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<li><a HREF="#leg">Legislation and More Legislation</a>
<li><a HREF="#links">Linux Links</a>
<li><a HREF="#conferences">Conferences and Events</a>
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July 2002 <I>Linux Journal</I>
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The July issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
Journal</I></A> is on newsstands now.
This issue focuses on interoperability.  Click 
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<FONT COLOR="green">Palladium
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<P>
Back in January, 
<a href="../issue74/lg_bytes.html">
we mentioned</a> that Microsoft had been granted a patent claim
for a `Digital rights management operating system'.  It appears their plans
are developing further.  A recent
<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/770511.asp?cp1=1">
article</a> at MSNBC/Newsweek provides an "exclusive first look" at the new
technology.  It begins:
<blockquote>
"An exclusive first look at
Microsoft's ambitious-and risky-plan to remake the personal computer to
ensure security, privacy and intellectual property rights. Will you buy it?"
</blockquote>
Frankly, I don't buy it!
The article is almost entirely uncritical and does not raise any of the
many legitimate concerns surrounding such a technology.
<P>
The Register has published a some excellent articles on Palladium, by
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25852.html">
John Lettice</a>,
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25843.html">
Richard Forno</a> and
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25891.html">
Thomas C Greene</a>.  The 
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25891.html">
third of these</a> focuses specifically on what effect Palladium could have
on the Linux community, and the indications are not good (unsurprisingly,
given that it would mean a large part of the hardware industry could end up
dancing almost exclusively to Microsoft's tune). Indeed, as Robert Cringely
<a href="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020627.html">
has written</a>, Palladium could be bad news for the entire infrastructure
of the internet.
<P>
If you want more information on Palladium, and DRM (digital rights
management) technology in general, 
<a href="http://www.cryptome.org">cryptome</a> has 
<a href="http://cryptome.org/ms-drm-os.htm">
some useful links</a> along with the text of the original MS DRM OS patent.
Of particular interest is Ross Anderson's 
<a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html">
TCPA / Palladium Frequently Asked Questions</a>
(TCPA=Trusted Computing Platform Alliance).


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<FONT COLOR="green">Governments and Linux
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<P>
The 
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/">BBC</a> has 
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2023000/2023127.stm">
reported</a> that Germany has signed a contract with IBM and SuSE for a large
public sector Linux-based computer contract.  Among the reasons for the
decision given by German representatives were cost and security.  The BBC
article gives quite a nice background to the story also, which is worth
reading. Also of interest is 
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/press/press_releases/archive02/schily_ibm.html">
SuSE's press release</a>, and other reports of this news
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25565.html">
at The Register</a> and
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/06/03/1414239.shtml?tid%106">
at Slashdot</a>.
<P>
In other good news, it has 
<a href="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9061559934.html">
been reported by DesktopLinux.com</a> and
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-06-17-011-26-NW-DP-PB">
by LinuxToday</a>
that Finnish MP's have signed a bill requesting national and local agencies
to migrate their IT systems to the Linux operating system.  This could be
part of a trend.  Slashdot has 
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/06/04/0259234.shtml?tid%117">
reported</a> 
a similar development in Taiwan, which "...will start a national plan to
jump-start the development and use of Free (libre) Software".
IDG.net has published 
<a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_874686_1794_9-10000.html">
a survey</a>
of countries which making moves toward open-source software and attempting
to reduce dependence on Microsoft.

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</p><center><h3><font color="green">Linux Links</font></h3></center>

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<BR CLEAR="all">
The following articles are in the July/August issue of the E-zine 
<A HREF="http://www.linuxfocus.org/">LinuxFocus</A>:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2002/article239.shtml">A Hardware watchdog and shutdown button</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2002/article245.shtml">Securing a heterogeneous network with free software tools</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2002/article248.shtml">Plugins and Mozilla 1.0</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2002/article249.shtml">Receiving faxes with efax.</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2002/article250.shtml">Bookreview: Beginning Databases with MySQL</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2002/article252.shtml">Compile your own Linux kernel</a><br></li>
<li><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2002/article254.shtml">Light, Camera, Action... Kino!</a><br></li>
</ul>


<p>
Article at IBM.com on
<a href="http://www7b.software.ibm.com/wsdd/library/techarticles/0205_yu/yu.html?open&amp;l=335,t=gr">
installing and configuring CVS for Linux</a>.

