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La Licence Publique Générale GNU
Mélanie Clément-Fontaine, Mémoire de DEA, Université Montpellier I, 1999.
Une étude juridique de la licence Publique Générale GNU. -
version pdf
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Net secrecy Co. raises concerns
David E. Kalish, AP Business Writer, SV.COM, December 13, 1999. -
a novel service lets people remain anonymous while
sending e-mail, chatting and visiting Web sites.
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Wanted: Centralized open source support &
Rich Morin, Sun World, October 1999. -
The open source community has very uneven levels of automated support for
its users and developers. What can (and should)
we do to improve this situation -
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Les actions Linux explosent au Nasdaq
Jerome Thorel, ZDnet France, 14 décembre 1999, -
VA Linux Systems 706 % le premier jour de cotation ... Le 9 décembre
Andover.net, faisait ses débuts à la Bourse. Bilan : 250 %
(de 18 à 63 dollars) en une journée.
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How to make War with Patents and Not Get Hurt
Kevin G. Rivette and David Kline, Upside Today,December 10, 1999. -
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Surviving a War With Patents
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Americans in the Information Age : Falling Through the Net
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Reports, facts sheets and figures about Internet and society
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Guerre des messages en direct : AOL ferme la porte à AT&T
Jerome Thorel, ZDnet, 10 décembre 1999. -
... voila où mènent les protocoles propriétaires ...
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Free legal help floods the Web
Ken Yamada, Redherring.com, December 10, 1999. -
USlaw.com officials hope to raise capital,
which will be used for branding, marketing, and forging
partnerships with Web portals... offering information instead of advice ...
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The Power of Openness
David Bollier, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, March 10, 1999
Why Citizens, Education, Government and Business
Should Care About the Coming Revolution in Open Source Code Software -
A Critique and a Proposal for The H20 Project
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MacMillan Captures 52% of Linux Retail Sales for August '99
Press Release, Oct 27th 1999. -
... launching its new Linux software line (based around the Mandrake
distribution) ... Macmillan turned what was a small but popular distribution
into a widespread competitive product.
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Will Wall Street's Linux love affair last?
Larry Barrett, ZDII, December 1, 1999. -
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2HRS2GO: Red Hat model is old hat
Sergio G. Non 22GO ZDII, September 22, 1999. -
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Red Hat takes its shot at Microsoft
Scott Berinato, PC Week, November 28, 1999. -
Red Hat is about to ramp up its campaign
of acquisitions, partnerships and open-source community activism...
targets: the Mozilla browser project and Sendmail Inc. -
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Red Hat vise Microsoft et flambe en Bourse
Jerome Thorel, ZDnet France, 1 décembre 1999. -
Le titre a été introduit en août dernier à 14 dollars,
et il navigue en ce moment autour de 236 dollars !
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Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software
Danny Yee, November 30th 1999. -
Free software and developing countries.
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Red Hat Linux 6.1 versus Windows 98: Rules of User Friendliness
Chris Stockdill, OSO, seen on November 29, 1999.
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The GPL and Qt collide again
Editorial, Linux Weekly News, October 28, 1999. -
... proliferation of licenses is bad.
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Linux Comes of Age -
An Industry Briefing Paper by Linuxcare, Inc. August, 1999. -
a serious discussion about the economic models that make the market
for Open Source software a viable long-term business proposition.
... + various figures
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Fear of Forking - How the GPL Keeps Linux Unified and Strong
Rick Moen, Linuxcare, November 17, 1999. -
That's why forking is uncommon in open-source code ...:
The improvements one group makes in its would-be "fork" are freely
available to the main community.
Traduction française par Jean Peyratout :
La crainte de la divergence - Comment la GPL maintient Linux unifié et fort, 28 Nov 1999.
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Kenwood Likes The Sound Of Linux
Mitch Wagner, InternetWeek, Nov 19, 1999. -
Another reason for picking Linux over traditional Unix was because the
company was already familiar with
Linux, having used it for four years for its DNS and some e-mail...
Linux requires less-powerful hardware than Windows NT to do the same job -
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La protection juridique des logiciels libres
Yannick Bailly,
Note de recherche sous la direction de Maître Théo HASSLER, 1998-1999. -
Cette protection juridique est loin d'être superflue, car les
logiciels libres attirent la convoitise des grands éditeurs de
logiciels qui voient en eux des rivaux de taille.
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Caldera Takes Linux for E-Business Into the Channel
Rachel Chalmers, Computergram, 18 Nov 1999. -
82% of all VARs want to deploy Linux in the next twelve months ...
The Linux distribution business is dead ...
Where you want to differentiate is in productization.
- On NT Server and NT Workstation. An interesting point of history
of Microsoft IIS, and O'Reilly ..
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Historical perspective ...
Con Zymaris, message on [linux-biz], 18 Nov 1999. -
if you want Web services, buy the 'Server' product... [which]
comes with a 'free' web server, so you will never have to buy
a competitor's product
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Netscape goes to jail, does not collect $200
Nicholas Petreley, InfoWorldElectric, August 7, 1996. -
Microsoft's stated reason for the 10-connection limit is that
it's good for you. Windows NT Workstation wasn't tested using more
connections, and it could crash if you exceed the limit.
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Differences Between NT Server and Workstation are Minimal - Registry Settings Used to Force Use of Microsoft Web Server
Andrew Schulman, November 14, 1996. -
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second source - and
third
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My response to ORA's bashing - some facts
Jawaid Bazyar, Open Letter to O'Reilley and Associates, 17 Sep 1996. -
Your Web-based article contains numerous
errors, including ...
- Le "Copyleft" ou l'état des interrogations quant à l'impact
des NTIC en tant qu'élément déstabilisateur des règles de
propriété intellectuelle
David Geraud, 12 novembre 1999. -
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Copyright crusader
Daren Fonda, The Boston Globe, August 29, 1999. -
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act extended protection
by 20 years for cultural works copyrighted after January 1, 1923.
- see also
Opposing Copyright Extension
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Red Hat to Buy Cygnus Solutions for Stock
Reuters, November 15, 1999. -
Cygnus software can also be used to power tiny computers (eCos) ...
The Linux operating system is a growing alternative to Microsoft's
Windows.
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Les logiciels libres et gratuits s'engouffrent dans la brèche
Michel Alberganti et Enguérand Renault, Le Monde, 10 Novembre 1999. -
Selon le cabinet d'études américain Zona Research, Linux
contrôle 26 % du marché mondial, devant Windows NT avec 23 %,
Unix (22 %) et Solaris (14 %), propriété de Sun
Microsystems ... vente de produits contre vente de services ...
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Condamné ou non, Microsoft gardera un avantage technologique
PARIS, 8 novembre 1999 (AFP). -
Le standard Windows survivra à Microsoft ... car 90% du
marché est équipé ... aucun des systèmes d'exploitation
concurrents - dont Unix, Linux, Be/OS, Solaris - ne peut facilement
être installé sur un PC, contrairement à Windows, où il
suffit de lancer un CD-ROM. ... Hachette Multimedia : "Peut-être y
aurait-il cependant une pression supplémentaire pour des versions
différentes. Nous comptons sortir une version de l'Encyclopédie
Hachette pour Linux en 2000"
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Reverse-engineering the GNU Public Virus
Stig Hackvän, Linux World, September 1999. -
Does the GNU General Public License strike the right balance?
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Richard Stallman on freedom and the GNU GPL
Richard Stallman, Linux World, November 1999. -
"... your freedom to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose."
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Server Appliance Maker Cobalt Rockets After IPO
Therese Poletti, Reuters, November 7 1999. -
Shares of Cobalt Networks soared almost 500 percent, making it the
third biggest initial public offering ever. Cobalt servers
run the Linux operating system
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Conference on Software Patents in Europe
23 March 1998, London, -
- Microsoft stocks viewed as a financial pyramid scheme
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Microsoft financial fraud
Bill Parish, Parish & Company, updated: 11/5/99. -
Microsoft is a great company with terrific employees ... unable to
see that they have also become the key architect of the greatest
financial fraud/pyramid scheme this century.
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Is Bill Parish Out To Get Microsoft?
Mary Jo Foley, Sm@rt Reseller, November 4, 1999. -
Parish appears suspect to many because is actively seeking
opportunities to appear on radio, TV and trade show panels to explain
his Microsoft-conspiracy claims. -
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Share and share unalike
The Economist (New York), 7th August 1999. -
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Usenet Software: History and Sources
FAQ, November 05 1999
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Quand la gratuité devient rentable
Michel Alberganti, Le Monde, 4 novembre 1999. -
Le service commence à se substituer à l'objet... Star Wars, épisode
1, le film de George Lucas sorti en France le 13 octobre, a rapporté
424 millions de dollars dans les salles américaines et environ 4
milliards de dollars avec la vente de produits dérivés alors qu'il n'a
coûté que 115 millions de dollars à ses producteurs. La
rentabilisation de l'investissement serait donc largement assurée par
la seule vente des objets exploitant l'image du film.
... ... Le jeune finlandais Linus Torvalds a ainsi mis gratuitement
à la disposition de la communauté des internautes son système
d'exploitation Linux. Sans grand effet sur le Windows de Microsoft par
manque d'une structure industrielle capable de rassurer les
utilisateurs sur la pérennité du logiciel.
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Confidentially yours - Interview of Ross Anderson on cryptography
New Scientist, 6 November 1999. -
You are mad to use encryption if you are a villain.
- Procès Microsoft
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Silicon Valley Cites Concern Amid Glee on Microsoft Case
John Markoff with Steve Lohr, The New York Times, November 8, 1999. -
"I loathe Microsoft and there's no question it's a monopoly,"
said Eric Raymond, a programmer, author and Linux evangelist. "But I
think Judge Jackson underestimated the competitive threat that Linux
presents."
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MSFT ruled a monopoly
John Frederick Moore, CNNfn, November 05, 1999. -
Federal judge says software firm possesses operating
system monopoly -
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Microsoft Empire a Monopoly
Jube Shiver Jr., Los Angeles Times , November 6, 1999. -
Judge Says in Antitrust Case Court: Jurist says the software maker
uses its power to stifle innovation and harm competitors. While not a
final ruling, findings show strength of government's side.
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Findings of Fact
Civil Action No. 98-1232 (TPJ), United States of America vs
Microsoft Corporation.
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Linux Bandwagon Gets Hardware Push
John G. Spooner, alta-vista live, 11/02/99. -
A small -- but growing -- number of startup hardware makers are
nuzzling up to the penguin pennant... Linux based thin servers are
expanding. IDC also expects the market for thin ser vers to account
for as much as $16 billion by 2002... "Small businesses don't need all
the bells and whistles that Windows NT gives them," said Eric Klein,
an analyst at The Yankee Group in Boston.
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Linux vs. Microsoft: The FUD Report
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Sm@rt Reseller, November 3, 1999. -
Raymond: " ... Could it all have been some horrible mistake?
... Perhaps one of these scenarios is why the reports quietly
disappeared -but not before taking much of the GartnerGroup's
credibility with them."
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Ranger Rick's Inverted FUD Theorem
Jeff Alami, 32 Bits Online, march 8, 1998. -
a reply to "Microsoft exec dissects Linux's 'weak value
proposition'" -
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Microsoft exec dissects Linux's 'weak value proposition'&
Scott Berinato, PC Week Online, March 4, 1999. -
Fud rain on Linux from MS -
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Microsoft Code Has No Bugs (that Microsoft cares about)
excerpts from an interview by Dr. Jürgen Scriba,
FOCUS (nr.43, October 23,1995, pages 206-212),
commented by Klaus Brunnstein.
Gates:
No! There are no significant bugs in our released software that any
significant number of users want fixed. ...
The reason we come up with new versions is not to fix bugs. It's absolutely
not. It's the stupidest reason to buy a new version I ever heard.
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Under fire!
Michael Warfield, Linux World, October 04, 1999. -
Trojan horse attack on free software repository in Eindhoven University
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Des sénateurs préparent une loi "pro-Linux
Jerome Thorel, 26 octobre 1999. -
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Windows Web Server Notes
Hyperseek, 1997. -
A titre historique ... un peu d'histoire
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Survey says future looks bright for LINUX technology.
Press release, RHI Consulting, September 28, 1999. -
57% of a random sample of U.S. companies with more than 100 employees
believe the role of Linux will increase
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MS piracy losses claims don't stack up
Graham Lea, The Register, 9/10/99. -
Piracy on MS products hurts Linux more than Windows
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Des sénateurs veulent imposer les logiciels libres dans les collectivités locales
MI, Le Quotidien, Paris, C.G., 27/10/99. -
Les sénateurs Pierre Laffitte (74 ans, Rassemblement démocratique et social européen),
Guy-Pierre Cabanel (72 ans, idem) et René Trégouët (59 ans, RPR) proposent une loi
pour développer l'usage d'Internet et des logiciels libres dans les collectivités locales et
les administrations.
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Doom as a tool for system administration
Dennis Chao, October 17, 1999. -
Completely off topic (except that it runs on Linux), but fun
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MacMillan USA Moves To Secure Linux
Matthew W. Beale, E-Commerce Times, October 22, 1999 . -
The package suite will bundle a wide range of security
software made available through the GNU General Public
License (GPL), and will provide access to "best practices"
FAQs, policy guides and various security tips
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Richard L. Brandt, Upside Today.
