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Linux : News : SGI plots out 128-processor Linux system
Posted: ( Sat 9th Aug 2003 09:41:29[AM] UTC )
SGI, which sells a 64-processor Altix 3000 computer based on the open-source operating system, will release a 128-processor version in spring 2004, the company said Tuesday.

Linux : News : Novell snaps up Linux company Ximian
Posted: ( Tue 5th Aug 2003 06:37:41[AM] UTC )
Networking software maker Novell on Monday boosted its Linux portfolio with the acquisition of Linux software maker Ximian for an undisclosed sum.

Linux : News : Red Hat files suit against SCO
Posted: ( Tue 5th Aug 2003 06:37:26[AM] UTC )
Red Hat escalated the legal war over Linux on Monday by announcing that it has filed a lawsuit against the SCO Group.

Linux : News : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 beta up for grabs
Posted: ( Mon 4th Aug 2003 12:10:21[PM] UTC )
Red Hat has put out a beta for version 3 of its enterprise class operating system, offering up support for a host of processors.

Linux : News : Open Groupware.org completes Office productivity software set
Posted: ( Mon 4th Aug 2003 12:10:21[PM] UTC )
The Open Groupware.org (OGo) project, a sister organisation to OpenOffice.org, has announced the formation of an international development community and an initial release of Open Source groupware server software, writes Martin Langham of Bloor Research.

Linux : News : Oracle To Launch Linux Center, Keep Seeking "Gurus"
Posted: ( Mon 4th Aug 2003 12:10:21[PM] UTC )
Oracle will launch a Web-based center for Linux application developers working with the Perl, PHP, and Python programming languages. The site will initially provide sample source code for Perl only. PHP and Python code will be added later, in that order.

Linux : News : Intel Joins Open-Source Tools Consortium
Posted: ( Mon 4th Aug 2003 12:10:21[PM] UTC )
Intel joins other major platform companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Borland Software Corp. and a host of others in the IBM Corp.-sponsored effort to create an open platform for Java-based tools integration.

Linux : News : Red Hat opens Linux development process
Posted: ( Sun 27th Jul 2003 10:33:19[AM] UTC )
Red Hat released a new test version of its Linux operating system on Monday along with a new development process that's designed to include outside programmers.

Linux : News : Asian Linux: Some keen, others cool
Posted: ( Sun 27th Jul 2003 10:33:19[AM] UTC )
Asia could leapfrog Western countries in the development of Linux-based applications, but some governments are not latching on to this opportunity, says a senior IBM executive.

Linux : News : Linux group broadens membership
Posted: ( Sun 27th Jul 2003 10:33:19[AM] UTC )
The Open Source Development Lab, a group dedicated to building high-end features into Linux, has taken its first step in a plan to expand its membership beyond the computing industry.

Linux : News : Linux wars: Big Blue strikes back
Posted: ( Sun 27th Jul 2003 10:33:19[AM] UTC )
IBM has launched a counterstrike against SCO Group's attack on Linux users, arguing that SCO's demands for Unix license payments are undermined by its earlier shipment of an open-source Linux product.

Linux : News : Analysts mixed about SCO actions
Posted: ( Sun 27th Jul 2003 10:33:19[AM] UTC )
Industry analysts are mixed in their advice about how Linux users should handle SCO Group's position that they must buy a Unix license or face the possibility of legal action.

Linux : News : Promoting Linux in Ludhiana [India]
Posted: ( Thu 3rd Jul 2003 12:43:12[PM] UTC )
Started in Ludhiana with the objective of penetrating the industrial hub, Sucharu aims at providing working knowledge of Linux to run an organisation or a commercial enterprise in a Sucharu (cleaner and efficient) manner.

Linux : News : Electronics makers rally around Linux
Posted: ( Thu 3rd Jul 2003 12:40:48[PM] UTC )
Matsushita Electric, Sony, Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba on Tuesday announced the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum, or CELF, a consortium designed to adapt and advance the operating system for use in consumer electronics.

Linux : News : Linux lab hires second guru
Posted: ( Thu 3rd Jul 2003 09:55:27[AM] UTC )
A day after Linux founder Linus Torvalds joined the Open-Source Development Lab, the group has hired another top programmer, Andrew Morton, the developer who will assume responsibility for the upcoming 2.6 version of Linux.