</p><p>
<a href="http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=125">
Interview with RMS</a>.  Among other topics, this deals with UnitedLinux.

</p><p>
Salon
<a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/06/07/broadband/index.html">
describes</a>
how FCC decisions are allowing a few big ISPs (the ones owned by the cable
companies and telcos) to squeeze out all the little ones.  Gives an
analysis of what this will mean for the market.

</p><p>
Some stories from the <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">The
Register</a> related to the Linux world:
</p><ul>
<li>
    <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25746.html">
    A look at</a>
    NSA and SELinux
</li>
<li>
    Apache admins ambushed by 
    <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/25766.html">
    premature vuln report</a>.
</li>
<li>
    Ralph Nader recommends US Federal Government should develop 
    <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25586.html">
    software alternatives</a>.
</li>
<li>
    NY Times 
    <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25574.html">
    sicks FBI on MSNBC journalists</a>
    in hacking investigation, neglects press freedoms.
</li>
<li>
    <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25568.html">
    How to read Xbox security key</a>,
    legally apparently, and maybe even get Linux in there.
</li>
<li>
    <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25535.html">
    US courts</a> rule against library net censorship filters.
</li>
<li>
    Ruling on BT hyperlink patent
    <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25837.html">
    expected soon</a>.
</li>
<li>
MS Passport as
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/25867.html">
arbiter of public decency</a>
</li>
<li>
EasyGroup 
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25881.html">
uses heavy handed tactics</a>
to acquire domain names.
</li>
</ul>

<p>
Links from the O'Reilly stable of websites
</p><ul>
<li>
    <a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/06/03/insecurities.html">
    Trojaned networking tools</a>,
    and other security information.
</li>
<li>
    Getting the most out of one computer by
    <a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/05/30/enterprise.html">
    running multiple operating systems on it</a>.  Looks at WINE, DOSEMU,
    Bochs and User-Mode Linux.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://opensource.oreilly.com/news/biblio_0502.html">
Open Source Bibliography</a>.
</li>
<li>
    <a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/06/13/cvs.html">
    Tracking changes in CVS</a>, a look at the functions and commands used
    in CVS.
</li>
<li>
    A <a href="http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/05/23/zaurus.html">
    look at</a> the new GNU/Linux based Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 palmtop computer
</li>
</ul>

<p>
Some <em>Linux Journal</em> web article that might be of interest:
</p><ul>
<li>
    <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4879">
    Learning to Use X11</a>: A simple example program with a line-by-line
    walk through that explains key concepts for programming with X11.
</li>
<li>
    Doc Searls on GeekPAC and its 
    <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6033">
    mission to save the Net from Hollywood</a> and other corporate
    interests.
</li>
<li>
    An <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5928">
    introduction</a> to the arch Version Control System.
</li>
<li>
    <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5669">
    Review of four open-source accounting packages</a>:
    Emma, GnuCash, jGnash and QHacc.
</li>
<li>
    Maddog 
    <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6136">
    visits the 20th anniversary of the Swiss Open Systems Group</a>
    in Zurick, gives a talk, takes pictures, drinks the water (it's fresh).
</li>
</ul>


<p>
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/bg">
The Linux Buyer's Guide</a>
is a service provided by Linux Journal; it lists
software (both commercial and free), hardware, distributions, books, etc.
There are ten major categories and dozens of subcategories, and a search
page for searching names, descriptions and price ranges.  The service is
always free to users, and vendors likewise can list their products for free.  
(Vendors can also sign up for paid premium services; e.g., banner ads.)
Entries are added by the vendor through the web, so they reflect which vendors
have visited the site and chosen to list their products.
Free software developers are invited to register as "vendors" and list their
software, so that the public can comparison shop between free and commercial
items.  Just designate one person to be the Buyer's Guide contact, who will
update the product listing as the product changes.  (All listings must be
updated or verified at least once a year or they will be dropped; this prevents
stale listings from remaining.)


