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Napster being two-faced?

Author: JT Smith

While Napster encourages the sharing of music, it’s not happy when other Web sites try to use its technology, according to a ZDNet story.

Category:

  • Linux

Conference looks for standardized open-source docu…

Author: JT Smith

LWN.net
reporting
on the Open Documentation Summit: DocBook/XML should be the standarized format for open source documentation.

Using NetBSD: Installing and setting up a PPP Inte

Author: JT Smith

In this series, Ralph Krause shares his experiences installing NetBSD, setting up an Internet connection via PPP, using a printer, and configuring X under NetBSD.

Category:

  • Unix

IBM Invests $200 million in Linux

Author: JT Smith

IBM and Intel are investing $200 million in linux to help companies port their software.

Category:

  • Open Source

Microsoft Switches Hotmail to Home-Grown Win2K

Author: JT Smith

BSD Today is reporting on Hotmail’s switch from FreeBSD to Windows 2000.

O’Reilly Open Source Conference

Author: JT Smith

Phil Hughes tells us of the
O’Reilly Open Source Conference.

Ongoing Poll: “What do you value most about open source?”

Author: JT Smith

A LinuxDevices.com poll: “The picture is now
starting to come into focus — and the results are surprisingly different
from what many have probably assumed”

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  • Linux

This is only a test

Author: JT Smith

Testing, testing, one, two, three.

Understanding Fear of the Gnu

Author: JT Smith

Kelly McNeill writes “”Open source software is a serious threat to all that is good and true and right in this country.” Not surprising and easily dismissed as anti-GNU (GNU’s not Unix) rhetoric from a company that is running scared, but the issues are much older, wobblier and more complex than “Windows good, Linux bad”

The threat to innovation must be seriously considered. If GNU-ware can be used effectively in place of applications that cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars, how can serious software companies hope to compete? Huge financial and intellectual resources are being drawn away from industry by open source freeware.””

Mandrake Security Update For INN

Author: JT Smith

If you’re running Mandrake, take a look at this
INN Security Update.

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  • Linux