Linux Online - News from Feb 17, 2005

News from Feb 17, 2005

Missing deadlines puts SCO on the spot, Feb 17, 2005

Utah's SCO Group is flirting with being delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market after missing an already-delayed deadline for filing its 2004 annual report.

Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities, Feb 17, 2005

Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel (v. 2.6). These can be exploited by malicious, local users

Windows tops Linux in security demo, Feb 17, 2005

In a development that may surprise some, Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 emerged victorious over a rival Red Hat Linux operating system for computer servers.

Vendors push for wider Linux migration, Feb 17, 2005

Linux is easier to deploy and maintain than its reputation might suggest, IT company executives said at LinuxWorld this week.

Pogo Linux Offers Custom Branding, Feb 17, 2005

Pogo Linux Inc. is launching a program designed to make it easier for Linux application makers to sell their products.

Linux desktops have internal role at Cisco, Feb 17, 2005

John Chambers doesn't have a Linux PC yet, but he will someday if J. Craig Manning gets his way.

Linux show plans BCEC move, Feb 17, 2005

Only two days into Boston's first LinuxWorld show and officials are already planning to move it next year to the new and larger convention center in South Boston.

State officials stump for Linux code bank, Feb 17, 2005

Under the banner of the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005, technology leaders from Massachusetts and Rhode Island used the "open" atmosphere to discuss the growing Government Open Code Collaborative (GOCC) and the development of new open source applications by the Rhode Island Secretary of State's office.

3G Linux phone allows video calling, Web browsing, Feb 17, 2005

Several leading mobile technology players are cooperating on a project to explore Linux's potential as the major software component in smart phones of the future.

LinuxWorld attendees say litigation fears waning, Feb 17, 2005

The SCO Group Inc.'s intellectual property suit against IBM appears to be on life support this week following some tough words from the judge in the case about a lack of evidence. And attendees of the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo said they really aren't surprised.

IBM program aims to cultivate Linux independent software vendors, Feb 17, 2005

IBM is readying a number of new marketing programs that it hopes will encourage another 6,000 independent software vendors to port their software to the Linux operating system over the next three years.

SuSE Linux awarded government security cert, Feb 17, 2005

IBM and Novell announced at LinuxWorld today that SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 has become the first distribution to complete Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+.

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