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That (other) f-word

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet Anchordesk article asks, “Are Linux vendors ready to make the leap into big iron?”

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  • Linux

Red Hat selects Novell’s eDirectory

Author: JT Smith

PRNewswire,: Novell, Inc., the leading provider of Net services software, today announced that Red Hat has selected NDS eDirectory and Novell’s DirXML technology to provide the directory services infrastructure for Red Hat Network worldwide. Here’s a story from TechWeb.

SCO into Caldera without getting SCalded

Author: JT Smith

This osOpinion article states, “Linux, like Unix before it, is an example of ‘development by community’, and once we realize that, it changes the focus entirely.”

Category:

  • Open Source

Murdoch’s News Interactive commits to Open Source

Author: JT Smith

The online arm of Murdoch’s News Corporation in Australia has made a major commitment to the new software model, reports LinuxWorld News.

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  • Open Source

Tarantella pressures Citrix

Author: JT Smith

The Register reports, Tarantella is putting the pressure on Citrix by releasing its Version 3.0 a week before Citrix regroups at the Thinergy Conference in Florida.

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  • Unix

Red Hat warns Linux is moving too fast

Author: JT Smith

Speaking at the Networld + Interop trade show in Atlanta this week, VNUnet News reports, Robert Young of Red Hat said the fast pace of change in the Linux world puts a lot of pressure on users to keep up to date with the latest releases, patches and updates. More from Maximum Linux.

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  • Linux

Gates vs. Noorda: Here we go again?

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet News reports, according to Timpanogas Research Group’s CEO Jeff Merkey, Microsoft has threatened Timpanogas with litigation over what
Microsoft claims are violations of its intellectual property rights involving the NT file system.

XFS Beta release

Author: JT Smith

SGI’s Developer Central announces, the XFS filesystem for Linux has been Beta released.

Sun set to unveil UltraSPARC III

Author: JT Smith

Sun Microsystems Inc. said its new UltraSPARC III would be introduced in New York on Wednesday, along with a new Sun Blade 1000 workstation and a new Sun Fire 280 R server running the new chip, from Reuters.

Phone-to-net application supports Linux

Author: JT Smith

Anyone with a touchtone telephone can broadcast messages on the Internet as streaming audio with the cross platform DoTell Interactive application, says PRNewswire.