnitedLinux consortium was formed to create a standardized distribution of the Linux operating system, and is designed to woo more businesses to the open-source operating system, according to executives of the four partner companies. The Penguin Continues Its March Posted By Adam Beecher - 09:55, 31 May 2002 Linux is now proliferating on powerful government computer systems in the United States and abroad, with technology giants increasingly providing support. At a Tokyo trade show on Friday, IBM was announcing the sale of more than 75 Linux-based computer systems to U.S. agencies including the Air Force, the Defense, Agriculture and Energy departments and the Federal Aviation Administration. Linux distros to unite Posted By Adam Beecher - 11:51, 30 May 2002 Linux distributors including Caldera, SuSE and TurboLinux are expected to join forces tomorrow to unite on a common distribution. The news was scooped by eWeek's Peter Galli, under the headline Linux vendors gang up on Red Hat, which gets to the point pretty well. Red Hat clarifies stance on software patents Posted By Adam Beecher - 11:50, 30 May 2002 Linux distributor Red Hat has posted a statement on its Web site explaining why it both speaks out against software patents and seeks them. "Software patents generally impede innovation in software development and....are inconsistent with open source/free software," the document begins. Red Hat banding for compatability Posted By Adam Beecher - 17:32, 29 May 2002 Linux provider Red Hat has launched a program aimed at strengthening relationships with other technology companies. In the company's "Alliance" program, "premier partners" will work with Red Hat to make their products compatible with its Linux enterprise products, including the recently announced Linux Advanced Server. ILUG Annual General Meeting Posted By Proinnsias Breathnach - 01:15, 25 May 2002 Edited by Proinnsias Breathnach - 01:15, 25 May 2002 [UPDATED] The ILUG AGM will be held in the morning of Saturday the 22nd of June. [Venue And Time] The venue is the Synge Lecture Theatre, in the Hamilton Building in Trinity College Dublin (TCD), from 0900hrs to 1300hrs.
Agenda will include the election of the new committee, and informative talks on varying topics. Further details will follow as they become available... Lindows judge throws the book at MS Posted By Adam Beecher - 17:12, 17 May 2002 Edited by Proinnsias Breathnach - 17:12, 17 May 2002 Lindows is a cock-a-hoop over a decision by a Seattle district court judge not to allow an injunction against the knock-off Linux distro. That's because "windows" is a generic term, according to the Judge, denying the Microsoft motion. Giant Steps for a Software Upstart Posted By Adam Beecher - 17:11, 17 May 2002 Linux is gaining momentum in nearly all corners of computing, and more and better programs now run on it. Now, it just needs a business model. Linux makes news with Reuters Posted By Adam Beecher - 17:10, 17 May 2002 Edited by Proinnsias Breathnach - 17:10, 17 May 2002 Reuters Group PLC Thursday announced that it has teamed with Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Red Hat to port its system for aggregating market news and data, called Reuters Market Data System (RMDS), to Intel-based servers running Linux. 2002 Linux Web Browser Review Posted By Adam Beecher - 16:05, 8 May 2002 Edited by Ken Guest - 16:05, 8 May 2002 Title says it all. Rob Valliere reviews Konqueror, Netscape, Galeon, Mozilla & Opera. Spoiler: Galeon, Moz and Opera win!? A business case for open source Posted By Adam Beecher - 16:03, 8 May 2002 Edited by Proinnsias Breathnach - 16:03, 8 May 2002 Fluff piece by Michael A. Olson, president and CEO of Sleepycat Software, the developer of the open-source Berkeley DB, an embedded database engine. Fluff, but nice to see on C|NET News.com. Linux networks much cheaper than Windows - report Posted By Adam Beecher - 19:21, 3 May 2002 Total cost of ownership (TCO) for medium-sized companies is up to a third lower for Linux than for Windows based systems, according to Australian IT services firm Cybersource. |