</p><p>
Some links from <a href="http://slashdot.org/">Slashdot</a> that should
appeal to you:
</p><ul>
<li>
    Ransom Love
    <a href="http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/02/06/24/1556244.shtml?tid%163">
    answers questions from Slashdot readers</a>
    about UnitedLinux.  Love was Caldera's CEO at the time of the interview,
    but now he's full time with UnitedLinux.
</li>
<li>
    A Fictional 
    <a href="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,260388,00.html">
    story</a>
    in <em>Popular Science</em> magazine about how much information an
    average Joe leaves about himself during the course of a day.
</li>
<li>
    European commission 
    <a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/05/28/1723200.shtml?tid%106">
    sponsors Linux audio distribution</a>
</li>
<li>
    <a href="http://www.cluelessmailers.org/spamdemic/mapfullsize.html">
    A map of spam</a>.
    Who sends it, who advertises through whom, and how the bulk of them
    interrelate.
</li>
<li>
    <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/761972.asp?0pup">
    Broadband by the bootstraps</a>:
    How a group of neighbours built their own high-speed network
</li>
</ul>

<p>
Joel Spolsky has written a well thought out
<a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html">
article</a> outlining his theories on the economics underlying open source
software.  This was 
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/06/17/0435227.shtml?tid%106">
discussed on Slashdot</a>.  While on the theme of economics, <em>Linux
Journal</em> have an article entitled
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com//article.php?sid=6149">
A Successful Linux/Open-Source Business Model</a> which might be worth
looking through.

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<font color="green">LWN
</font>
</h3> 
<p>
<a href="http://lwn.net/">
Linux Weekly News</a>
has 
<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/978/">
a new look</a>,
"making light use of style sheets", which you should take a look at.  There
are further changes and enhancements including a more dynamic front page,
login-preferences, and article talkbacks (which you will see at the bottom
of the 
<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/978/">
announcement</a>
of the new look).  The old LWN site and content is available as
<a href="http://old.lwn.net">old.lwn.net</a>.
<P>
Of course, not only does LWN have a new and attractive style, it also has
lots of good content!  The following are some highlights of the past month
that might interest you:
<ul>
<li>
    Jon Corbet's
    <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/3022/">
    report from the 2002 Kernel Developers' Summit</a>.  Has lots of
    information on where the Linux Kernel project actually is, and where it
    is heading.
</li>
<li>
    <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/2483/">
    Commentary</a> on
    the contradictions in how Disney's policies and aims interact with
    Linux.
</li>
</ul>


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<center><H3><font color="green">Upcoming conferences and events</font></H3></center>

<P> Listings courtesy <EM>Linux Journal</EM>.  See <EM>LJ</EM>'s
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/events.php">Events</A> page for the
latest goings-on.

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        <b>O'Reilly Open Source Convention (O'Reilly)</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>July 22-26, 2002<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
        <a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target="_blank">
        http://conferences.oreilly.com/</A><BR>

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        <b>USENIX Securty Symposium (USENIX)</b><BR>	
        <td valign=top>August 5-9, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
        <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/" target="_blank">
	http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/</A><BR>

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        <b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (IDG)</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>August 12-15, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
	<a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com" target="_blank">
	http://www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>

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        <b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Australia (IDG)</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>August 14 - 16, 2002<BR>Australia<BR>
        <a href="http://www.idgexpoasia.com/" target="_blank">
	http://www.idgexpoasia.com/</A><BR>

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        <b>Communications Design Conference (CMP)</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>September 23-26, 2002<BR>San Jose, California<BR>
        <a href="http://www.commdesignconference.com/" target="_blank">
	http://www.commdesignconference.com/</A><BR>

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        <b>IBM eServer pSeries (RS/6000) and Linux Technical University</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>October 14-18, 2002<BR>Dallas, TX<BR>
        <a href="http://www-3.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/pseries/" target="_blank">
        http://www-3.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/pseries/</A><BR>

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        <b>Software Development Conference & Expo, East (CMP)</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>November 18-22, 2002<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
        <a href="http://www.sdexpo.com/" target="_blank">
        http://www.sdexpo.com/</A><BR>
	
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<center><H3><font color="green">News in General</font></H3></center>

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<FONT COLOR="green">Simile.D
</FONT>
</H3> 

LinuxSecurity.com have 
<a href="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/server_security_article-5066.html">
reported on a virus</a>
that can affect both Windows and Linux.  Called Simile.D, it is only a
serious risk to a Linux user if she reads email attachments as root.
Security risk is therefore relatively small.
If you want more information, you can see further details 
<a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1132372">
on Vnunet's website</a>, and also 
<a href="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/linux.simile.html">
on Symantec's website</a>
<P>
A better bet is to read Robin "Roblimo" Miller's 
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=2002/06/07/0121241&mode=thread&tid=16">
article</a>
at NewsForge:
"One of the great defects in Linux
compared to Windows is that it is not infected by cool viruses."