On Sun's Community Source License (CSL) and open-souece or GNU General
Public License (GPL)
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AOL, Sun Repeat History
Richard L. Brandt, Upside Today, October 08, 1999. -
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No, Sun Doesn't Get It
Richard L. Brandt, Upside Today, October 15, 1999. -
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Sun's War of Trenches
Richard L. Brandt, Upside Today, October 22, 1999. -
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Marché: réalisation d'une étude sur les logiciels libres (Linux) et leurs mécanismes de sécurité.
Centre d'électronique de l'armement (C.E.L.A.R.),
date limite, 4 novembre 1999.
cette étude comportera une analyse succincte et globale sur la
sécurité dans le domaine des logiciels libres, et sur Linux en
particulier.
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Circulaire du 7 octobre 1999 relative aux sites internet des services et des établissements publics de l'Etat
Premier ministre, 7 octobre 1999. -
Pour les formulaires administratifs, le format HTML doit être utilisé chaque fois que cela est possible (5).
Pour les rapports administratifs, le format HTML doit être l'un des formats utilisés.
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A tale of two patent strategies
Bill Roberts, Electronic Business, October 1999. -
"Patents and patent law are not well suited to the
software world," says
Marcia Sterling
, Autodesk's vice president of business
development and general counsel. "But there are so many software companies
today being pursued by one or more large patent portfolio holders that we
need patents for defense." ...
the rise of software patents
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Non merci, Monsieur Bill Gates!
Max Dauchet et Antoine Petit, SPECIF, 1998. -
reponse d'universitaires a des proposition de Microsoft -
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Les futures licences de Microsoft sur la sellette&
Yahoo! Actualités, 13 octobre 1999. -
La firme de Redmond songerait à adopter un régime de licences non perpétuelles.
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Romano Prodi reçoit Bill Gates à Bruxelles
Yahoo! Actualités, 13 octobre 1999. -
Pour les membres de l'association
Save the Web, « Ce communiqué est très respectable, mais on espère que
monsieur Prodi est au courant des alternatives informatiques qui existent pour les utilisateurs, comme les logiciels
libres, et qu'il ne privilégiera pas les intérêts de Microsoft. »
- À Metz, des Network Computers tentent l'aventure Linux
Yahoo! Actualités, 13 octobre 1999. -
La start-up franco-américaine Linbox propose depuis le début du mois une alternative 100 % Linux aux ordinateurs de réseaux?
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Développement et sécurisation du commerce électronique
Questions orales sans débat de M. Pierre Laffitte à M. le ministre de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie [588]. Mardi 26 octobre 1999. -
Tous les appels d'offres de l'Etat, des services publics et des collectivités locales ainsi que les réponses devraient se faire par voie de messagerie électronique (sécurisée pour les réponses). C'est le sens d'une proposition de loi déposée au Sénat assortie de la mise en place d'un corpus de logiciels libres avec code source public.
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Windows NT: A Reality Check
Patrick Lambert (drow@ext2.net), seen on 14 October 1999. -
Linux, Unix, Windows NT and the Internet
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Companies Join to Promote a Linux Operating System
Steve Lohr, The New York Times, October 13, 1999. -
VA Linux Systems, Silicon Graphics and the book publisher O'Reilly
are jointly offering a commercial support package for Debian GNU Linux
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Internet plan spurs Privacy fear
Ted Bridis, Associated Press Writer, Silicon Valley News, October 11, 1999. -
Privacy advocates are critical of a new proposal by the IETF,
to include the unique
serial number for each computer's network connection as a part of its
expanded new IP address.
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Linux Myths
Microsoft Corp., October 4, 1999. -
Linux simply cannot deliver on the hype.-
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Microsoft tire sur Linux à boulets rouges
NetworkNews, Nicolas Robaux, 11 octobre 1999. -
... Ce qui prouve en tout cas que Microsoft prend la menace
Linux au sérieux... Linux est, pour l'instant, incapable de faire
du multimédia correctement, mais la bureautique, les applications
scientifiques et l'Internet lui conviennent tout à fait. -
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A look at Microsoft's 'Linux Myths'
jc, Linux Weekly News, October 6, 1999. -
As can be seen, Microsoft's document is partially truthful,
partially not. It is not, in general, blatantly dishonest. It
points at places where work needs to be done.
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microsoft loses its head (again)
Mandrake, 5-oct-99. -
if microsoft's servers are so good, why does hotmail (a microsoft site)
run on freebsd/solaris and apache?
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Microsoft Advertising for Linux?
Christopher Lansdown, before jun 28, 1999. -
A reality check on the Linux vs NT comparison
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Housing NZ taking a serious look at Linux
Adam Gifford, New Zealand Herald online, 05/10/99. -
Housing New Zealand is considering replacing its Microsoft Windows NT
servers with the Linux operating system after the success of a pilot
project at its Mt Albert branch. ... It also runs the AccPac
financial software, which, while NT-based, lives happily on the Linux
server and runs on PC clients.
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Outrage at Microsoft's independent, yet sponsored NT 4.0/Linux research
Iwan Pienaar, ITWeb, 22 April 1999. -
Ian Hatton, Windows platform manager at Microsoft SA: "Microsoft did sponsor the benchmark testing and the NT server was better tuned than the Linux one."
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Free domain names - a quick thrill?
Cheshire Cat, IT-Director.com, 27th September 1999. -
the cost of top level domain name registration will be next to nothing
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Software pricing to plummet - is Linus Right?
Cheshire Cat, IT-Director.com, 27th September 1999. -
Linus Torvalds went on record at the end of last week saying that,
within 3 years, software prices will have plummeted. So - is he right?
The answer, it would seem, lies in the value which that software
represents ... TANSTAAFL: there ain't no such thing as a free license.
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France Télécom Paris : des intranet sous Linux.
Alcove, Communiqué, 14 septembre 1999 . -
France Télécom Paris devient le 500ème client d'Alcôve.
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DORLING: Publisher to put books online
Gautam Malkani and Paul Taylor, ft.com (The Financial Times), September 15 1999. -
"People want to be able to look inside books
just as they would in a store," ... risk is small in comparison to the benefits of brand
awareness
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Open Season: What's Up Sleepycat?
Sam Williams, Upside Today, September 15, 1999. -
A buisness based on discriminatory (for commercial applications)
not quite open source software -
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The LINUX FUD factor FAQ
Roger Irwin, 1998. -
This document presents some
of the more frequently cited 'myths' about Linux and open source software in general.
- Hill House Hammond : ServBox.s first customer and first success story.
During August 99 LinuxWorld trade show in San Jose, IBM and Pick Systems
communicated about ServBox.s first production. Thanks to IBM and Pick
Systems partnership, this first installation was an amazing success.
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Hill House Hammond chooses IBM Netfinity to run first live Linux installation in the financial sector
IBM press release, July 30th, 1999. -
... the first live Linux
installation in financial services anywhere in the world ... The
total order is for 290 Netfinity 3000 servers, one for each of the
company's 250 branches and the remainder for development and training
purposes.
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Hill House Hammond selects d3Ò Linux DBMS servers from Pick Systems for world's largest ever financial corporate Linux deployment
Pick press release, August 10, 1999. -
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LinuxWorld: Product flood
Scott Berinato, PC Week, August 6, 1999. -
"It's made me a fan of Linux, even though I'm not so technical," Barrish said. "It's just as stable as [Windows] NT
or any Unix, and it's cheaper, and we really stand to benefit from the way IBM is backing us with it." -
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Cobalt poised to become second Linux IPO
Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, September 9, 1999. -
Cobalt, la societe US qui produit les Qubes - des serveurs clef
en main, tournant sous Linux, avec interface de configuration en HTML,
accessible a distance par un navigateur - se preparerait a etre la
deuxieme societe utilisatrice de Linux a entrer en Bourse.
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Study: High cost for Windows 2000 transition
Melanie Austria Farmer, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, September 9, 1999. -
The "migration" cost of a transition to Windows 2000 could be steep--up to $3,100 per PC, according to a study by the Gartner Group.
That will make it difficult for companies to achieve any return on their
investment for at least three years -
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PubMed Central
The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 10, 1999 . -
The National Institutes of Health has announced that it will proceed with a controversial free-access
on-line archive
of scholarly papers in the life sciences -
more
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Report: U.S. Uses Key Escrow To Steal Secrets
Madeleine Acey, TechWeb, May 18, 1999. -
European plans for controlling encryption software are
nothing to do with law enforcement and everything to
do with U.S. industrial espionage -
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NSA Builds Security Access Into Windows
Duncan Campbell, TechWeb - CMPNet, Sep 3, 1999. -
How is an IT manager to feel when they learn that in every copy of Windows sold, Microsoft has installed a 'back
door' -
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Microsoft, the NSA, and You
Cryptonym Corporation, vendredi, 03-sep-99 17:23:59 GMT. -
Cryptonym's
Chief Scientist Andrew Fernandes discovered a back door
for the NSA in every copy of Win95/98/NT4 and Windows2000.
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Ecotourism: Penguins Can Get Used To People
Society For Conservation Biology, ScienceDaily Magazine, 9/3/99. -
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Executives call future of Alpha chip secure
Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff (Boston Globe), 08/31/99. -
Microsoft announced that future versions of Windows NT would not be tailored to run
on Alpha's processor chips, despite long standing promises.
Comment from Compaq: "The market has basically been pretty clear that the market for us is the Linux space." Borkowski figures that about 300,000 Linux servers will be sold worldwide next year. He says that if Alpha Processor
can get a quarter of that - 75,000 servers - they'll do fine.
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Software firms soar on Linux fever
Erich Luening, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, August 30, 1999. -
Desktop software maker Corel and Java software maker Applix are both
riding a Linux wave washing over Wall Street in the past few days.
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Sun to offer Microsoft Office competitor for free
Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, August 30, 1999. -
Both StarPortal and the conventional versions of the software will be given away for free to all comers, not just the
educational and home users that used to be able to get Star Office without paying. That price tag stands in stark
contrast to Microsoft Office, which costs about $400 for a basic version and much more for premium versions. - -
Microsoft: We don't have any plans to develop Office
for Linux." -
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Unisys Not Suing (most) Webmasters for Using GIFs
Posted by Roblimo on Tuesday August 31, Slashdot. -
A company creates a $200,000 CAD package - then gives
away a "free plug-in" that includes LZW. Should not Unisys
charge a royalty under these circumstances? Isn't the freeness
of the plug-in package that includes LZW somewhat of a
sham, possibly made that way specifically to avoid paying
royalties to Unisys?
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Quelques articles du Monde mentionnant Linux
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Une entreprise australienne s'apprête à lancer un système d'exploitation concurrent de Windows NT
Denis Delbecq, vendredi 9 juillet 1999 . -
Seul Linux, un système d'exploitation libre et gratuit, constitue,
depuis deux ans, une réelle menace pour Windows.
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Microsoft le « prédateur »
Patrice de Beer, vendredi 13 août 1999. -
En tout cas, Microsoft a perdu lundi deux gros clients, Motorola et
Dell Computers, qui ont préféré le système d'exploitation Linux à Windows.
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La Bourse de New York bat de nouveaux records et croit toujours à la force de l'économie américaine
Enguérand Renault, jeudi 26 août 1999. -
Il y a moins de quinze jours, les introductions en Bourse des
valeurs Internet étaient boudées par les investisseurs. La
société Red Hat, distributeur du logiciel libre Linux, avait
pourtant bravé ce risque en s'introduisant au Nasdaq le 11
août. Depuis, l'action s'est adjugé une hausse de 392 % !
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Setting Up Shop: The Business of Open-Source
Frank Hecker, 3 August 1998. -
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Eclipse
Philippe Allart, Wed, 11 Aug 1999. -
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SGI cutting back key projects
Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, August 2, 1999. -
SGI has been stepping back from its earlier keenness for Windows. The company said last week that that
Linux is the operating system of choice for servers in the long term -
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SGI counts on Linux for new servers
Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, July 29, 1999. -
Workstation maker SGI has released its first Intel-based server computers with both Microsoft Windows NT and
Linux operating systems, but Linux is getting top billing in the long run.
"you need an operating system where you can actually
muck around with the kernel," ... While NT enjoys a big advantage over Linux right now in terms of what server programs are available to run on the
machines, SGI expects Linux will catch up. -
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Microsoft Tells Analysts the Future Is Good, Sort Of
John Markoff, The New York Times on the Web, July 23, 1999. -
Ballmer: The Unix phenomenon is scary. It doesn't go away. Linux is a
serious, albeit crazy, implementation of Unix on the Intel platform."
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Reach, pay drawing developers to Java, Linux
Wylie Wong, CNET News.com, August 11, 1999. -
According to the Gartner Group, the number of programmers targeting
Windows as their primary development environment will fall from 65 percent in 1998 to 40 percent next year. At the
same time, developers writing browser-based software will rise from 18 percent to 40 percent. -
Forrester Research found that programmers using Java and CORBA outnumber those targeting Microsoft's COM by 44 percent to 24 percent. --
Using Java for its software allows the start-up to reach every potential customer on the Internet, said Michelle
Devereaux, senior developer for Harvest. "With Microsoft, we're basically tied to their environment the rest of our
product's life. With Java, we get this huge customer base who can use Sun Solaris, Linux, or any new computer
that comes out in the future."
