Domain names set to double to 60m by 2002

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

As of today, there were 30,272,862 URLs registered worldwide – according to NetNames, part of UK domain name registrar NetBenefit. It reckons it
may have taken ten years for us to get this far, reports The Register, but it will only take another 18
months to add another 30 million.

September 2000 Security Space survey results

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Apache Today offers the Security Space Web Server Survey, a survey of web server software usage on the Internet broken down by 86 domains.

Second annual Penguin Playoff Awards

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

PRNewswire reports, Linux Journal
and Key3Media Events, Inc. announced today that Linux Journal, the computer
industry’s gateway to the world of Linux, will present the second annual
Penguin Playoff Awards at LINUX Business Expo-Las Vegas.

The Debian sandwich: Part II

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Debian Sandwich, Part II is a
continuation of the first part which dealt with apt, this one deals with the metaphor of ‘The Debian Sandwich’ and also with dpkg, apt’s elder brother, from Funky-Penguin.

Freebies are nice, freedom is nicer

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“The big issue, whether you prefer to think of yourself as an
advocate of Free Software or Open Source Software, comes in making
sure everyone, including people new to covering Linux and Free Software, understands what we mean when we say ‘free,'” remarks this All Linux Devices article.

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Open Source

Why we don’t need perfectly secure systems

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

SecurityPortal article summarizes, computer security needs to be viewed as a complex organism,
with all it’s systems interconnected, instead of as a series of discrete
problems to be solved individually.

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Linux

LinuxWizardry powers Lineo booth

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

LinuxWizardry Systems, Inc. Magic Passage VPN Appliances were used by Lineo for its Internet Access at the Embedded Systems Conference held in San Jose California this past week, Business Wire reports.

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Linux

Give us MacOS X or give us death, Intel users demand

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

According to The Register, OS X on Intel web site creators argue that Apple has to make the major strategic shift and release MacOS X – “a beautiful OS, with all the power of a BSD environment” – for platforms other than its own Mac line, and they point to the success of Linux as a sign of the sense in such a move.

Oracle to deliver first database for Linux clusters

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

PRNewswire on NewsAlert: Oracle Corp., the largest
provider of software for e-business, today announced the industry’s first clustered
database server on the Linux operating system, Oracle8i Parallel Server.

Congress isn’t Napster’s cavalry

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October 4, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Wired News speaks with Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC), the chairman of the House subcommittee of courts and intellectual property, and with key members of his staff.