Linux Online - News from Nov 06, 2004

News from Nov 06, 2004

Penguin Computing secures $10M investment, Nov 06, 2004

Penguin Computing has announced the closing of a $10 million round of financing to expand company operations.

Top Linux exec departs from Novell, Nov 06, 2004

Chris Stone, Novell's vice chairman and a key leader of its transformation into a Linux company, resigned from the company Thursday.

Was Microsoft's e-mail message spam?, Nov 06, 2004

Microsoft said Ballmer's e-mail did not violate federal anti-spam regulations. But anti-spam activists and legal experts said the message does not make it easy for people to remove themselves from future mailings, as required by the law.

Police use Linux to comply with Freedom of Information, Nov 06, 2004

A Scottish police force is extending its commitment to open-source software by developing a Linux-based system for ensuring it complies with the impending Freedom of Information Act legislation

Education Sector To Get Linux-Based Solutions, Nov 06, 2004

The Indian education sector will soon be provided with Linux-based solutions, thanks to the partnership between Intel India and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.

SCO seals deal for legal expense cap, Nov 06, 2004

The SCO Group has signed a previously announced agreement with two law firms that will cap legal expenses for its Linux and Unix litigation at $31 million, the company said in a legal filing Thursday.

IBM, SGI win Linux supercomputer deals in Asia, Nov 06, 2004

IBM Corp. and Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) have won contracts to supply Linux-based supercomputers to a Korean national university and a Japanese nuclear research institute, the two companies said Thursday.

Spain takes a lead in computers, Nov 06, 2004

International Business Machines presented the Spanish government on Friday with what it called the most powerful computer in Europe, saying it would open a new era in scientific research in Spain.

Desktop Linux Summit Expands to Include Mozilla and OpenOffice.org, Nov 06, 2004

Now in its third year, the annual Desktop Linux Summit has added an extra day, expanding its focus to include discussions of open source leaders Mozilla and OpenOffice.org.

Mozilla Releases New Version of Thunderbird, Nov 06, 2004

While the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox Web browser garners most of the headlines, the open-source group's Thunderbird e-mail client is also attracting users' attention. Mozilla Thursday released the latest beta edition of the program.

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