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Nicholas Petreley, LinuxWorld, August 1999. -
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Linux: Fastest growing server OS - IDC
Charles Babcock, ZDNet UK, Mon, 21 Dec 1998. -
Some figures for 1998
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Red Hat charges up 272 percent in debut
Larry Barrett ZDII, August 11, 1999.-
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Operating Systems: Battle for the System
Brian O'Connell, TECHWATCH, CFO Magazine April 1999. -
Microsoft takes aim at Unix and Novell with Windows 2000. But a new rival
has arrived: Linux. + figures on sales and revenues for NT, Novell and Unix
(IDC) - Jon Oltsik of Forrester Research. "Linux will play the most
significant role in new-application development."-
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Other Operating Environments Will Have Trouble Keeping up with Linux's Growth
IDC, March 31, 1999
Through 2003, total Linux commercial shipments will grow faster than the total shipments of all other
International Data Corporation (IDC) covered client or server operating environments. IDC estimates Linux commercial shipments will increase at a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25% from 1999 through 2003, compared with a 10% CAGR for all other client operating environments
combined and a 12% CAGR for all other server operating environments combined.
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Windows NT Is Not Supplanting Other Operating Environments
IDC, April 19, 1999
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Publishers launch open source Linux book project
voir aussi:
Open Content License
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The Potential of Linux
etc arts culture music communications monthly, May 99 Volume 2 Issue 5. -
une reprise du rapport IDC de mars 99, avec une photo de Bill et Tux
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Linux is not Red Hat
Arne Flones, Linux Today, Jun 5th 1999. -
MetroWerks is releasing CodeWarrior not as CodeWarrior for Linux but
as CodeWarrior for Red Hat Linux (
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Senate To Debate Y2K Litigation Bill
Mary Mosquera, TechWeb, 06/09/99. -
Legislation to limit corporate liability for the Year 2000 -
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Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution -
Ténors de l'Informatique Libre
1999 by Éditions O'Reilly
La science, tout bien considéré, relève de l'Open Source.
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Red Hat S1 filing
6/4/99. -
from the EDGAR database -
in one piece as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 1999.
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The really new economy: Red Hat's IPO
Andrew Leonard, salon.com - Technology June 9, 1999. -
The average investor is likely to be confused at how a business
specializing in "free software" could be a viable profit center.
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Microsoft, Intel do their bit to stomp on our privacy
Mitch Stone, Ventura County Star, April 5 1999. -
This technology monoculture provides computing sociopaths with a
golden opportunity to dish out highly effective doses of digital nerve
gas, sending corporate computer networks into fits and convulsions --
which is exactly what Melissa has accomplished.
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Melissa and monocultures
Nick Leverton, The risks digest, 31 Mar 99. -
Agriculturalists long
ago discovered the problems of single strain crops, in that they provide an
ideal habitat for an adapted pest or disease which can wipe them out.
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The ecology of computer viruses
Jamais Cascio, salon.com | April 7, 1999. -
Who was most vulnerable to the Melissa virus? Those users and
companies who'd standardized on a technological "monoculture" -- by
adopting tightly integrated software products from one supplier, like
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other ref.
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Brevets: la Commission expose les grandes lignes d'un plan de mesures ambitieux
IP/99/105, 12 février 1999. -
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Nation's Largest Linux-only Retailer Announces Online Associates Program to Support the Linux/Open Source Communities
Company Press Release, February 9 1999, Yahoo. -
... make money advertising Linux
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La présence internationale de la France et la francophonie dans la société de l'information
Patrick Bloche, Rapport au Premier ministre - 7 décembre 1998. -
Promouvoir les logiciels « libres » et notamment Linux
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Apaiser les débats autour de la propriété intellectuelle
.....
mise en ligne gratuite des contenus nécessaires aux cursus scolaires jusqu'à la terminale ....
synthese
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How We Reached The Open Source Business Decision
Paul Everitt, Digital Creations,
Zope is an object-based, open source web application platform
to build powerful and dynamic web applications easily.
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Thoughts about Linux
Jurgen Defurne, Linux Gazette, October 1998 Issue #33. -
I believe that Linux has the potential to compete in the corporate marketplace. Alas, there are
still a lot of holes to be filled in before this will come true.
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IT Week: Tim O'Reilly talks Open Source part 1
Andrew Orlowski, ZDNet UK, 31 Mar 1999. -
Information value is proportional to
novelty ...
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The Origins and Future of Open Source Software
Nathan Newman, NetAction White Paper, 1999,
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UNIX ou NT ? Vos responsables informatiques ont-ils fait leur travail ?
Lettre ouverte de l'AFUU aux dirigeants d'entreprises. 9/2/99. -
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Gathering of the Linux tribes
Andrew Leonard, SALON | March 4, 1999. -
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part 2)
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How can they patent that?
Peter Wayner, Salon, March 1999. -
(part2)
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Core Competencies: Why Open Source Is The Optimum Economic Paradigm for Software
Dan Kaminsky, Doxpara Research, 02 march 1999. -
This article clarifies OSS in the language of economics such that the
true reasons behind its success may be understood by everyone, not just
the coders.
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NT Religious Wars -
Why Are DARPA Researchers Afraid of Windows NT?
Mark Berman, BBN Technologies, 5 August 1998
Research partially onducted under DARPA contract number F30602-98-C-0187.
- The administrative and political challenges surrounding the decision to use
Windows NT in leading-edge operating systems and networking research.
[Note that this was written mid-98, when office-suite support was weak
on Linux and other Unices].
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Why Free Software is Bad for Microsoft
Paul Ferris, 32 Bits Online, May 1999. -
A reply to Boling just below -
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Free Software. Is it Worth the Cost?
Douglas Boling, Microsoft Internet Developer, May 1999 [posted 15 April 1999]. -
Unintended second degree humor
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Cendant Will Book Linux into 4,000 Hotels
David Orenstein, ComputerWorld, 03/08/99. -
"Linux is flexible in some areas and archaic in other areas,"
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The New King Of The Hill
Eric Carr, Sm@rt Reseller, April 5, 1999. -
Our main point, though, is that Linux is as valid a choice as NetWare
for your customers' servers. What it lacks in features and support is more
than made up in speed.
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Building An Enterprise Printing System
Ben Woodard - Cisco Systems , Proceedings of the 12th Systems
Administration Conference (LISA '98), December 6-11, 1998
Boston, Massachusetts, USA. -
... the robustness of Linux made it possible
for us to use our print system in mission critical environments
such as manufacturing production floors.
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Mindcraft study funded by Microsoft
Linux Today, Apr 13th, 1999. -
Mindcraft, Inc. conducted the performance tests
described in this report between March 10 and March
13, 1999. Microsoft Corporation sponsored the
testing reported herein. -
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Louise Attaque : dialogue et ouverture mais...
RML, L'Écho du Village N° 30, 10 avril 1999. -
Le groupe Louise Attaque et Le Village se trouveraient-ils opposés,
malgré eux, dans une affaire de piratage de fichiers sons, alors que
chacun, semble-t-il, a des objectifs semblables, chacun dans sa
voie : la protection des auteurs et de leurs droits, le soutien et la
promotion de la création moderne ?... Le groupe Louise Attaque
est-il victime une fois supplémentaire, mais par la faute des avocats
de ses "ayants-droit ?
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Dell to preinstall Linux on PCs
John G. Spooner - PC Week, March 30, 1999. -
Dell offers Red Hat Software Inc.'s Red Hat Linux 5.2 OEM System
Builder Edition as a factory-installed option on its Precision
workstations and PowerEdge servers. It will do the same soon on its
OptiPlex desktop PCs. Dell will charge an extra $20 to install
Linux.
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30 Years of RFCs
RFC Editor, et al., USC/ISI, 7 April 1999. -
RFCs are the official documentation of the Internet, and all its open
standards and protocols, often implemented in free software.
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Articles de J.P. Smets et B. Faucon
Collection d'article sur les logiciels libres et le probleme des brevets
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Microsoft open to open source for Windows?
Bob Trott, InfoWorld Electric, Apr 7, 1999. -
Microsoft officials
stressed that the hottest such system, Linux, could develop into a serious threat to Windows.
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Take My Job, Please!
Eric S. Raymond, 1999/03/29. -
What job is this? Um...that would be public advocate for the hacker tribe, speaker-to-journalists,
evangelist/interface to the corporate world.
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Les six premiers mois du logiciel libre
Eric S. Raymond, traduit par Éric Jacoboni, Morceaux choisis de la LINUX GAZETTE N°32, 10 octobre 1998 [Version anglaise: Linux-Gazette No. 31, June 1998).
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Other Operating Environments Will Have Trouble Keeping up with Linux's Growth
IDC, March 31, 1999. -
... demand-side studies that showed marked Linux usage in a number
of industries, and customer demand for expanded Linux research
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Other Operating Environments Will Have Trouble Keeping up with Linux's Growth, IDC Says
NewsAlert, March 31, 1999.
Commercial Shipments Will Increase at a Four-Year Rate of 25% ... faster
than the total shipments of all other International Data Corporation (IDC)
covered client or server operating environments.
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Philosophical Changes in 1990's Information Technology
Lion Templin, University of Minnesota, February 1999. -
An analysis of the computer
industry with an emphisis on
the effect the micrcomputer
industry has had on pure
computer science in the
information technology sector.
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In the Beginning was the Command Line
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Neal Stephenson (viewed on march 31, 1999). -
Cryptonomicon: a subjective essay
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Sony confirms Linux to be PSX2 development platform
Tony Smith, The Register, 23/03/99. -
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Bull awarded major contract from Microsoft for system management software
Bull press release, February 9, 1999. -
... manage
MSN[tm] Hotmail's hundreds of servers and network connections that currently
support more than 30 million Hotmail members worldwide
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Linux and the monopoly game
Nicholas Petreley, LinuxWorld, January 1999. -
With a reader sample size of almost 900 people, 74% said Red Hat
Linux is becoming synonymous with Linux.
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Halloween V
Eric S. Raymond, LinuxWorld, march 1999. -
Eric Raymond penned this short rebuttal to Muth's allegations
that the more he studies Linux, the weaker he finds its "value
proposition to consumers."
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Microsoft exec dissects Linux's 'weak value proposition
Scott Berinato, PC Week Online, March 4, 1999. -
Microsoft Corp. group product manager Ed Muth sounded off on the
open-source operating system, outlining what he considers are
fundamental flaws with the Linux business model and the OS
itself.
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Nicholas Petreley, LinuxWorld, March 1999. -
... attempts by Microsoft's Ed Muth to criticize Linux ... Who
should we believe regarding application availability and the
viability of Linux? Microsoft -- or Microsoft? ... with figures
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Linux au Sénat
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Des pyramides du pouvoir aux réseaux de savoirs - Tome 1
René Trégouët, Sénateur, Rapport d'information 331 - 1997 / 1998 - Commission des Finances . -
Ce système d'exploitation a été développé selon un modèle ouvert et réparti, contrairement à la
plupart des logiciels connus qui suivent, au contraire, un modèle fermé et centralisé. Linux est un "
logiciel libre " ...
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Questions d'actualité au Gouvernement
Sénat, Séance du 18 mars 1999, Question du Sénateur Laffitte, page 62. -
... il faudrait aussi preciser dans la loi que Collectivités
Locales et État devront utiliser des logiciels libres ...
Réponse de M. Pierret: ... mission interministérielle
... veiller au respect des standards ouverts ... déjà organisé une
réunion générale d'information sur les logiciels libres ...
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autre URL.
Voir également:
Questions orales remises À la prÉsidence du SÉnat, Utilisation des messageries électroniques par l'administration, No 489. - 11 mars 1999.
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Linux May Alter IP Legal Landscape
Victoria Slind-Flor, The National Law Journal (March 12 issue),
March 8, 1999.
"Linux developers have created a model that will tend to reduce
legal involvement on the intellectual property level," ... Some of us
have been talking for a long time about how software is becoming the
less important part, and services are beginning to become the more
important part" ... intellectual property lawyers will be less in
demand.
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Engagement majeur d'IBM autour de Linux
Yahoo! Actualités, Multimédia, 9 mars 1999
« Linux est utilisé par plus de 10 millions d'utilisateurs et la plupart de nos
clients sont demandeurs de solutions Linux », affirme Jonathan Prial,
Integrated Solutions and Linux Marketing. « Aussi pour soutenir nos clients et nos partenaires
commerciaux dans l'adoption de ce nouvel OS, nous les accompagnerons à travers toutes une série
d'offres produits et de programmes comme nous l'avons toujours fait avec leurs autres systèmes ».
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Menacé sur son métier, Microsoft pourrait négocier avec l'anti-trust
Yahoo! Actualités, International,10 mars 1999. -
Nombre de fabricants d'ordinateurs comme IBM, Compaq et Dell, et
Intel ont déjà profité de la position vulnérable de
Microsoft pour prendre leurs distances et afficher un soutien de plus
en plus marqué à Linux....Windows NT souffre des retards dans la
sortie de la prochaine version, Windows 2000, et d'une fiabilité
moindre par comparaison à Linux.
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Informatique en réseaux: qui a peur de Linux?
Yahoo! Actualités, Multimédia, jeudi 11 mars 1999, 16h13
Le phénomène est accentué par les difficultés
actuelles de Microsoft et le vide relatif créé par le retard de
la commercialisation de la nouvelle version de Windows NT, Windows
2000... "Linux est un système d'exploitation très complet et
sophistiqué" qui constitue un concurrent très sérieux, a
témoigné il y a quelque temps Paul Maritz, vice-président de
Microsoft, dans le cadre du procès antitrust à Washington.
