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Make time for GnoTime

Joe Barr

October 23, 2006 8:00:00 AM

GnoTime, the GNOME Time Tracker, is a lightweight task/time tracking tool. It's easy to use and not overloaded with project management features, but it suffers from weak reporting tools.

Robert Scales leads Raincity with passion and openness

Lee Schlesinger

September 15, 2006 8:00:00 AM

Robert Scales of Raincity Studios, a small award-winning Drupal and Ruby development firm in Vancouver, Canada, is not your typical CEO. Grounded by a pride in the quality of the work that his team produces, Scales is so dedicated to openness in business that he publishes Raincity's finances on his blog, although the company is private and he has no legal obligation to do so. The result of such openness, in Scale's view, is a stable business capable of surviving the next economic downturn.

A quick look at GanttProject 2.0

Joe Barr

March 17, 2006 8:00:00 AM

Although my daily work doesn't require any project management tools, I do have a soft spot for GanttProject, an easy-to-use application that has been previously featured on NewsForge. GanttProject's developers recently released version 2.0 of the application, which introduced two significant features: critical path and PERT charts.

SCO Group admits errors in its 2004 financials

CJ Preimesberger

March 03, 2005 8:00:00 AM

SCO Group, whose stock is in danger of being de-listed from the Nasdaq Exchange, admitted Thursday that it has made a number of accounting mistakes during the past year -- so many that it announced that it will have to completely restate its numbers for the quarters ending Jan. 31, 2004, April 30, 2004 and July 31, 2004. SCO did say, however, that "the impact of the anticipated corrections does not impact the Company's previously reported net loss or its earnings per share for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004."

Low-key leaders are essential to open source success

roblimo

February 11, 2005 8:00:00 AM

Commentary: Executive personalities have more effect on the software industry than they have on almost any other business segment outside of the entertainment industry. A former coworker once said, "It's not that Microsoft's management is sane, just that in a business where insanity is normal they're a little less insane than most others. And that's why they do well."

Why timing of Novell Linux chief resignation, Microsoft payoff is rather curious

CJ Preimesberger

November 09, 2004 8:00:00 AM

Before the dust whipped up by Linux executive Chris Stone's departure from Novell had begun to settle, the company announced today's $536 million settlement payment from Microsoft regarding Novell's NetWare. Industry insiders believe the timing of these two events -- which happened within four days of each other -- is curious, to say the least.

Genesis of a Linux guru

Lee Schlesinger

October 11, 2004 8:00:00 AM

Steve Buer, resident coding hero at Secureworks, sure seems to be having a good time helping his company develop a little Linux-based security device called iSensor. Buer writes the software for the appliance, which sits between the network and the Internet, looks at the traffic, and filters out malicious packets, while at the same time sending alerts back to Secureworks' security operations center. While his boss now calls him "the father of our technology here," Buer didn't even know Linux until after he started working at the company after getting his college degree four years ago.

Going open source: A manager's guide to doing it right

CJ Preimesberger

August 18, 2004 8:00:00 AM

Your company has a useful piece of technology, but no plans to make a software product out of it. Your engineers all think it's cool and think others outside the company will, too. They've badgered you enough that you're thinking seriously about releasing the code under an open source license. What should you expect, and what should you do to make such a move a success?

Think of others when you name your files

roblimo

July 21, 2004 8:00:00 AM

This is not a technical story about Linux file names, but a brief thought about names we choose for files we have created ourselves, and how even the best file name you choose for yourself can become meaningless when you share that file with others.

Why IT managers value analyst firms' conferences

roblimo

May 19, 2004 8:00:00 AM

<!- ed by cp 5.19> ORLANDO, Fla. -- "You can't trust vendor marketing material at all," said the CIO for a Midwest-based manufacturing company over beers at the GigaWorld 2004 conference. It costs around $2,000 to attend, and 710 people paid to be here. And this isn't a big analyst-sponsored conference, either. Gross revenue of $1 million (not taking into account sponsorships, advertising sales, etc.) strictly from attendees for a four-day conference -- that looks like a profitable enterprise.

Exclusive: Former Sun exec Green moving to Cassatt

CJ Preimesberger

April 08, 2004 8:00:00 AM

NewsForge/ITMJ has learned that former Sun Microsystems Java tools spokesman Rich Green, one of the most outspoken Microsoft critics in the business, has joined former Sun colleague Bill Coleman as a senior executive at Coleman's new venture, Cassatt Corp. of San Jose, Calif. Green resigned last Friday after 14 years at Sun in the wake of the Sun-Microsoft partnership authored by Sun CEO Scott McNealy and Microsoft President Steve Ballmer.