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<FONT COLOR="green">HP, Oracle and Red Hat Combine Engineering Expertise to
Further Develop Linux Solutions for the Enterprise
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
<a href="http://www.hp.com/">HP</a> have announced that it has
combined engineering resources with software company
<a href="http://www.oracle.com/">Oracle</a>, and 
<a href="http://www.redhat.com/">Red Hat</a>,
to certify and deliver Red Hat Linux Advanced Server on an 8-Node
Oracle9i Real Application Clusters environment running on ProLiant DL580
servers from the new HP. 
<P> More information on HP's Linux initiatives is available at
<a href="http://www.hp.com/linux">
www.hp.com/linux</a>
<p>
This move has had some press coverage.
Siliconvalley internet.com
<a href="http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1276851">
has interpreted it</a> as a move to unseat IBM as the dominant Linux
vendor.
IDG has characterised the development as 
<a href="http://www.idg.net/crd_idgsearch_2.html?url=http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/05/28/020528hnunbreakable.xml">
a reaction to the UnitedLinux development</a>.  Don Marti has also
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6123">
commented</a> on the role Oracle's favouring of RedHat will have on the
distribution market.

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<FONT COLOR="green">United Linux
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
One of the biggest earthquakes in the Linux Distribution landscape in a
long time was the announcement by Caldera, SuSE, Turbolinux and Conectiva
that they were going to team up to form
<a href="http://www.unitedlinux.com/">UnitedLinux</a>.  
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/25503.html">
Speculation</a> about
what exactly this 
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/05/29/138258">
development</a>
will mean for Linux began even before the
announcement was formally made.
<a href="http://www.redhat.com">
RedHat</a>,
which would be an obvious target of the newly formed UnitedLinux, has made
little comment on the development and is reported to be 
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-05-30-019-26-NW-BZ-RH">
cautiously optimistic</a>.
However Dennis Powell, writing at Linux and Main, sees this as the 
<a href="http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=91">
beginning of a larger battle</a>
between UnitedLinux on one side and Dell Red Hat and Oracle on the other.
<P>
Among the features of UnitedLinux which have attracted 
attention are 
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/228254">
the refusal to distribute free binaries</a>, and talk of
<a href="http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=83">
per seat licensing</a>. It would appear that not all details in these areas have
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25587.html">
yet been worked out</a>.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
One of the most contentious happenings of the past month was 
<a href="http://www.adti.net/html_files/defense/opensource_pressrelease_05_30_2002.html">
the release</a>
by the 
<a href="http://www.adti.net/">Alexis de Tocqueville Institution</a>
of a whitepaper entitled Opening the Open Source Debate.  Among the points
made in this document was that
<blockquote>
Terrorists trying to hack or disrupt U.S. computer networks might find it
easier if the federal government attempts to switch to "open source" as
some groups propose.'
</blockquote>
Unsurprisingly, this led to an outcry among many associated with open
source software.
<P>
Happily, for those of us who believe free and open software is a good
thing, it appears that these contentions are not being blindly accepted.
Indeed there have been some very well considered rebuttals of the
whitepaper's theories.  David F. Skoll at the Sydney Morning Herald has
made 
<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/11/1022982836568.html">
detailed arguments</a>
(also
<a href="http://www.roaringpenguin.com/adti2.php3">at Roaring
Penguin</a>)
against  the specific points raised as has 
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25656.html">
Thomas C. Greene at The Register</a> and
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/06/14/1948201&mode=thread&tid=11">
Karl O. Pinc at NewsForge</a>,
<P>
Some commentators such as Michelle Delio at Wired have 
<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52973,00.html">
suggested</a>
that Microsoft may have paid to have the paper written.  Whoever were the
original funders of the paper, if <em>you</em> want to read it, you will
have to stump up $5.29, 
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/06/20/1755215&mode=thread&tid=11">
as reported by NewsForge</a>.
It is possible to download the original version
<a href="http://x.emdx.org/Slashdot/old_opensource_whitepaper.pdf">
from a non-ADTI server</a>, which was linked from the
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/10/1737258&tid=99">
Slashdot report</a> on this story.
Apparently, the main 
differences
between the different versions of the document are in spelling and grammar
(Anthony Awtrey at Linux and Main
<a href="http://linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=97">
goes through them in detail</a>).
<P>
For a more positive analysis of the role of open/free software in
government and military applications, you could look at
<a href="http://www.mitre.org/support/papers/tech_papers_01/kenwood_software/index.shtml">
the MITRE paper</a> on the subject.  Finally, for the ultimate irony,
NewsForge had the
<a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/06/05/1721223">
pleasure of reporting</a> that the ADTI's own website runs 
<a href="http://www.apache.org">Apache</a>.