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Digital Future Coalition
The DFC has completed its work on the WIPO implementing
legislation and we look forward to providing you with a COMPLETE
history of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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Gassee challenges OEMs to preload BeOS, Linux
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Jim Kerstetter, PC Week Online, 06.22.98. -
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Carmen Nobel and Scott Berinato, PC Week Online , february 15 1999. -
IBM also will lead a new trend by announcing support for more than just one commercial Linux vendor. IBM
plans to announce licensing deals with several top Linux distributors, including Red Hat Software Inc.,
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Computing heavyweights warm to Linux
Stephen Shankland, Enterprise Computing - CNET News.com, January 27, 1999. -
Linux is taking another step toward corporate credibility as
big-name computer companies like Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, IBM, and
Silicon Graphics scramble to respond to swelling customer demand and
add support for Linux.
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Valérie Fageon, Le Monde Informatique, 8 Janvier 1999. -
... dans les trois premiers systèmes d'exploitation choisis
pour héberger des serveurs Web, on retrouve deux logiciels libres :
Linux (26,9 %) et les Unix BSD (22,8 %). La famille Windows 95/98/NT 4
n'arrive qu'au deuxième rang avec 23,7 % des parts de
marché.
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How to trip Microsoft ,
Russ Mitchell, U.S. News online, Business & Technology 11/23/98. -
with a
picture of the Red Hat people
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Sun promoting Linux for UltraSparc chips
Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, Enterprise
Computing, December 8, 1998.
Sun Microsystems is helping the Linux community port
its Unix-like operating system to Sun's UltraSparc platform. UltraLinux
has been working since 1995 on a version of Linux for UltraSparc
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WordPerfect jumps on Linux bandwagon
Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, December 17, 1998. -
he Canadian software vendor has released a free Linux version of its
WordPerfect word processor for download and will follow it up with a
more complicated paid-for versio
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IBM Brings Enterprise and Web File Sharing to Linux
December 1, 1998 -
Today, IBM's Transarc subsidiary
unveiled its first Enterprise File Systems products for Linux. AFS
Server and AS Client are now available for users to add Linux into
their enterprise environments, enabling interoperability between and
amongst servers and clients for Linux; Microsoft Windows 95, 98 and
NT; and other Unix operating systems.
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IBM Announces Open Source Access to Technology that Speeds Development of Java Applications
December 7, 1998 -
It is critical that companies that believe in the value of Java use
and recommend completely compliant Java technologies. Jikes has been
the top Java related software downloaded from the alphaWorks site
since July, when a version was released for the Linux operating
system. Jikes also runs on the IBM AIX* and OS/2*platforms,
Windows95** and NT**, and on the Solaris** operating system for
Sparc** microprocessors.
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IBM Releases Open Software to Improve Security, Performance & Reliability of Internet E-Mail Systems
December 15, 1998 -
Free Secure Mailer Code Could Ensure Security of Systems
Transferring Billions of E-Mails Daily... "By offering Secure Mailer
free without licensing restrictions, IBM is helping build a stronger
base for secure e-business," said Jeff Jaffe, general manager for
IBM's IT Security. "This is an important step because MTAs (Mail
Transfer Agents) with poor security are one of the most common ways
for intruders to invade a company's network.
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Le logiciel brise ses chaines ,
Laurent Mauriac
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«Notre devise c'est: liberté, égalité, fraternité» ,
Florent Latrive
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Les programmeurs de l'ombre
Laurent Mauriac
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Vers une nouvelle utopie concrète?
Olivier Blondeau, 16 novembre 1998. -
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Linux fascine et menace
Laurent Mauriac, 4 novembre 1998. -
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L'Education nationale encourage le rebelle
Laurent Mauriac, 2 novembre 1998. -
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Linux cogne aux fenêtres de Microsoft
Laurent Mauriac, 2 novembre 1998
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Linus Torvalds, l'anti Bill Gates
Edouard Launet, 13 mars 1998. -
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Linux Weekly News, december 1998
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Intel: Linux inside?
Robert Berger, Linux World, October 1998. -
Robert Berger, who was hired as a consultant to Intel as it was
developing its Linux strategy, explains the motivation behind various
recent Intel initiatives, including UDI, I2O, and the Red Hat
investment.
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Sequoia Capital invests in Linux system vendor
Robert McMillan, LinuxWorld, November 13, 1998. -
Sequoia Capital has invested an undisclosed amount into Linux
vendor VA Research, Inc. The Mountain View system reseller is
courting a second major investor -- widely rumored to be Intel -- ...
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Open source gathering steam
Matthew Broersma, ZDNN, December 7, 1998. -
Increasingly, companies are viewing open source code releases as
a cheap and easy way to enlist legions -- numbering in the thousands
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NetWare For Linux: Get The Best Of Both Worlds
James Taschek, Sm@rt Reseller, December 23, 1998. -
By extending the ability to tie isolated Linux servers into a
NetWare environment--with full support for Novell's directory, file
and print services--NetWare For Linux gives the operating system what
it needs most: credibility and connectivity into a large installed
base.
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Star Division offers free version of office suite
John G. Spooner, PC Week Online, December 3, 1998. -
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Corel takes WordPerfect 8 to Linux
Anne Knowles, PC Week Online, December 17, 1998. -
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Linux's enterprise evolution
Scott Berinato, PC Week Online, December 21, 1998. -
A series of key developments next year should help Linux
continue its startling emergence as a viable and standard enterprise
operating system... IBM is expected to announce a sweeping service and
support agreement for Red Hat Linux. -
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IBM Paints Linux Blue
The Sm@rt Reseller Staff, 12/19/98.
EXCLUSIVE: A deal with Red Hat could alleviate support
concerns.
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Linux--Achilles' heel?
Ben Heskett, CNET News.com, December 2, 1998. -
"The eventual acceptance of Linux [within corporations] will
come with emerging technologies, the incremental benefits as features
are added to the Linux kernel, and support from major enterprise
application vendors in porting their software to Linux," noted a
recent report by the Giga Information Group. -
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Unix trounces Windows NT in testing ,
Stephen Shankland , CNET News.com, December 1, 1998. -
Microsoft's Windows NT finished dead last overall in a
comparison with five different versions of the Unix operating system,
concluded a market research firm that assessed the latest versions of
these operating system -
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Linux shipments up 212 percent
Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com, December 16, 1998. -
Shipments of the Linux operating system surged by 212 percent in
1998, a growth rate that outpaced Windows NT, NetWare, Unix, and
all others in the server market, according to a new study. And in the past year, the market share of Linux leapt from 6.8 percent to
an estimated 17.2 percent of server operating system
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IT Week, Dec 4th 1998. -
Novell played down the suggestion that it will soon offer parts of
its proprietary NDS directory technology to the open source
community. It added that it would not invest in Linux vendor Caldera
Systems, though Novell has made NetWare available for the operating
system. -
full story Paul Briggs, ZDnetUK, IT Week, Fri, 04 Dec 1998
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Novell to open parts of NDS source code,
Scott Berinato, PC Week Online, November 30, 1998. -
Novell is still working out the details of its NDS open source plan,
which requires a new business model. Right now, Novell is "scrubbing
the NDS code" to make sure it's usable by the developer community,
said Chris Stone, senior vice president of strategy and corporate
development at Novell. Novell's investment in Caldera's OpenLinux,
which already supports NetWare file, print and directory services,
will propel both in-house and commercial development of Linux-based
NetWare and NDS applications. -
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WordPerfect 8 pour Linux dès demain ,
Multimedium, 16 décembre 1998. -
Corel offrira dès demain la version à usage personnel de
son texteur WordPerfect 8 pour Linux en téléchargement
gratuit
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Getting help with Linux
Rick Cook, CNNin interactive, December 3, 1998. -
A plethora of sources ...
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OS users still haven't found what they're looking for ,
Tom Diederich, December 14, 1998. -
At the Giga Information Group's Emerging Technology Scene
conference that wrapped up here yesterday, a poll of the 142-member
audience -- made up largely of information technology industry
executives -- showed that 58% would switch from Windows if they had
the chance.
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Linux Gets Application Boost ,
Chris Oakes, Wired News, 24.Sep.98. -
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German Challenge to MS Office ,
Karsten Lemm, Wired News, 7.Dec.98. -
Star Division, a small and little-known German software firm,
thinks it has figured out how to wrestle market share from mighty
Microsoft: It's giving away its full-blown office applications suite
to individual users. -
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The Path to Open Source: Venture Capitalism?
Liz Coolbaugh, Linux Weekly News, December 3rd, 1998. -
The announcement that Digital Creations is releasing the source
code for its flagship product, Principia, was made at the Python
Conference last month ... ... the involvement of the venture capital
firm, Verticality Investment Group, LLC (ViG), in the decision to
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Principia and Bobo become ... Zope
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The Open-Source Revolution ,
Tim O'Reilly, Release 1.0, Esther Dyson's Monthly Report, November 1998. -
Much as IBM's big problems two decades ago were in its business
rather than in the antitrust courts, Microsoft should probably be
paying more attention to Open Source than to Open Courts. (Esther Dyson)
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IDG to Launch First International Linux Exposition ,
IDG, end November 1998. -
IDG Addressing the needs of both the Linux business and
development communities, LinuxWorld Conference and Expo will feature a
high-level, technical conference program and an exhibit floor
highlighting leading service providers, solutions integrators and
development organizations i
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Stanford Panel Debates Open Source Model For Linux
Matt Hines, Newsbytes, 20 Nov 1998. -
The overriding theme of the night was how to balance out the
differing interests of people using and programming Linux. Decisively
split were programmers and businesspeople.
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Unix on a billion desktops?
Ajay Shah, Freshmeat, November 15th, 1998. -
Unix today possesses six important attributes: ...Strategies for
building applications software ...
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Linux on the mind at Comdex
Torsten Busse, Kristi Essick and Mary Jo Wagner, CNNinteractive,
November 20, 1998. -
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Linux: Back door to the front office
Scott Berinato, PC Week Online, November 13, 1998. -
ndustry pundits say Linux is about to take off in the
enterprise. IT administrators will tell you it already has. The
open-source operating system is now peppered throughout many major
enterprise networks -- and is picking up steam against commercial Unix
variants and Windows NT -- because of its performance and
flexibility. -
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Netscape confirms it is in merger talks with AOL ,
Larry Dignan, ZDII, PC Week Online, November 23, 1998. -
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Linux is looking lovely ,
Bruce Francis, CNNfn Anchor, Digital Jam, November 10, 1998. -
Interview of Bob Young, Red Hat CEO. - ... it's like any
commodity business ... They pay for convenience... what we're really
doing is giving away the technology in order to sell the services and
support ... we are going to succeed, whether or not Microsoft chooses
to try and compete with us.
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Make Money With Linux ,
Rich Santalesa & David A. Harvey, Sm@rt Reseller, October 30, 1998. -
The reason that you should place an order, or download a free
copy from Red Hat's Web site ASAP, is that Red Hat's Linux will make
Unix desirable for small to midsize businesses and SOHO
installations. No other version of Unix has ever successfully
penetrated those market segments. -
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Monsieur Linux ,
Daniel Baril, @ Forum, Volume 33 NumÉro 10, 9 novembre 1998. -
ean-Claude Guédon propose une voie pour sortir du cercle vicieux des "obésiciels".
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Mexican Schools Embrace Linux ,
Leander Kahney, WiredNews, 6.Nov.98. -
the Mexican government said this week that it plans to install
the free Linux operating system in 140,000 elementary- and
middle-school computer labs around the country. -
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Des PC sans Windows pour le CNRS ,
Le Monde Informatique, N° 785, 6 Novembre 1998. -
Pour les constructeurs, contraints d'équiper leurs machines
en standard avec Windows, le montage de PC sans OS revient plus
cher. Cette configuration exige en effet la création d'une
chaîne spécifique de BTO (Build To Order).
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Linus Torvalds Heads Linux Panel With Executives From Oracle Corp., Netscape and Intel at Oracle OpenWorld,
PR Newswire - November 05, 1998. -
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New U.S. copyright law bans Webcasts of many TV, radio programs ,
Adam Clayton Powell III, World Center, Freedom Forum, 10.30.98. -
President Clinton signed the new
Copyright Act
into law
Wednesday. It was the culmination of months of hard lobbying by the
major Hollywood studios to increase charges for use of copyrighted
material online. But the true price of the new law, both in new
mandatory financial payments and in restrictions on the free flow of
news and information, is only now becoming clear.
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Free Book Sites Hurt by Copyright Law
Carl S. Kaplan, The New York Times on the Web, October 30, 1998. -
Early next month, the editor of a Web site dedicated to
republishing classic works of literature online will pull the plug on
his operation. Eldred's action is a protest against a little-noticed
law, signed by President Clinton this week, that adds 20 years to the
existing copyright protection of books, films, songs and other
intellectual property.
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The Halloween Documents
Where will Microsoft try to drag you today? Do you really want
to go there?
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Microsoft pondering legal challenge to Linux ,
Bob Trott, CNN interactive, November 6, 1998. -
Cohen and Valloppillil suggest that Microsoft could slow the
open-source development of Linux with legal battles. "The effect of
patents and copyright in combating Linux remains to be investigated,"
the duo wrote.
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New MS Memo Targets Linux
Chris Oakes, WiredNews, 5.Nov.98. -
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Linux backer posts 'Halloween II' document,
Mary Jo Foley, Sm@rtReseller, November 5, 1998. -
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Linux Today, Nov 5th 1998. -
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Microsoft admits VinodV memo is authentic
Slashdot, November 02, 1998. -
As you peruse your WSJ tomorrow, the distant noise
you hear will be me -- laughing my butt off at the
people who leapt to accuse me of having been
hoaxed, or even of perpetrating the hoax myself."