Analysis: Why did Sun's chief tools spokesman really resign?

CJ Preimesberger

April 05, 2004 8:00:00 AM

There is no lack of blockbuster headlines coming from Sun Microsystems these days. On Friday, Sun announced a news trifecta: 1) a new partnership deal with its longtime archenemy, Microsoft; 2) a new president, the ponytailed and bespectacled Jonathan Schwartz; and 3) a stunningly paltry quarterly earnings report to go with the impending layoff of 3,300 employees.

Tackling Unix security in large organisations, part 2

Lee Schlesinger

March 18, 2004 8:00:00 AM

Yesterday we began discussing techniques for securing Unix systems in large organizations. Systems are relatively easy; it is a security truism that the weakest link is the people.

Tackling Unix security in large organisations, part 1

Lee Schlesinger

March 17, 2004 8:00:00 AM

Managing security in large organizations can be a challenge. Here are some practical tips for keeping your organization sealed tight.

Computer Museum exhibit helps put IT in perspective

CJ Preimesberger

October 15, 2003 8:00:00 AM

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- When you stop to think, big, clunky computers with all of 32K of RAM, weighing 50 pounds, and costing $11,975 were standard issue not all that long ago. Even if you believe 25 years is an eternity in the Internet world, just remember this: In the vast depths of history, it is a mere millisecond gone by.

Free music celebrates 20 years

Lee Schlesinger

October 12, 2003 8:00:00 AM

The concert hall lights dim. A bespectacled man in a tux takes the conductor's podium and raises his baton. When he brings it down again, beautiful music starts to play. Welcome to a performance of the Musical Open Source Artists Instrumental Collaborative (MOSAIC).

Microsoft makes RMS its friend

David Graham

October 05, 2003 8:00:00 AM

- by David "cdlu" Graham -
Microsoft last week announced the creation of its digital rights management system, to be known as RMS, however the Free Software community asserts that it has prior art on this innovation.

Sorry, no SCO news today

roblimo

September 28, 2003 8:00:00 AM

- By <SLASH HREF="//linux.com/relocate.pl?id=ce14e030ae5269457def81045b1f50fa" ID="3e944e98ca1f841f938ad3919b5c16af" TITLE="http://roblimo.com" TYPE="LINK">Robin 'Roblimo' Miller</SLASH> -
In an apparent oversight, SCO forget to issue a press release this morning asserting yet another ownership claim against parts of the Linux kernel. Worse, no one has filed a new lawsuit against SCO today or even offered to indemnify Linux users against this predatory company's actions.

MicroSCOff buys MundrakeSoft installation advertising

David Graham

September 14, 2003 8:00:00 AM

- by David "cdlu" Graham -
MundrakeSoft has announced an exclusive advertising contract with MicroSCOff for its 9.2 Edition.

OpenOffice trails MS Office in vulnerabilities

roblimo

September 05, 2003 8:00:00 AM

- By <SLASH HREF="//linux.com/relocate.pl?id=d6ce25c2cc3b127d06ee7072e4e96563" ID="550b07898cb229ddc8f2f03ffd151cdd" TITLE="http://roblimo.com" TYPE="LINK">Robin 'Roblimo' Miller</SLASH> -
This week <SLASH HREF="//linux.com/relocate.pl?id=0f6bf57713489238e5ae44068df1589a" ID="2cd14f673460f412740a2367c17865e5" TITLE="http://www.microsoft.com/office/" TYPE="LINK">Microsoft Office</SLASH> once again affirmed its leadership in the office software world by releasing news of not one, two, or three, but five security holes. Meanwhile,<SLASH HREF="//linux.com/relocate.pl?id=dc12163f13a670819e18e99fa0a160fe" ID="24cb725ee89a6d73dc5ab50b1f59ea6a" TITLE="http://www.openoffice.org/" TYPE="LINK">OpenOffice.org</SLASH>, the primary open source competitor to MS Office, has no vulnerabilities to report. And OpenOffice developers say they have no plans to introduce Microsoft-competitive vulnerabilities, even though most PC users obviously consider insecurity a vital part of the computing experience.

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