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<FONT COLOR="green">MobiliX wins Against Obelix
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>
In a recent court hearing in Germany, the owners of the name 
<a href="http://www.mobilix.org">Mobilix</a> have 
defeated a challenge
brought against them by 
<a href="http://www.editions-albert-rene.com">
Les &#201ditions Albert Ren&#233</a>, owners of the popular Asterix comic
book series.  The Asterix comic features a character named Obelix, and it
was the contention of lawyers representing
<a href="http://www.editions-albert-rene.com">
Les &#201ditions Albert Ren&#233</a> that the name Mobilix was a violation
of their trademarks.  Mobilix is a website devoted to
<b>Mobil</b>e Un<b>ix</b>
(in particular Linux and BSD on laptops, PDA's, cell phones, etc.,).
The court eventually ruled that there was little chance of the names being
mixed up, especially given the very different markets they are aimed at.
<p>
The documentation of the case is available 
<a href="http://mobilix.org/mobilix_asterix.html">
online</a> (also 
<a href="http://mobilix.org/de/mobilix_asterix.html">
in German</a>),
and includes letters from MobiliX lawyers 
<a href="http://www.jbb.de">
Jaschinski Biere Brexl</a>.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Debian
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/">
Debian Weekly News</a>
have
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2002/24/">
reported</a>
the availability of
preliminary XFree86 4.2.0 Packages.
Branden Robinson and 
Ishikawa Mutsumi's announcement is available
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-x-0206/msg00029.html">
here</a>.
Werner Heuser has set up a 
<a href="http://mobilix.org/debian_xfree42.html">
Mini HOWTO about Debian-XFree86 v4.2</a>.  Download from
<a href="http://raw.no/x4.2/">
a mirror</a>
if possible.
<P>
<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="20%">
<P>
Also
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2002/23/">
reported</a> by DWN was the 
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd-0206/msg00046.html">
availability of</a> updated Woody
<a href="http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/debian-minicd/">
MiniCD images</a> for alpha, i386, m68k, and PowerPC.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Gentoo
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P> Gentoo Linux 1.2 was 
<a href="http://www.gentoo.org/news/20020610-gentoo.html">
released June 10</a>.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Phat
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
The fourth release of
<a href="http://www.phatlinux.com">
Phat Linux</a>
has arrived on FTP servers. It includes updates such as Ximian GNOME and a
2.4.18 kernel.  Phat aims to be installable on a Windows computer without
repartitioning. 


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<FONT COLOR="green">Slackware
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
Slackware</a> has announced the release of Slackware 8.1.
Highlights of this
release include KDE 3.0.1, GNOME 1.4.1 (with new additions like Evolution),
the long-awaited Mozilla 1.0 browser, support for many new filesystems like
ext3, ReiserFS, JFS, and XFS, and support for several new SCSI and ATA RAID
controllers.  You can buy it at
<a href="http://store.slackware.com">
store.slackware.com</a>, or download it from one of 
<a href="http://slackware.com/getslack/">
many mirrors</a>.
The new release has been 
<a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/4241/2/">
reviewed by Linux Planet</a>,
and also 
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/19/0330205&mode=nested&tid=106">
reported by Slashdot</a>.

