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News from Jul 18, 2004

Kernel release: 2.6.8-rc2, Jul 18, 2004

2.6.8-rc2 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 483
Files changed: 3806
Files removed: 220

Group pushes software sharing, Jul 18, 2004

Inspired by the success of freely shared software like the Linux operating system, some corporate technology executives want to share their custom-made software programs with each other.
''Why reinvent the wheel?" said Jay Hansen, chief executive of the Avalanche Corporate Technology Cooperative, a Minneapolis group formed by seven local companies, including electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc., magnetic tape maker Imation Corp., medical equipment manufacturer Medtronic Inc., and agricultural supplier Cargill Inc.

Linspire Gives Linux IM a Voice, Jul 18, 2004

Linux vendor Linspire Inc. has released PhoneGaim, a free software program that adds voice-over-IP functionality to the Linux-based Gaim instant messaging client.
Linspire, aka Lindows, has taken the popular open-source Gaim IM client, which interoperates with AIM, MSN, ICQ and Yahoo IM services, and enhanced it with SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based VOIP services. The resulting program, PhoneGaim, enables users to communicate by voice as well as by IM chat.

Microsoft applauds open-source procurement memo, Jul 18, 2004

Opponents of open-source software applauded a recent memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget that they claim puts proprietary software on competitive footing with open-source software in federal procurements.
“We think it’s a great memo,” said Bill Guidera, policy counsel for Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., referring to a letter issued to agency CIOs and senior procurement officials by OMB IT and e-government administrator Karen Evans
The OMB memo stressed that agencies making procurements must be “technology and vendor neutral,” when making procurement decisions, as per guidelines set in OMB Circulars A-11 and A-130 and the Federal Acquisition Regulation policies.

Cisco may let workers use Linux, Jul 18, 2004

Webmaster's note: The story appears about half-way down the page
Cisco Systems Inc., the largest maker of computer-networking equipment, may let its 35,000 employees use the Linux operating system on their computers instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, Chief Information Officer Brad Boston said.

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