A GUI situation indeed, May 30, 2001

I find it rather surprising that, soon after the financial collapse of open source software developer Eazel, a number of folks have come out and declared the Linux desktop dead. The most eloquent such requiem appeared over at LinuxPlanet, but I've heard others share similar concerns. Take Eazel's problems as a wake-up call, they say, and concentrate on the server, where Linux is both more proven and more established within the computing mainstream.

To me, that's nonsense. Not only is the Linux desktop far from dead, it's right on track.

IBM is participating in two Japanese initiatives to improve Linux, projects that illustrate the peculiar nature of the development of the operating system. The first is a joint project among Big Blue and Japanese server leaders NEC, Fujitsu and Hitachi to improve Linux for big businesses. The second project, separate but with similar goals, is a new Japanese branch of the Open-Source Development Lab (OSDL), where programmers can test their software on expensive high-end systems

Server seller VA Linux Systems acknowledged Tuesday that an Internet intruder breached the security surrounding its open-source development site, SourceForge.net. The site's "shell server" was compromised May 22 after a SourceForge employee logged on to an outside Internet service provider that had already been taken over by the intruder, said Pat McGovern, site director of SourceForge.net. When the staff member logged on to SourceForge remotely, the intruder captured the password.

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