To: newsforge-daily@newsletters.osdn.com Subject: Newsforge Daily Date: 09 Apr 2004 03:00:00 -0400

OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DAILY EDITION * NEWSLETTER April 09, 2004

NEWSFORGE DAILY

#======= FEATURES =======# Why SCOX price has been so up and down http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/2013226

The SCO Group (SCOX) has been all over the stock board recently, and we thought an explanation was in order.

Exclusive: Former Sun exec Green moving to Cassatt http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1831217

BREAKING NEWS NewsForge 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.

VoteHere source code release, however flawed, is huge http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1154224

Bellevue, Washington-based VoteHere's release of a reference source code implementation of its VHTi election verification software is highlighting the vital role of an open source approach to electronic voting alternatives, even one that runs on Windows.

#======= NEWSVAC =======# Looking at the New Gnome 2.6 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/09/025226

Anonymous Reader writes "Maynard Kuona takes a look on Fedora and the installed Gnome 2.6-pre version and discovers a whole new world of new features and well-crafted interfaces built-in on every Gnome-bundled application."

Release: Local Area Security Linux 0.5-185MB http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/2117259

Anonymous Reader writes "LocalAreaSecurity.com has released a new version of their live-CD Linux distribution for information security professionals. It contains over 200 security tools including all the usual suspects (Nmap, Nessus, etc.) as well as many other great tools less well known. The ISO images are meant to be burned on 185MB and 210MB miniCDs which they update around twice a month. L.A.S. also publishes many papers on how to use the tools as well as research docs on *nix security. Their latest papers include: Securing Mambo Open Source CMS , "Doing More With Less: Nessus", and L.A.S. Security Tool Review and Howto: kismet"

The Impact of Microsoft's New Licensing Scheme http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/2113224

paul hubert writes "Many in the FOSS community consider themselves advocates of GNU/Linux and the GPL. We would like more details on how Microsoft's MCPP initiative will impact FOSS covered by the GPL. Specifically, what are the implications for project teams using, or contemplating using Microsoft licensed technologies? What are the implications to persons, or to businesses that use FOSS in heterogeneous computing environments? The impact of MCPP, both technical and legal, differ for FOSS intended for commercial and non-commercial use. Hopefully by the time you are finished reading this you will have a better understanding of what MCPP is, and its implications on both uses."

Expert releases Cisco wireless hacking tool http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1947201

One day after it disclosed a security vulnerability in a wireless networking product, Cisco Systems must contend with a new threat - the long-promised release of a hacking tool that targets wireless networks running its LEAP wireless authentication protocol.

Linux Vendors Push Migration Strategies http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1939222

As the spotlight shines ever brighter on the Linux operating system, vendors have begun to develop strategies to help their customers assess the cost of migrating to Linux and open source software and make a smooth transition to a Linux environment.

Making storage choices on Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/198234

More and more enterprises are using Linux--even for mission-critical tasks. Agendra Kumar says that it's time enterprises considered Linux on the storage front too, and has some pointers for CIOs when it comes to picking up a storage solution on Linux

Lindows.com waves white flag and changes name http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1817246

Lindows.com is raising the white flag and will change its name outside the US instead of fighting Microsoft in international courts, the company has announced.

OLS 2004 registration open: July 21st to 24th http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1741215

We are happy to announce that the registration for the 2004 Linux Symposium is now open.

The Top 10 List of Worst Business IT Decisions http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1719205

Personally, I'd put DEC's failure to recognize that commercial VMS users weren't remotely like mainframers in solid second place, although I can think of some other contenders too -- including AT&T's purchase of NCR, the Defense Department's choice of staff and criteria in the development of ADA, and Intel's decision to continue 64-KB block addressing in the i80286.

Japan Raids Intel on Competition Concerns http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/179216

Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided offices of Intel Corp. on Thursday on suspicion the world's semiconductor leader pressured personal computer manufacturers to spurn competitors' products, a commission official said.