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Internal Memo Shows Microsoft Executives' Concern Over Free Software ,
Amy Harmon and John Markoff, The New York Times on the web, November 3, 1998. -
The memo warns that the quality of free software can meet or
exceed that of commercial programs and describes it as a potentially
serious threat to Microsoft. ... a number of the company's critics
speculated that the release of the memo might be timed to suggest the
software giant faces real competition.
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Microsoft: Linux a threat to NT ,
Dan Goodin, Stephen Shankland, and Paul Festa, Staff, CNET News.com , November 2, 1998. -
Independent programmer Eric Raymond posted the so-called
"Halloween memo" to the Web over the weekend. The document was
originally written by Microsoft's Vinod Valloppillil, an engineer who
analyzes industry trends, said Edmund Muth, the company's enterprise
marketing group manager. -
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Linux made it, so what's the problem?' says Microsoft attorney
John Lettice, The Register, 20/10/98. -
nobody's ever
suggests that Microsoft has attempted anticompetitive action against
Linux, that could count as evidence of Bill's bona fides as well?
Well ... that is no longer true with the Halloween paper!
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An estimation of the cost of Linux ,
Frank Hecker, Free-Software for Business fsb@crynwr.com, Nov 2 1998. -
... it enables one to compare the programmer resources being put
into Linux and other libre software projects vs. the resources being
put into proprietary products like NT, and this in turn gives some
clues as to the long-term viability of Linux, etc., vs. NT ...
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The true costs of Linux development ,
from a reader, The Register, 21/10/98. -
Add in the other software bundled with the typical Linux
distribution and you have an approximately $4,000,000,000 investment
contained on that one single CD-ROM.
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WebTV drops plans for Java support ,
Stephanie Miles, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, October 30, 1998. -
WebTV, the Internet access device company that's owned by
Microsoft, has quietly dropped plans to incorporate broad support for
Sun Microsystems' computing language into its product line. Very few
WebTV promises of performance have been delivered. It can't support
frames" ... Microsoft's Holy war on Java ... -
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Unify Linux and they will come ,
David Berlind, ZDNet, October 22 1998. -
... for a operating system to really make inroads in corporate
America, "someone" has to be accountable.
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Unix Growth Still Outpaces Win NT,
Andy Patrizio, TechWeb, Oct 29, 1998. -
The most recent Dataquest survey of Unix and Windows NT Server
market share shows Unix is not only keeping its lead, but also
extending it..." NT is far behind where the state of the art is, and
it has a long way to go," ... Sun is also embracing Linux by licensing
the source code for the Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.2 and Java
Compatibility Kit (JCK) 1.2 test suite to Steve Byrnes, a former
SunSoft programmer who is working on an official Linux port. -
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What Is FreeBSD? ,
Jordan K. Hubbard, Performance Computing, October 1998. -
Despite what some free-software advocates may erroneously claim
from time to time, centralized development models like the FreeBSD
Project's are hardly obsolete or ineffective in the world of free
software. A careful examination of the success of reputedly
anarchistic or "bazaar" development models often reveals some fairly
significant degrees of centralization that are still very much a part
of their development process.
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AFUL et Microsoft dans Libe
Liberation, 26 Octobre 1998. -
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Accord Cadre AFUL-MENRT
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AFUL vient de signer un accord-cadre avec le mammouth
Le Virus Info, 29/10/1998.
Après la fumeuse affaire d'incompétence 2000 de Kro,
voilà qui met du baume au coeur ...
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L'Éducation nationale française s'ouvre aux logiciels libres,
Multimedium, 29 octobre 1998. -
Cette démarche ne signifie pas une « libertarisation »
du développement de l'informatique dans les écoles
françaises, puisque les différentes entreprises commerciales
continueront de lui apporter également leur soutien. Mais il
indique clairement que le système est à l'abri de la «
pensée informatique unique » et que la raison commerciale devra
raison garder.
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StarOffice for Linux Strategy
Star Division, Wednesday, 16-Sep-98.
For all non-commercial users, such as schools and home users,
StarOffice can be downloaded free of charge. For companies and all
users in the business sector, Star Division offers a commercial
version of StarOffice 5.0 for Linux.
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Linux’s appeal compels large firms to respond
Lee Gomes, The Wall Street Journal (the Interactive edition) 10/22/1998. -
The phenomenon is obviously in its infancy,î said Charles
Andres, Sun’s director of operating systems. “But if there are
anything like the number of serious users that the Linux community
tells you there is, then it’s going to be a force to reckoned
with.î -
Revue de presse -
Pour en savoir plus
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HP tries Linux on for size ,
Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, October 22, 1998. -
Hewlett-Packard is evaluating whether to fit the upstart
operating system into its product plans ... Linus Torvalds started
fresh when he wrote Linux' new kernel, so he could benefit from what's
been learned in the last 20-plus years. Another advantage: The people
writing the Linux kernel today "are some of the brightest, most driven
kernel developers in the world, who will just hammer on the code"
until it's as fast and robust as possible, Van Beveren said. That
level of dedication might be harder to find with programmers working
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Open code frees up the Net,
Charles Babcock (ZDNet), Yahoo! News, October 22 1998. -
n fact, the free software movement has delivered
commercial-quality products in every key component of software
infrastructure for computing in a hyperlinked world... Gary Nichols,
manager of network administration at WavePhore Inc.'s WaveTop business
unit (www.wavetop.com), which distributes content from Time Inc.,
People and Money magazines and Warner Bros [...] figures he saved
$30,000 in license costs of Windows NT and Sun Microsystems Inc.'s
Solaris by using the open source code: "I bought $100 worth of Linux
CDs and books and got the same functionality,"
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The Mighty Finn,
Janice Maloney/
Time Magazine, Technology, October 26, 1998 Vol. 152 No. 17. -
Hacker, geek and software hero, Linus Torvalds has devised a system
that is challenging Windows -
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LETTRE OUVERTE... à nos milliers de clients, nos milliers de
partenaires, accusés d'être de bien candides victimes.
Du directeur Général de Microsoft France, Multimedium, 19 octobre 1998.
Le parc installé est estimé à 6 millions de licences
dans le monde. Linux a sans aucun doute sa place au côté du
système d'exploitation de Microsoft, mais aussi de ceux d'IBM, Sun,
Oracle, et Novell. L'utilisation du logiciel libre relève
cependant d'un choix philosophique plus qu'économique...
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Windows losing market share: will Linux be the OS of the next millenium?,
Dave Whitinger, Linux Today, October 8 1998. -
As a server, Linux has already established itself as the
leader. According to the
Internet Operating System Counter's September
1998 results, Linux is running on 26.3% of the world's web servers,
making it the most popular web server platform in the (known)
universe!
Currently, CNet's Shopper.com shows that
Red Hat Linux 5.1 is out-selling Windows98,
listing Red Hat as #13 on their most popular
item sold while Windows98 is listed as #21. (Incidentally, #1 - #12
are hardware products, making Red Hat Linux the most popular software
package sold on Shopper.com.) ... same in
Surcouf.
this info needs to be double checked
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Etats-Unis d'Amérique contre Microsoft
Myriam Berber, RFI.
Le proces de Bill Brother, avec une
section Linux
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Oracle8 on Linux shows promise
Maggie Biggs, InfoWorld Electric, October 5, 1998. -
One real plus for Oracle8 on Linux is the fact that it is
connected at the hip to the Linux kernel as opposed to being tied to a
particular Linux distribution. Oracle does charge the same fee for
Linux as it does for the same version on other platforms and it fully
supports the database on Linux just as for any other platform.
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Welcome to Your Technical Resource for Building Oracle-based Applications ,
Technews, ORACLE technology network. -
Tux visiting oracle in person:
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Download Oracle8 on Linux
Posted , Oct 7, 1998. -
Oracle8 v8.0.5 production on Linux is available for free download to
Oracle Technology Network members, download and start building
today! Not an OTN member?
Register now.
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O8 on Linux Review
InfoWorld, posted , Oct 5, 1998. -
IT sites with an eye on Linux as a commercial server operating
system will find Oracle8 a highly viable option as a database
solution.
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Oracle8 on Linux Technical Discussion
Posted , Sep 18, 1998. -
Join the discussion monitored by the Oracle for Linux
development team.
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Le Hold-up planétaire
Nora- Di Cosmo, Calman-Lévy, 1998. -
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Microsoft, legal expert question Linux's free model
Robert Lemos, ZDNet News, September 29, 1998. -
Unlike other versions of Unix, Linux's share of the server
market is growing, said International Data Corp. Ed Muth, enterprise
marketing group manager for Microsoft's Windows NT: "inux is a
respectable competitor. They are not the largest in the landscape, but
they are important enough for us to be thinking about." If a company
invented a killer app for Linux, and didn't use the code, you could
corner the market by controlling access to that application. -
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SITE LINUX EXPERIMENTAL
Le Lycée Technique Petrelle (Paris 10ème), Last Modified:
Tuesday, 29-Sep-98 12:14:44 Local time. -
En milieu d'année scolaire la direction du Lycée, lasse
des problèmes liés au fonctionnement de ses postes, décide de
franchir le pas et de passer une partie de son parc micros en
réseau. ... prend le pari avec nous de la solution du serveur LINUX
... Eh bien si vous pouvez lire cette page c'est que tout
tourne!!!!!!!!!!!
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La nouvelle vague : après Internet, Linux
Alain Simeray, LMB Actu 125, édition du jeudi 17 septembre 1998. -
Ces ralliements successifs ne sont pas sans rappeler les
débuts de l'explosion d'Internet. C'est une nouvelle vague du
même ordre qui se lève avec Linux dans le domaine du
développement informatique, une nouvelle vague dont va probablement
se dégager un nouveau modèle de l'économie du logiciel et du
partages des ressources humaines qui s'y consacrent.
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C'est demain samedi qu'a lieu la grande InstallFest,
Multimedium
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A Fight to the Finnish Why Linux Quite Appropriately Scares the Bejesus Out of Microsoft
Robert X. Cringely, The Pulpit, september 10 1998. -
Linux scares Microsoft on several levels. There's this business
of giving the software away for free, which is totally confusing to
Bill Gates -- confusing and scary, since it undermines the entire
basis of his fortune. But it's the breadth of Linux and its potential
on other platforms that also scares Microsoft... And don't discount
Mrs. Torvalds, either. This mother of two is the six-time Finnish
national karate champion. Melinda Gates wouldn't have a hope.
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EIS Computers Announces First Ever Rollout of Linux for UltraSPARC Platforms,
Company Press Release, September 29, 1998. -
EIS Computers
is only OEM to Strategically Support Linux for
UltraSPARC. Linux has never before been supported on the UltraSPARC
chip. The UltraSPARC version of Linux is a full-fledged 64-bit
operating system which includes superior symmetric multiprocessing
(SMP) support. The next release, UltraLinux 1.1, is expected to be
bundled on CD-ROM and be supported by Red Hat.
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The only UNIX Platform that Includes FREE Internet Software
Compaq, Updated: 21 September 1998. -
Compaq/Digital sells Unix server with Apache
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The Linux challenge to NT in the enterprise
John Lettice, The Register, 30/09/98. -
NT sales have gone up, sure, but enterprise customers prepared
to bet the business on it are still in short supply. You can see how
this frustrates Intel, even without taking account of the fact that NT
deployment is now stalled for about another year until NT 5.0 is
out.
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Netscape, Intel Put On Red Hat
Jennifer Sullivan, Wired News, 29.Sep.98. -
Practically every Microsoft rival -- and even Wintel partner
Intel -- is now backing Linux in an effort to blunt the spread of
Microsoft's influence. Netscape, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and
International Business Machines are developing versions of their
software products to run on top of Linux... In Microsoft's latest annual
report for the fiscal year ended 30 June, the company acknowledged
Linux as competition in the operating systems market. -
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It's official: Linux seller lands big-name investors ,
Robert Lemos, ZDNet News, September 29, 1998 . -
For Intel, Red Hat represents the most stable version of Linux
and an expanding market for its Intel servers. For software makers,
the announcement is the end of many companies' search for an
alternative to Windows NT. "Customers are finding that Linux provides
(the features) they require," said John Paul, senior vice president
and general manager of Netscape's server products division. -
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Intel, Netscape, Greylock and Benchmark Partners Take Equity Positions in Red Hat Software
Red Hat announcement, September 29, 1998.
Red Hat is establishing an Enterprise Computing Division to
offer enterprise grade products and services to support global,
mission-critical applications
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Red Hat Software sells free software ,
Sean Silverthorne, ZDNet News, September 25, 1998. -
Red Hat delivers the operating system on a CD-ROM. It also
offers users a stable, tested version of the OS and, most important,
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Michael Kanellos, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, September 29, 1998. -
The investments will allow the North Carolina company to build
a technical and marketing infrastructure that will reassure corporate
users that it has the personnel and expertise to handle large
deployment. "This round is much more important in terms of the
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Intel, Netscape Back Linux Vendor,
Malcolm Maclachlan, TechWeb (CMPnet), E. -Sep 29, 1998
Intel's investment, on the other hand, is sure to raise
eyebrows. The company has been so closely allied with Microsoft over
recent years the combination -- Intel chips and the Windows operating
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Intel, Netscape to enter Linux alliance ,
Robert Lemos, ZDNet News, September 25, 1998. -
Two venture capital firms, Benchmark Capital of Menlo Park,
Calif. and Boston-based Greylock will also make investments in the
software start-up... "The question now is what is going to stand in
the way of Microsoft and their Windows juggernaut?" said Martin
Marshall, analyst with Internet watcher Zona Research Inc. of Redwood
City, Calif. "Linux is a natural for this." ... Scott McNeil,
president of North American operations, for Linux provider and Red Hat
rival S.u.S.E. Inc. said he thought Intel's backing of a single Linux
vendor would be a bad idea.