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<FONT COLOR="green">SuSE
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>
 
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-06-03-015-26-NW-BZ-SS">
SuSE plans a developers' release</a>
of UnitedLinux, and won't have a per-seat license.  This does not directly
affect the other distributions participating in UnitedLinux.
<P>
<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="20%">
<P>
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en">SuSE Linux</a>
have announced the mid-June availability of SuSE Linux 
Pro-Office CD with Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 6.0. Additionally, 
the Pro-Office CD for SuSE Linux 8.0 features the latest edition 
of the ultimate desktop environment KDE 3.0.1, as well as 
important patches for the SuSE Linux 8.0 operating system. With 
the Pro-Office CD, SuSE Linux users can equip their home computers 
with state-of-the-art Linux desktop technology.
<P>
<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="20%">
<P>
SuSE Linux have also  announced the release of an updated version of the 
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/groupware">
SuSE Linux Groupware Server</a>.
The interweaving of the Linux operating system with the newly released
Lotus Application Server 5.0.10 makes the SuSE Linux Groupware Server a
powerful Lotus solution for Intel and AMD 32-bit processors.





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<FONT COLOR="green">Mozilla 1.0
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>
Few can have missed this particular piece of news, but just in case you
have been living under a rock all June,
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla 1.0</a>
has been
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0/">
released</a>.
<P>
Note that there are
<a href="http://mozilla.org/MPL/missing.html">
a few contributors</a> to the project
who still need to be contacted before Mozilla can be made 100% GPL.  Maybe
you can help track them down.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Game Publishing: Majesty
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
<a href="http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/">
Linux Game Publishing</a> have released
the first 
<a href="http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/screenshots.php?id=8">screenshot</a>
from the Linux version of
<a href="http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/info.php?id=8">Majesty</a>.
Majesty is a real-time strategy game currently in development at LGP.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Faximum Announces New Fax Software for Linux and Windows
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
<a href="http://www.faximum.com/">
Faximum Software</a>,
a developer of fax server software, has announced a major new release of
its 
<a href="http://www.faximum.com/fms">
Fax Messaging Server (FMS)</a>
product. FMS 2 runs on Linux, integrates with an organisation's existing
email server, and enables Windows, Mac, and Linux users to send and receive
faxes as easily as (and using the same tools as) email.  It is possible to
try out the software running on one of Faximum's servers at 
<a href="http://www.faximum.com/demo">
www.faximum.com/demo</a>.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Mammoth PostgreSQL Free Evaluation Now Available
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P> 
<a href="http://www.commandprompt.com">
Command Prompt, Inc.</a>
is  pleased to announce the immediate availability of
an evaluation version of Mammoth PostgreSQL for RedHat Linux 7.2/7.3. The release
contains a 5 connection Mammoth PostgreSQL, LXP the XML application server
for PostgreSQL and Mammoth Browser a GUI based data management application.
<P>
The product is available for immediate electronic distribution by visiting
the Command Prompt, Inc. website at
<a href="http://www.commandprompt.com">
www.commandprompt.com</a>.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Cylant IDS Upgrade Announced
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
<a href="http://www.cylant.com/">
Cylant</a>,
a provider of host-based intrusion detection and rejection systems for the
Linux and FreeBSD server platforms, have announced the release of version
1.2.3 of 
<a href="http://www.cylant.com/products/cylantsecure.html">
CylantSecure</a>.
CylantSecure applies a preventative, behavioural approach to security,
utilising kernel monitoring to detect attacks without needing continual
signature or rule-set updates.
<P>
Benefits of CylantSecure's new version 1.2.3 include:
<ul>
<li>
    Improved instrumentation for better kernel level behavioural
    measurement.
</li>
<li>
    More flexible IP profiling for superior recognition of port scans and
    connection hijacking attempts.
</li>
<li>
    Watcher performs faster over previous versions.
</li>
<li>
    Includes new self-training mandatory access control system.
</li>
</ul>


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<FONT COLOR="green">Reliaty Announces New Data Protection Product
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
<a href="http://www.reliaty.com">
Reliaty</a>,
a provider of advanced data protection, 
have introduced Reliaty Backup, a data protection software developed 
on a Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) foundation. This allows backup and 
recovery of data from any point within a storage environment to any device, 
regardless of the server and storage platforms or location of the 
connections. Reliaty Backup offers this seamless methodology for
multiplatform  environments, creating a new level of cost savings,
ease-of-use, and faster data recovery. 
This standards-based software can be 
used with Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, and also with UNIX, Linux, 
and Windows systems even if NAS is not present.
<P>
Pricing for Reliaty Backup starts at $2500. The software will be available in 
July.

