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News from May 27, 2005

Kernel release: 2.6.11.11, May 27, 2005

2.6.11.11 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 1
Files changed: 82
Files removed: 0

Red Hat aims to dominate, May 27, 2005

Linux is experiencing growth of 22 per cent annually and has surpassed Apple to become the second-place operating system in the desktop market and, according to IDC, will be worth $US9.1 billion by 2008.

The Open Source Heretic, May 27, 2005

Open source advocates have pushed McVoy to "open source" his product--that is, to publish the program's source code, or basic instructions, and let the world use it for free. But McVoy says it is simply not possible for an innovative software company to sustain itself using an open source business model.

EU to fund global research on open source, May 27, 2005

The European Union is putting money toward research into open-source software and standards across the world.

Is Linux the Itanium's saviour?, May 27, 2005

There's one more, and potentially life-saving crutch for Itanium -- and that's Linux. Even Dell offers Red Hat Linux on its high-end servers, while on its (even higher) high-end systems HP offers only Linux or its own OpenVMS -- which despite the protestations of some of its ardent supporters, looks to be going nowhere today.

The Future of Free Software Lies in The Past, May 27, 2005

Eben Moglen is convinced the software industry is returning to being about a free exchange of ideas and code.

Microsoft, Linux vendors slow to fix flaw, May 27, 2005

Operating system vendors were given two months notice before a serious security flaw was made public but some have yet to resolve the issue, a security researcher has claimed.

Earthlink Offers Cheap PCs To New Subscribers, May 27, 2005

Earthlink Inc. on Thursday offered new subscribers to its premium dial-up service a desktop PC for $69.99 or a laptop for $399.

Device drivers filled with flaws, threaten security, May 27, 2005

The uneven skills of driver programmers have left a legion of holes in software that ships with Windows and Linux, security experts say.

Linux Is Already Big Business, May 27, 2005

I keep hearing CIOs and the like yap about how Linux isn't really ready for the enterprise. How's it not mature enough. How it's not really safe. Some of it sounds like it comes right out of the Microsoft "Get the Fud … ah, Facts" playbook.

IBM, HP, Dell Show Healthy Growth In Server Market, May 27, 2005

Worldwide revenues in the computer server market showed strong growth in the first quarter, as leader IBM and the other top vendors held on to their positions.

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