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Reuters (CMPnet), Sep 26, 1998. -
Microsoft said it expects its Windows operating system to have
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X11R6.4 is now available under the traditional X Window Style Copyright,
The Open Group, seen on September 19 1998. -
We have restored the licensing terms and conditions for X11R6.4
, so that it is freely available under the traditional X Window style
copyright (for any purpose, no fee).
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Linux au service des artistes chez BUF COMPAGNIE
Interview par Charles Vidal, Linux Focus, Juillet 1998.
BUF Companie un des grands noms de l'image de synthèse, nous
explique comment et pourquoi ils utilisent linux comme serveur de
calculs. On y apprend aussi comment une société privée
utilise le logiciel libre.
- SystÈmes d'exploitation:
Linux fan-club.
Benoît Faucon, Le Monde Informatique, 29 / 09 / 1998. -
Selon Jon Hall, président de Linux International, mais aussi
senior manager à la division Unix de Compaq/Digital, le numéro
deux mondial de l'informatique prévoit de livrer des Compaq sous
Linux d'ici un ou deux ans
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Une fêlure dans l'alliance Wintel ?,
Jean-Louis Gassée, Chroniques de la Silicon Vallée, Libération, 25 septembre 1998. -
Pour Intel, le scénario catastrophe est le suivant: une
version portable de Microsoft Office 2000 et d'autres applications de
Microsoft tournant sur une multitude de processeurs.
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Linux à Apple Expo (Paris)
Pictures of Linux at Apple-Expo (Paris, France, 9/20/98),
Jean-Paul Smets.
MacWEEK, September 16, 1998
One of the exhibitors at the Apple booth is the French Linux Association,
which is demonstrating LinuxPPC and MkLinux. The association was
invited to show how G3 Power Macs can run both Linux and the Mac OS
using a dual-boot approach.
MacInTouch Home Page
(preserved copy)
Apple Expo 98 opens today in Paris. Among other exhibitors will
be AFUL, the French Linux Association.
Linux will be a part of Apple in Paris,
MacCentral Staff, email@maccentral.com, September 15, 1998. -
After much controversy over Linux competing with the Mac OS in
core markets, Apple is extending a hand of embrace by inviting the
French Linux Association AFUL to show demos of LinuxPPC and MkLinux at
Apple Expo in Paris.
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Supplément Multimédia du lundi 28 septembre 1998, -
Le Monde, Semaine du lundi 28 septembre 1998
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Communication sur l'accueil scolaire : bilan a mi-mandature ,
Eric Ferrand, Conseiller de Paris, Mouvement des Citoyens, 22 septembre 1998.
Dans ce domaine également, j'observe qu'une diversité
d'équipement informatique est prévue dans ces
établissements. Aussi souhaiterais-je savoir si la Mairie de Paris
compte également utiliser les nouveaux logiciels, type LINUX, qui
est un logiciel gratuit utilisé par plus de sept millions de
personnes dans le monde, et dont l'utilisation ferait réaliser de
considérables économies à la collectivité. Le monde
informatique n'est pas limité, fort heureusement, à l'univers de
Bill GATES.
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Metrowerks licenses Java acceleration technology to the Linux community,
Technology News, Internet Wire, 09/25/98. -
Metrowerks will license its Java Acceleration Technology for
PowerPC to Linux users under a free non-commercial license similar to
that used by Sun's Java Development Source code. Linux users may port
Metrowerks' JIT compiler to run on x86, Alpha and Sparc and other UNIX
platforms that do not currently have access to a commercial quality
JIT (just in time) compiler.
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Interview de Jean-Noël Tronc
Julie Cousin et Françoise Bougenot, Club Internet, 10 Mars 1998. -
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FLTK
Bill Spitzak, Friday, 25-Sep-98, spitzak@d2.com
Due to a management change at Digital Domain, fltk is no longer
public. Already-distributed versions remain under the LGPL. ...
This is an interesting example of licence change ...
however, it seems that an Open Source community could go on maintaining
an open version... to be checked with author...
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Free at Last!! Why the Right Price for Your Next PC is Nothing,
Robert X. Cringely, The Pulpit, september 3 1998. -
Microsoft clearly feels the threat of free software, not only in
their reaction to Linux, but also in their recent move to hurt
Samba. Microsoft made some changes to the way Windows NT implements
SMB ... the instructions for making these changes were available on
Microsoft's support Web pages at the end of July. No more.
Note: apparently Samba can handle these problems, see the
FAQ, section 25) Win95 or 98 and Encryption.
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MS hears Linux's footsteps ,
Reuters, Special to CNET News.com, September 25, 1998. -
Microsoft said today in a filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission it expects its Windows operating system to have
more competition from rival operating systems such as Linux.
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The Internet Operating System Counter
The Internet Operating System Counter (ios++) is a survey of
operating system usage on the Internet. It collects host
addresses and queries these hosts, which operating systems
they are running. ... see monthly statistics
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No Windows But Lots of Sun for Microsoft's Hotmail
Tom Abate, Digital Bay, San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, May 20, 1998, page B3. -
Microsoft will have to swallow its pride for a year and rely on Sun software.
The
Committee for the Moral Defense of Microsoft
runs on two free
software packages that compete with commercial products from
Microsoft: Linux and Apache. `The Committee may defend Microsoft
morally, but they're not stupid enough to actually try to run their
software," ... -
check this information (last checked on September 25, 1998) with
QueSO
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Sybase to join Linux bandwagon,
InfoWorld Electric staff, Sept. 18 1998. -
Following rivals Oracle and Informix, which made similar moves
this summer, Sybase by the end of this month will detail plans to have
its resellers offer the Adaptive Server Enterprise 11 database on the
Linux platform.
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Now available! Adaptive Server Enterprise for Linux,
Sybase (seen sept 24 1998)
Adaptive Server Enterprise is now available on the Linux
operating system. It's offered as a free, unsupported release for
development as well as deployment. Initially, the software will be
available through leading Linux distribution vendors, Red Hat ,Caldera
Systems and S.u.S.E, Inc..
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Caldera claims Microsoft damaged sales of Linux
Caroline Gabriel, VNU Business Publications Ltd, 29 April 1998. -
Microsoft faced further allegations of anti-competitive behaviour
yesterday, as Caldera claimed the giant had pressurised OEMs not to license
its Open Linux Unix based operating system.
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Software Secrets: do they Help or Hurt?,
Eric S. Raymond, 28-Apr-98. -
The value of holding a secret has to be traded off against the
cost of doing so. That cost includes foreclosing the possibility of
independent peer review, and betting your company on a product that is
dramatically less reliable than it could have been as open
source.
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Netcraft, september 1998. -
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EnquÊte Logiciels :
L'utopie du «juste prix»,
Dossier, Le Monde Informatique, page 30, n°750 - 23 janvier 1998. -
Pourquoi un même logiciel se vend-il tantôt un million de
francs, tantôt trois fois moins, tantôt deux fois plus? Pourquoi
le prix d'un logiciel n'est-il jamais définitif? Pourquoi les
éditeurs changent-ils si souvent de politique tarifaire? En
matière de tarification logicielle règne la plus grande
confusion
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La vision de Bill Gates
Microsoft, nerf du système,
François Lambel, Le Monde Informatique, n°777 - 11 septembre 1998. -
Cette puissance d’innovation en vue d’intégrer des
fonctions comme la reconnaissance de la parole, jamais un logiciel
libre comme Linux ne l’aura. Bill le voit déjà rejoindre OS/2
dans l’histoire de l’informatique ... Certains déplorent de
plus en plus de problèmes de fiabilité dans l’utilisation des
produits Microsoft.
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LOGICIEL LIBRE
Les SGBDR endossent Linux,
Luc Saint-Elie - Valerie Fageon, Le Monde Informatique, n°776 - 4 septembre 1998. -
Fin août, Software AG, un des pères de DCOM (Distributed
Component Object Model), est venu ajouter sa pierre à
l’édifice Linux en annonçant la disponibilité prochaine de
son middleware EntireX, même si, dans un premier temps, seuls les
éléments non graphiques de DCOM seront supportés. Linux sera
donc la sixième plate-forme non Windows sur laquelle Software AG
propose l’utilisation de
DCOM via EntireX.
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Unix Desktops: Endangered Species,
Ed Sperling, Sm@rt Reseller, September 24, 1998. -
PCs with inexpensive graphics boards take aim at Unix workstations...
nnual Unix software licenses on the desktop are on course to decline.
- 1999: 797,000 - 1998: 805,000 - 1997: 805,00
Ignoring Linux .... of course.
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Quality Unix for FREE
Brett Glass, Sm@rt Reseller (ZD net), September 24, 1998. -
Linux is certainly hot, but another offering--FreeBSD--could be
the perfect fit for your customers. For resellers, an important
difference involves the licensing terms under which each OS is
published. FreeBSD is offered under the so-called "Berkeley," or BSD,
license, which allows a reseller to use the OS and its source code for
any purpose so long as credit is given to the original authors. By
contrast, Linux is published under the GNU Public License, which
requires resellers that market an improved version of Linux--or a
hardware product that contains it--to make the source code of their
software available to the public. So much for adding unique value that
competitors can't match.
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IBM Strengthens DB2 Universal Database to Extend Support for E-Business Customers,
IBM press release,
Business Wire - September 23, 1998. -
The powerful DB2 Universal Database now supports SCO UnixWare7,
SGI Clients and Microsoft Windows 98 platforms, and will be extended
to Linux later this year. ... DB2 Universal Database Version 5.2
pricing starts at $999 per server and $199 per user. A single-user
desktop is available at $369. The solution is generally available in
14 languages and 22 user platforms, including IBM AIX and OS/2,
Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 98, Sun
Solaris, SCO UnixWare7 and SGI Clients. Linux support will be
available later this year.
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Télégrammes: Caldera Systems
Le Monde Informatique - Le quotidien - 04/09/98. -
Caldera se scinde en deux entreprises distinctes.
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Microsoft attaqué par Bristol Technology pour avoir refusé de livrer son code source,
Le Monde Informatique - Le quotidien - 21/08/98. -
Bristol Technology, éditeur d'outils de développement
trans-plate-forme, porte plainte contre Microsoft, l'accusant
d'avoir refusé de lui livrer le code source nécessaire à la mise au
point de son logiciel d'émulation d'applications Windows sous
Unix.
- La Tribune de l'Innovation.
La Tribune, 16-09-98. -
à l'occasion d'Apple-Expo
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Révolte ou révolution ?,
Sophie Seroussi, La Tribune, 16-09-98. -
Les utilisateurs ne veulent pas être pieds et poings liés
à un seul système, à un seul fournisseur, à une seule
entreprise.
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Les concurrents de Microsoft passent à l'offensive
Sophy Caulier, La Tribune, 16-09-98. -
Mais Apple n'est pas la seule entreprise à s'attaquer à
Microsoft sur différents segments de marché. Ses compagnons
d'armes s'appellent Lotus, rachetée par IBM, avec son système de
messagerie Notes, Netscape avec son navigateur Internet, Navigator,
Oracle avec sa base de données, Sun avec son environnement Java ou
encore Apache avec son serveur Web. Sans oublier tous les éditeurs
de systèmes Unix, les créateurs de logiciels libres, Linux en
tête.
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Les logiciels libres contre-attaquent
S.C., La Tribune, 16-09-98. -
Si l'informatique est vraiment le système nerveux de
l'entreprise, il vaut mieux ne pas le laisser dépendre d'une
organisation externe. Les sociétés qui ont standardisé
Microsoft sont en train de se passer la corde au cou. »
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Dossier « Les logiciels libres »
Jean Chassaing, V 1.01 - 17 septembre 1998. -
Ce dossier consacré aux logiciels libres a été intialement conçu dans le cadre du CERSIAT/BAE au
profit de l'armée de terre.
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Question écrite du 9 juillet 1998 concernant l'accès à Internet dans les établissements scolaires,
André Gerin, Assemblée Nationale, 9 juillet 1998. -
Monsieur André GERIN attire l’attention de monsieur le
ministre de l’éducation nationale sur le projet de mettre à
la disposition des établissements scolaires les nouvelles
techniques de l’information ... des professionnels,
intéressés par cette question proposent d’utiliser des
logiciels libres.
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Interopérabilité: la solution ou la guerre sans merci
André Salwyn, LE DEVOIR, lundi 14 septembre 1998. -
La nouvelle version de Windows NT (version 5.0) contient plus de
30 millions de lignes de code. La moitié d'entre elles sont
nouvelles et n'ont pas été mises à l'épreuve de façon
rigoureuse. L'autre problème a trait au fait que ce système
d'exploitation n'est pas un système ouvert.
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Oracle renforce son engagement envers Linux
12 septembre 1998, Le Monde Informatique, Le quotidien, 2 septembre 1998. -
Oracle annonce un accord de coopération technologique et
marketing avec quatre des principales sociétés du monde Linux :
Red Hat, Pacific HiTech, SuSE et VA Research.