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<FONT COLOR="green">IBM Linux Center
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
In response to growing customer demand for Linux solutions, 
<a href="http://www.ibm.com">
IBM</a> have
announced the opening of the first center in New York City to help the
financial services industry deploy Linux.
The Linux center, which will be based in Manhattan, will include hardware,
software and services from IBM as well as its partners, designed to help
financial services customers evaluate and plan Linux implementations.
SunGard, JD Edwards,Veritas, and Sybase are among the premier partners whose
technologies will be available in the IBM Linux Center.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Arkeia Announces Plasmon Tape Library Certification
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
<a href="http://www.arkeia.com">
Arkeia Corporation</a>, a Southern California-based supplier of the Arkeia
network backup software, has completed compatibility tests with Plasmon
automated data storage libraries. Arkeia 4.2 tested compatible with Plasmon
V-Series devices, as did the Beta version of the soon-to-be-released Arkeia
5. Philippe Roussel, CEO of Arkeia Corp. said that this
"...brings to Plasmon libraries new perspectives in the Linux and Unix
environments."

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<FONT COLOR="green">Plug `n' Play Security Blade Appliance
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
Developed by 
<a href="http://www.omnicluster.com">
OmniCluster Technologies</a>
of Boca Raton, Florida (an IBM spinoff), the SlotShield 1000 and SlotShield
3000 blade servers are redefining the security appliance market.
OmniCluster has partnered with Check Point Software Technologies, to
develop a security appliance integrating Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1
with OmniCluster's SlotShield appliance blade technology.  Both products
are plug n play security solutions that are PCI compatible and can be
installed within minutes inside any industry standard server system.  The
SlotShield 3000's plug-n-play capabilities enable installation as easily as
replacing a server's Network Interface Card. The SlotShield 3000 supports
any server running Windows NT service pack 6, Windows 2000, Windows XP and
Linux kernel 2.2x and 2.4x.
<P>
OmniCluster currently offers three variations 
in its blade security appliances. They include:
<ul>
<li>
    Single-server firewalls
</li>
<li>
    High availability firewalls (HAFW) for server "farms
</li>
<li>
    Multiple applications for URL, virus screening, email screening,
    intrusion detection
</li>
</ul>

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<FONT COLOR="green">New PXI Systems from MEN Micro
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
<a href="http://www.men.de">MEN Micro</a>; a company that
designs, manufactures and sells board-level industrial real-time
and embedded computer products;
has announced the release of two new PXI systems.
MEN's new PXI systems come in two sizes, a 19-in. 7U rack with as many
as 21 PXI slots and a 4U high rack with seven PXI
slots. Pentium-based 6U and 3U MEN F7 PXI
controllers are at the heart of the processing platform for these
PXI systems. By the end of 2002, MEN plans to release a Pentium IV-based
PXI system controller.
The MEN product lines support the most widely used
operating systems, including Windows NT, VxWorks, OS-9, QNX and Linux.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Wolfram Research Announces Release of Mathematica 4.2
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
<a href="http://www.wolfram.com">
Wolfram Research</a>, have released 
<a href="http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/newin42">
Mathematica 4.2</a>. New packages, XML functionality, and
Java connectivity have been added in this release.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Other software
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>
The 
<a href="http://www.samba.org/">Samba</a>
Team is proud to 
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn02-06-20-008-26-NW-SV-SW">
announce</a>
the release of Samba
2.2.5, the latest stable release of Samba
<P><HR WIDTH="20%" NOSHADE><P>
<a href="http://galeon.sourceforge.net/news/index.php#43">
Galeon 2.5 was released</a> on June 8.  Features Mozilla 1.0 compatibility.

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