Stallman: OSDL patent project 'worse than nothing'
An effort by the Open Source Development Labs to help developers defend themselves against software patents has come under fire from Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman, who believes…
Vancouver Community College phases in more Linux
Vancouver Community College made the switch to Linux from a mixed environment of NetWare and Windows operating systems one year ago when it purchased IBM blade servers, which came with Linux pre-…
MySQL is Hiring
MySQL is the recognized leader in open source database software with over 10 million users. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Yahoo!, Alcatel, The Associated Press, Suzuki and…
Linux XP Desktop is Officially Released
Linux XP Desktop is a simplified and fine tuned system based on Red Hat Linux / Fedora. Linux XP Desktop 2006 is based on an updated Fedora Core 3. The graphical user interface (GUI) is based on a…
Novell Receives Delisting Notice from NASDAQ
Novell announced that it had received a staff determination notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market stating that the company’s common stock is subject to delisting from the NASDAQ Stock Market. The…
Interested in securely sharing a secret?
I needed a method for sharing a secret that required multiple agents to coordinate before the secret could be recovered. This is useful for encrypting keys used in critical backups. I decided to…
GPL clarification needed ASAP
The Free Software Foundation urgently needs to explain how software governed by the current General Public License will interact with that governed by a successor now under development, the leader…
How much abuse will you take from Microsoft?
Seriously, how many times must users and businesses be kicked in the face before they buy a clue? Before they realize that they don't have to stay in the abusive Microsoft relationship. The answer…
Why the GPL rocketed Linux to success
Charles M. Hannum (one of the 4 originators of NetBSD) has posted a sad article about serious problems in the NetBSD project, saying "the NetBSD Project has stagnated to the point of irrelevance…
Point, click, root: System exploitation with open tools
T managers face a problem determining what products and policies are best to properly secure their network. The problem with many security products is that it is hard to validate their claims.…