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Pictures of Linux at Apple-Expo (Paris, France, 9/20/98)
Jean-Paul Smets, Sept 20 1998. -
AFUL, the French Linux Association has been exhibiting on the
Education booth set by Apple and its partners at Apple Expo.
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Linux
Nicholas Petreley, InfoWorld Electric, Sept. 18 1998. -
"I find it fascinating that so many mainstream publications would
suggest that Microsoft is threatened by Linux.... What do you say?"
- followed by responses from readers.
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Citrix Ships New ICA® Clients for LINUX and SCO UNIX
press release, Citrix Systems, Inc. September 17, 1998. -
Citrix's new ICA Clients for LINUX and SCO UNIX can be
downloaded at no charge from the company's website, located at
http://download.citrix.com, for use with Citrix WinFrame and MetaFrame
server software. ... "With our new ICA Clients for LINUX and SCO UNIX,
we now support every major version of UNIX,..." The ICA Client for
LINUX was developed for the RedHat 5.1 platform. According to 1998 IDC
figures, SCO OpenServer and UnixWare accounted for more than 40
percent of the worldwide UNIX licenses shipped in 1997.
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News briefs
InfoWorld Electric staff, Sept. 18 1998. -
Sybase by the end of this month will detail plans to have its
resellers offer the Adaptive Server Enterprise 11 database on the
Linux platform ...
Citrix Systems has added Linux and SCO Unix to its list of
clients supported by its Independent Computing Architecture (ICA)
protocol for server-based, thin-client computing. The additions round
out Citrix's support of all major Unix platforms, Citrix officials
said.
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People hated OS/2 and network computers; why don't they hate Linux?
Nicholas Petreley, InfoWorld Electric, Down the Wire, September 21, 1998 . -
... a major database company will be announcing plans to
distribute Caldera's OpenLinux with its product. ... wo major software
vendors and two venture capitalists will soon be investing some cold
hard cash in Red Hat Software ... As The Economist suggests, Linux
"could break into the mainstream computer market at the expense of
Windows NT."
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VAR Resuscitates NT Server -- Microserver Solution Solves Heart Clinic's Network Overload
Herman Mehling, Computer Reseller News, section Small Business (CMP net) September 21, 1998, Issue: 808. -
When Florida Heart Group got tired of very slow E-mail and
Internet performance on its Windows NT machines, the clinic sought
help. The VAR recommended the Qube 2700WG microserver, a thin server
from Cobalt Networks Inc., Mountain View, Calif. It comes
preconfigured with Internet and intranet applications for
communication and collaboration, such as Web publishing, E-mail,
cross-platform file services, discussion groups and HTML page
generation and editing. It also features document indexing, searching,
archival and retrieval. The box uses the Linux 2.0 operating
system. Its suggested price ranges from $1,449 to $2,449, depending on
configuration. Installation was done in less than an hour ...
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iMac makes waves in Paris
MacWEEK, September 16, 1998. -
One of the exhibitors at the Apple booth is the French Linux
Association, which is demonstrating LinuxPPC and MkLinux. The
association was invited to show how G3 Power Macs can run both Linux
and the Mac OS using a dual-boot approach.
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Partenariats avec les entreprises
MENRT (Education Nationale), Tuesday, 09-Jun-98
En cours de mise au point : un accord concernant les logiciels
libres, un accord avec la CAMIF et un accord avec la société
Hewlett-Packard.
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Is Corel betting the farm on Linux?
Computergram, 11 September 1998. -
That anti-Microsoft Doomsday bomb is of course the usual
suspect, open source operating system Linux. It's the fastest-growing
non-Microsoft operating system on the planet, an unprecedented
phenomenon which last week had Microsoft president Steve Ballmer admit
that Redmond itself is running scared. Linux doesn't obey any of the
recognized laws of the industry.
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Corporate backing is turning Linux respectable
Rachel Chalmers, Computergram, 11 September 1998. -
Linux distributors are not trying to compete with Microsoft on
Microsoft's terms. "We're trying to change the rules under which they
have to play the game," ... Petreley, has just been appointed to edit
a web-only publication to be called LinuxWorld.
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Startup to deliver commercial support -- Tcl scripting gains ground,
Richard Goering, EE Times, section News, July 13, 1998, Issue: 1016. -
The new company will offer development tools, technology
extensions, training classes and commercial support services for Tcl,
which currently claims up to 1 million developers worldwide. In
addition to electronic engineering, Tcl is used for financial
applications, Web-content generation and system
management.... Cadence, Synopsys and Quickturn are among the EDA
vendors that use Tcl ... Early customers include Cisco, Synopsys and
Lucent, in addition to NationsBank and AOL.
While Tcl is not a public-domain language, it is freely
available from the University of California at Berkeley, Sun
Microsystems Inc. and several other companies that hold Tcl
copyrights.
note:
TCL licence
is a Berkeley type licence that protects in no way its future open
software status
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TCL freeware goes corporate
David Orenstein, Computerworld, September 09/07/98. -
John Ousterhout, who created TCL at Berkeley in 1988, founded
Scriptics Corp.
in Palo Alto, Calif., to give TCL dedicated commercial
support. Support from Scriptics could build the already burgeoning
base of 500,000 users
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Intel Plans To Offer Support For Linux On Merced
Charles Babcock, Inter@ctive Week, ZDNet, September 10, 1998. -
Intel Corp. is planning to offer support for Linux on Merced at
the same time as it supports Windows NT ... Intel will make its Wired
for Management features under Windows available under Linux as
well. Wire for Management seeks to give more support to system
administrators by automatically collecting information from end user
machines and allowing the hot swapping of system peripherals. -
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Computing giants backing Linux ,
Ben Heskett, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, September 10, 1998. -
Is the freely distributed Linux operating system ready to handle
the needs of corporations? Oracle thinks so... Evidently, so does Dell
Computer... John Downey, Linux product manager for Informix, said the
Linux community "can do an end-run around anyone" if it hones a
message that highlights cost of ownership, ease of use, and return on
investment, among other buzzwords. -
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Les logiciels libres passent la porte de l'entreprise,
La Tribune, La Tribune du Multimedia, Theme du 10.09.98 -
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Oracle précise ses plans pour Linux
Thierry Stoehr, Stéfane Fermigier, Les nouvelles neuves de Linux
Oracle continue de s'investir dans le monde Linux en annoncant des partenariats avec 4 sociétés
spécialisées dans les logiciels Linux. Il s'agit de Red Hat, VA Research, SuSE et Pacific HiTech. De
plus Oracle 8 pour Linux est bien annoncé pour la fin de l'année, et des applications sont prévues pour le
premier trimestre 99. Selon Mark Jarvis, senior vice président marketing monde d'Oracle, le portage sous
Linux est une réponse à l'attente des développeurs pour une alternative peu chère à Windows NT.
- Oracle dives deeper into Linux ,
c|net, September 8, 1998,. -
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- Oracle jumps into bed with Linux resellers,
The Register, 8 sept 98.
- Oracle Expands Linux Support,
newsbytes, 8 sept 98.
- Oracle extends Linux support,
VNU Net.
- Oracle takes Linux support a step further,
InfoWorld, 8 sept 98.
- Oracle expands commitment to Linux,
the source, 9 sep 98.
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- Software Magazine, September 1998
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Making Room for Linux
Patrick L. Porter, Editor's letter. -
That's the fastest growing operating system in corporate IT
shops outside of NT? ... Why? Because it outperforms all other
operating systems, including NT, when ranked by customers according to
interoperability, cost of ownership, price, and availability.
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In LINUX We . . .,
Ann Harrison, cover story. -
Fed up with the notion of building applications on a proprietary
Microsoft OS, corporate developers have been smuggling in Linux,
... Linux proponents say the flip side of this argument is that when a
company uses Microsoft products, they are in lockstep with Microsoft's
development agenda.
Vendor Support: Applications Everywhere
Pros and Cons: Is Linux Too Fragmented?
Profile: Follow the Money
Profile: Stallman on Free Software
Operating Systems: Linux vs. NT
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Linux vs. The Other Operating Systems,
Definite Linux Systems, July 21, 1998 -
Features comparison for Windows/NT 4, OS/2, NetWare 4.1, Linux
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Intro to Unix
ZD University. -
Linux est enseigné à l'Université Ziff-Davis. (mais pas
encore à l'Académie McDonald)
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The saint of free software
Andrew Leonard, SALON | Aug. 31, 1998. -
Maverick Richard Stallman keeps the faith -- and gives Gates the
finger. -
part 2
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Linux, an Alternative to Microsoft Windows, Shows Value of Free Software
Leslie Helm, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, August 24, 1998. -
What has brought new respectability to Linux in recent years,
experts say, is its penetration into large organizations such as NASA,
Boeing and Cisco, where the software is used in critical
applications... Linux was born of the same "freeware" movement that
spawned the Internet
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Adobe Acknowledges GIMP, Sort Of
Found on the
GIMP site
t's not a press release or anything, but an Adobe support
technician, when replying to a customer inquiry about Photoshop for
Linux, recommended looking into GIMP.
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Microsoft is paying attention to free operating systems
Charles Cooper, ZDNet News, September 2, 1998. -
Paying attention because both could increasingly compete in some
markets with Microsoft NT, the company's next cash cow after
Windows. Linux is a Unix-based operating system while Apache is used
to run network servers. Both are increasing in popularity. -
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Fête de l'Humanité&
Le web de l'Humanité, Humanité, 13 Août 1998. -
Un espace de démonstration de logiciels libres permettra aux
visiteurs de l'espace multimédia de découvrir quelques-uns de
ces logiciels ... APRIL ... FSF ... AFUL ... Ecole ...
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Logiciels: quelle alternative à Microsoft?
Franck Mouly, Le web de l'Humanité, International, 13 Août 1998. -
Utilisant pleinement les capacités du réseau Internet (qui
doit lui-même beaucoup aux logiciels libres puisqu'il fonctionne
essentiellement grâce à eux), ces logiciels sont donc produits
sur un mode coopératif. A ce titre, ils mettent en lumière les
déficiences d'un système économique qui repose sur la
rétention d'informations supposée garantir les avantages
stratégiques acquis dans la guerre commerciale.
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Security-Through-Obscurity Won't Work
Bruce Perens, Slashdot,
Monday July 20 1998. -
A copyright law now in the U.S. congress attempts to legislate
security through obscurity by banning code-breaking tools, and placing
a half-Million-dollar penalty on the act of code-breaking. This would
tremendously cripple computer security, because the only way to tell a
good code from a bad one is to attempt to break it. ... The
publication of source code actually improves security because the
program or operating system can be peer-reviewed by anyone who cares
to read it. Open Source systems can't rely on security
through obscurity.
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Group seeks structure for Linux
Ben Heskett, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, August 19, 1998
The so-called Linux Standards Association (LSA) has set up shop
on the Net, professing a mission to "bring business to Linux."
... Debian GNU/Linux and Red Hat are jointly working on a Linux
Compatibility Standards Project so that a specification exists for
application developers. -
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Intervention de Dominique Strauss-Kahn
ministre de l'Économie, des finances et de l'industrie,
ClÔTure de l'universitÉ d'ÉtÉ de la communication
d'Hourtin, "L'EUROPE : UN NOUVEAU MONDE", 28 AoÛt 1998. -
Dans ce domaine, comme dans beaucoup d'autres, nous veillerons,
avec nos partenaires européens, à ce qu'une offre pluraliste
soit possible, pour éviter tout monopole, ou toute tentation
hégémonique, préjudiciable à un développement
harmonieux de la société de l'information. N'oublions pas la
révolution apportée par Internet et qu'illustre l'importance
croissante des logiciels libres comme Linux.
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Challenge for Linux backers
Richard Goering, EE Times, June 29, 1998, Issue: 1014,
Section: Design
I have rarely seen a panel session so emotional as the "Linux
vs. NT" forum at the 35th Design Automation Conference in San
Francisco... Engineers like Linux because it's more stable than NT,
supports all the familiar Unix scripts and utilities, and, perhaps
most importantly, is a freely distributed operating system that
doesn't come from the "Evil Empire" of Microsoft... What in the world
is going on? In all my years of following this industry, I've never
seen an issue where there is such a wide gap between EDA vendors and
the engineers they serve ... The real division is not between EDA
vendors and engineers-it is between engineers and their own corporate
CAD departments.
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Spotlight on Linux
SunWorld, August 1998.
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Linux apps gain momentum
P.S., LAN Times Online, CMP net, Aug 98
Enthusiasm over Linux has even spurred cautious investigation by
IBM... But with Oracle, Netscape, and Informix already on board, it
may not be long before IBM and other vendors begin publishing for
Linux
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Linux legitimacy rallies NT skeptics
R. Scott Raynovich and Polly Sprenger, LAN Times Online, CMP net, Aug 98
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Sun goes Open Source ?
Jini FAQ
02-Aug-1998. -
Q: How will Jini technology be licensed?
A: To drive innovation for the vision of Jini and to gain rapid
acceptance in the market the Jini source code will be open to the
developer community, similar to Netscape's Mozilla model and Linux's
GPL. To guarantee compatibility and quality a mark for commercial
products is being considered. The specific details around the licensing
model are still being finalized. A draft of the proposed license will
be available in August.
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Cult of the Dead Cow Back Orifice Backdoor
ISS Security Alert Advisory, August 6th, 1998 -
Back Orifice leaves evidence of its existence and can be detected and
removed. The communications protocol and encryption used by this backdoor
has been broken by ISS X-Force.
