GNUmian writes “Dennis Powell, who used to write for Linux Planet, has a review of Ximian on a Pentium-166 machine. He says that running on old hardware is important if Linux is to make its mark in the third world and help the old world rise from poverty.”

NewsFactor Network writes “Investors, shareholders and Microsoft partners may love Microsoft’s .NET (pronounced dot-net) strategy. But if enraged consumer groups can get their message across to the mass of people who are increasingly concerned about their privacy, Microsoft may find itself dealing with an uprising. And if .NET is successful to the extent that Microsoft appears to be aiming for, consumer groups warn that one day you will be forced to identify yourself — “May I see your papers, please?” — before being allowed on the Internet.”

Anonymous Reader writes “LinuxDevices.com has published the weekly Embedded Linux Newsletter. Get your weekly fill of the latest news in the exciting world of Linux-based gadgets, devices, and embedded systems.”

From Financial Review:
“Computer maker Compaq’s shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the controversial merger with Hewlett-Packard.

Compaq was the weaker company in the deal, due to a widespread technology slowdown, and the vote was widely expected.”

From ecommercetimes.com: “Linux software maker Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) on Tuesday credited its profitable results to gains in the enterprise market as it reported revenue of US$18.6 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002. That figure is down from the third quarter’s $20 million but still translates to net income of about $1 million.
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This is what ZDNet has to say about recent Open Source security vulnerabilities: “In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call.

While Microsoft has concentrated on reviewing its flagship Windows source code as part of a new focus on security, Internet watchdogs have released the details of three widespread flaws in open-source applications usually shipped with the Linux operating system.
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Anonymous Reader writes “Turbolinux, Inc., a worldwide leader in Linux operating environments and multi-platform software deployment and management products, today said that Turbolinux 7 Server, the first Linux distribution to conform to Li18NUX internationalization standards, will extend its support for enterprise computing by implementing the recommendations of the Enterprise Linux Alliance. Alliance members IBM, Fujitsu Limited, Hitachi Limited, and NEC Corp joined together in May 2001 to collaborate on enterprise Linux development by expanding the scalability, reliability, and availability of the platform. The group’s most recent effort has centered on the Linux Kernel Crash Dump (LKCD).

The LKCD is focused on improving the reliability of memory dump capabilities and the efficiency of memory analysis required for analyzing OS failures. Turbolinux 7 Sever has already implemented the alliance’s LKCD recommendations. (Editors: see “Turbolinux 7 Server, First-Ever Linux Distribution to Conform to Internationalization Standard Specifications,” November 7, 2001 and “Tech Industry Leaders Join Forces In An Open Consortium To Support Next-Generation Computing,” December 19, 2001)

Turbolinux works closely with several industry-wide groups including the LI18NUX, LSB, and the Atlas consortium toward the common goal of expanding Linux acceptance and use within the enterprise.

“This is just further proof of Turbolinux’s on-going commitment to supporting enterprise customers with their adoption of Linux for mission-critical operations,” said Ly-Huong Pham, CEO of Turbolinux. “At Turbolinux, we envision a future where Linux is pervasive in the enterprise. The stability of Linux, running on mainframes or servers, delivers the reliability, availability, and scalability necessary for everything from back-end databases, to supercomputing and Internet edge servers.”

Enterprise Features Help Linux Win Converts

Turbolinux 7 Server supports several enterprise features including Large File Support (LFS) for files up to four terabytes in size. Such support is critical for archival storage and extremely large data sets. The popularity of Linux for animation production and for scientific clustering combined with the ever-increasing performance of x86 hardware underscores the need for LFS and LKCD. In addition, Turbolinux 7 Server supports the Logical Volume Manager (LVM), which provides flexible disk volume management. LVM allows customers to manage storage more simply by seamlessly combining multiple disk drives and partitions.

About Turbolinux

Founded in 1992, Turbolinux® Inc. is a global software company providing Linux operating environments and multi-platform software deployment and management products that allow computing assets to be quickly redefined on demand — enabling true flexible processing power. Backed by some of the world’s leading technology companies, including Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, NEC, Novell, Oracle, SGI and Toshiba, Turbolinux is headquartered near San Francisco with offices around the world. For more information, visit the Turbolinux Web site at http://www.turbolinux.com.”

Anonymous Reader writes “Citing ‘the impact of the economic downturn that has prevailed since March’, Lineo reduced its headcount again this week and continued the process begun last Fall of narrowing its focus to three key target markets. According to CEO Matt Harris, the company is reducing its size from 138 employees to between 75 and 80. Read the full story at LinuxDevices.com“

AD OPT Technologies Inc. (AD OPT)… today announced the official launch of its crew deployment software, Altitude(TM) Preferential Bidding System (PBS) on the Linux(TM) operating system. The Altitude PBS system on Linux was developed in direct response to a request from FedEx Express for an alternative platform solution. Now, all other airline customers have the opportunity to purchase the Linux solution.” Read more in this Canada News Wire Press Release.

Help Net Security reports that “phpBB2 is vulnerable to remote execution command.” Platforms affected are “All *nix running phpBB2 version 2.0.”