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Hacker Group Releases Windows Intrusion Tool
Andy Patrizio, TechWeb, August 04, 1998. -
The tool is called Back Orifice, a play on Microsoft Back
Office, although it has nothing to do with the Microsoft
administration tool. -
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Security Firm Exposes Back Orifice Functions
Andy Patrizio, TechWeb,August 07, 1998
a security firm has come out with an evaluation of the software
and its potential threat -
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Microsoft Admits NT Trails Solaris
Barbara Darrow and Stuart Glascock, Computer Reseller News, July 28, 1998. -
Speaking at the company's (company profile) annual sales meeting
here in New Orleans, Microsoft officials said in terms of "server
availability," there is much ground to make up between NT and
Solaris. -
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Windows NT face à Linux/Unix... et à lui-même
Jerome Kalifa, Juillet 31 1998. -
Revue d'articles comparant Unix et NT, avec bibliographie
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Linux important to Informix plans: CEO
Michael MacMillan, ComputerWorld Canada, July 31th, 1998. -
a recent survey conducted by Dataquest showed a "surprisingly"
large interest in Linux (14% of corporate Unix installed base) ... So
unexpected was this result that Dataquest didn't even include Linux
as an option on the survey. Respondents simply added it in.
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Net copyright bill wins passage
Will Rodger, Inter@ctive Week Online, MSNBC - ZDNN, August 05 1998. -
The action handed a hard-fought victory to software, recording
and motion picture industries ... This is important since much of the
open-source is related to copyright.
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A View of Linux From an Open Window
John Lambert, OS news, 1 August 1998. -
an account of a long time Microsoft Windows user's first in
depth exploration of Linux.
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As It Catches On, Linux To Get Graphical Face-Lift
Charlotte Dunlap & Barbara Darrow, Computer Reseller News, CMPnet,
Section: CRN Business Weekly, July 27, 1998, Issue: 800. -
About the new Linux GUI ... and ... An unnamed IBM
Corp. executive confirmed IBM and its Lotus Development Corp.
subsidiary are "certainly interested in Linux" and saw serious support
for it at the Domino R.5 developers conference. It is likely IBM will
pledge its support of the operating system ...
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Fiat Linux
Sophie Boukhari, Le Courrier de l'UNESCO, Juillet-Août 1998. -
igure de proue des logiciels libres, Linux est crédité de
quelque sept millions d'utilisateurs dans le monde. Pour ses adeptes,
ce système d'exploitation représente une alternative salutaire
à l'informatique marchande.
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The Open Source Revolution Or: Mr. Gates, Meet Mr. Torvalds
Hal Plotkin, The Gate (San Francisco Chronicle, Kron, San Francisco
Examiner), August 3, 1998. -
the open-source movement has emerged as the most significant
threat Microsoft has ever faced.
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Linux and Informix
Phil Hughes, Linux Journal, September 1998. -
I asked Steve how hard it was to port Informix to Linux. He told
me that they just typed make.
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Linux Wins the Shootout with Windows NT
Jonah McLeod, Integrated System Design, August 1998. -
'Linux bigots' slam NT and Microsoft and criticize EDA
vendors. The vendors say that they see no demand for Linux and tell
them to take their fight to their management.
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Linux vs. Windows NT: Engineers Speak Out, Part 2
Murry Shohat, Integrated System Design, August 1998. -
Why Most Engineers Insist on Unix." Here are some representative
responses from readers. - Readers complain of the poorer reliability
of NT compared with Unix
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Linux Vs. NT Showdown
ISD, Integrated System Design, June 16, 1998
The panel on Tuesday June 17 at the Design Automation Conference
in San Francisco explored the benefits of Linux, NT, and Solaris.
Linux vs. NT Shootout Transcript
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Why Most Engineers Insist on Unix
Jonah McLeod, ISD, Integrated System Design, April 1998. -
Unlike many managers, engineers generally oppose designing on
Windows NT. Their reasons are ease of use and, more important,
reliability. Is Linux a reasonable alternative?
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More on Unix vs. Windows
Dan Pinvidic, FEEDBACK, ISD March 1998. -
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EDA Platform Benchmark: Simulation
James Lee and John Miklosz, Integrated System Design, March 1998. -
Pentium II-based workstations running Windows NT offer a
powerful platform for today's demanding EDA applications.
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FEEDBACK
Brad Martin, FEEDBACK, ISD, December 1997.
A design house details why it's found that Windows NT isn't as
effective as Unix as an EDA platform.
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Focus Report: Windows EDA Tools
Carolyn Mathas, Integrated System Design, Focus Report, October 1997. -
EDA software for Windows NT is moving from point tools to full
solutions. Soon, some say, it will win out over Unix.
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HEY, BUDDY
Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury, July 30, 1998.
see bottom of the column: High tech hasn't made strong case for
visa hike - - MS follows closely journalists
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Dig deep enough among PC makers... ...and you'll find UNIX.
Mark Hall, Performance Computing, UNIX Riot, July 31, 1998. -
Dell execs are considering making Linux an official supported OS
across the pond ... There's also a plethora of Linux products from
established UNIX suppliers.
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Microsoft ordered to hand over Windows 95 blueprints
CNN interactive, July 30, 1998. -
Caldera is suing Microsoft for designing early Windows software
that allegedly was deliberately incompatible with DR-DOS,
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Linux: Netscape rejoint Oracle, Informix et Computer Associates
Le Monde Informatique - Le Quotidien, Vendredi 24 juillet 1998. -
Netscape livrera sous Linux ses produits serveurs ...
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Microsoft obligé de montrer le code source de Windows 95 à Caldera
Le Monde Informatique - Le Quotidien, Vendredi 31 juillet 1998. -
Outre DR-DOS, Caldera édite Open Linux, une des distributions
commerciales les plus répandues de l'Unix libre.
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Télégrammes - Linux
Le Monde Informatique - Le Quotidien, Vendredi 31 juillet 1998. -
Extreme Linux 1.0 = Red Hat + Beowulf; Linux PPC version 4;
Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, alias "Hamm"
- Informix User Conference:
For the love of Linux
Polly Sprenger, LAN Times Online, CPM net, July 1998.
... so elegant that a million Microsoft developers couldn't have
invented it ...
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For the love of Hacking
Josh McHugh, Forbes Magazine, August 10, 1998. -
A band of rebels think that software's secrets should be as free
as the air we breathe. Don't sell Microsoft short—but don't
underestimate the rebels, either.
with Linux historical growth :
Linux: the making of a global hack
and
Companies rising from the world of freeware
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Free software counts!
Robert McMillan, SunWorld, July 1998.
SunWorld readers say open source code is widely accepted in the
enterprise.
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Sunk by Windows NT
Michael Stutz, Wired News, 24.Jul.98. -
"The simple root of the problem on Yorktown was that politics
were played in the assigning of the contract -- there was not a
discussion of engineers, it was just a very small group of people
pitching for it" ... "I don't think that Unix or NT were ever really
evaluated -- it was just somebody thinking this was good, with no
knowledge."
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Le cercle vertueux des retraités d'IBM
Annie Kahn, Le Monde Multimedia, 28 juin 1998. -
Actif-France, une association créée en 1995, dont
l'objectif est de retaper des ordinateurs d'occasion, dans le but non
de maximiser le profit, mais l'emploi. Pour accomplir sa tache,
Actif-France embauche des personnes en réinsertion.
voir aussi :
A l'ombre de la Bastille et
De l'exclusion à l'informatique.
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Siggraph 98 Update/LINUX 3D SIG
Cyrrin, Slashdot, July 25 1998. -
a ton of juicy nuggets from the Linux 3D SIG ... requests for
Linux support are having an effect, and companies that are
traditionally Windows-only are turning their heads.
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Microsoft and the future of NT
Nicholas Petreley, InfoWorld Electric, Fri, 24 Jul 1998. -
Though Linux has a lot going for it, my prediction that it will
overtake NT has nothing to do with technical merit. It is about
consolidation of power and wealth
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A Linux Platform version of Jikes is now available for downloading!
IBM, 15 July 1998 (update for Linux). -
Jikes is a Java compiler into the bytecoded instruction set and
binary format defined in The Java Virtual Machine Specification, not
as a subset, variant, or superset.
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TO: Informix Customers, Partners and Shareholders
Informix, July 22, 1998. -
And today at the Informix user conference, we announced
Informix-SE on Linux to give Informix customers access to a
development and applications environment that is rapidly gaining
popularity in the enterprise.
see also:
Informix Reports Second Quarter Earnings of 7 Cents Per Share
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Informix Announces Worldwide Database Support of Linux
Press release, Informix, July 22, 1998. -
airing of Informix-SE and Linux Creates High-Performance
Application Platform and Improves Manageability, Simplifies
Administration
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Will Windows NT develop into a super-OS or an unmanageable disaster?
Nicholas Petreley, NC World, Vol. 2, Issue 6,
we sum up our predictions for Windows NT. In order to examine
which way the evidence points, one must understand that size really
does matter. June 1998
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Netscape Announces Plans to Deliver Server Software for Linux Operating System
Netscape, Company Press Release, July 21 1998. -
Linux Versions of Netscape Server Software To Provide ESPs and ISPs With
Scalable Enterprise Solutions on Popular Open-Source Code Platform -
also at
Yahoo
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Oracle Announces Oracle8(TM) Oracle® Applications Support For Linux on Intel Servers
Company Press Release, Yahoo, July 21 1998. -
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Linux gaining respect
Randy Weston, CNET NEWS.COM, July 21, 1998. -
We see Linux poised in the same vane as the Web was two or three
years ago, when it was just beginning to take off, -
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Software glitches leave Navy Smart Ship dead in the water
Gregory Slabodkin, GCN July 13, 1998. -
... the NT operating system is the source of the Yorktown’s
computer problems.Using Windows NT, which is known to have some
failure modes, on a warship is similar to hoping that luck will be in
our favor,î DiGiorgio said... The Yorktown has been towed into port
after other systems failure ...
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Reviews of SVLUG/Taos "Future of Linux" Panel
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The Future of Linux
An Informal Report by Greg Roelofs, Last modified 21 July 1998. -
The Future of Linux
was set up as a panel discussion and was held
at the Santa Clara Convention Center(in the heart of Silicon Valley)
on the evening of 14 July 1998.
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New Life for DOS?
Jesse Berst, ZDNet Anchordesk, July 20, 1998. -
Since 1997, Caldera, Inc. has sold 3,000,000 copies of
DR-DOS... repositioned DR-DOS for a market at least 10 times larger
than the personal computing world, the market for small devices that
connect to a network
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Oracle et Informix se rallient à Linux
Le Monde Informatique, Le Quotidien, Mardi 21 Juillet 19998. -
Oracle 8 sera disponible pour l'Unix libre en mars 1999.
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Oracle on Linux--All the Benefits of Oracle on Linux's Open Environmen
Oracle Corporation
Oracle on Linux provides further proof that Oracle
is committed to providing customers with the
lowest total cost of ownership... with comments from: Intel,
Netscape, Red Hat, VA Research.
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Oracle Announces Oracle8(tm) and Oracle(r) Applications Support for Linux on Intel Servers
Press Release, Oracle Corp., July 21, 1998. -
Oracle8 on the Linux platform will be made available for a 90 day
free trial via the Web by the end of 1998. The products will initially
be available on Intel server platforms.
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CyberSnare
Roberto Di Cosmo
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Informix gets set to embrace Linux
Paul Krill, InfoWorld Electric, Jul 17, 1998. -
Informix will detail a Linux support plan for its database in an
announcement aot the Informix Worldwide User Conference in Seattle
next week ...
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Oracle to port database to Linux after all
Paul Krill, InfoWorld Electric, Jul 17, 1998. -
n a sudden turnabout, Oracle will indeed port its Oracle8
database to the Linux operating system ... A formal announcement is
planned for Tuesday ...
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The fog of war
Peter Fabris, CIO, July 15 1998. -
News from the Unix-NT front ... ignoring the open-source troops,
as usual
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Linux leaps into NT, Unix territory
Shane Schick, CDN Computer Dealer News, June 22 1998. -
... it's not unlikely that Linux-based workstations will someday
be on the market from some of the industry's biggest names. And that
day might come sooner than later.
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Open source software
Nicholas Petreley, InfoWorld Electric, Forum, 17 Jul 1998. -
I've been tossing around the idea of starting a publication
dedicated to open source software...
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Les virus de la presse micro
Dominique Nora, Les Choses de la vie, Nouvel Observateur, No1742, page 30, 26 mars 1998. -
Quand des journaux dépendent trop de leurs annonceurs,
l'information en pâtit. Enfance d'une presse qui a déjà
pourtant de vrais titres
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Titanic avec Linux
Flashes en bref, Sciences et Avenir, Planetcyber, N0 615, mai 1998. -
Le système d'exploitation gratuit Linux fondé sur l'Unix
vient de prouver qu'il peut faire aussi bien que les logiciels payants
des mammouths de l'informatique Note: l'URL est plus long que l'article.
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La « subversion » du logiciel libre emportera-t-elle l'Europe?
Multimedium, 17 juillet 1998. -
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France Télécom lance un site portail géré sous Linux...
Le Monde Informatique, Le Quotidien, Samedi 18 juillet 98. -
Le site Web est administré avec 14 serveurs bi-Pentium II de
Getek utilisant la version Redhat 5.1 de Linux, indique-t-on chez
Echo qui gère le moteur de recherche de Voilà.
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...Tandis que Computer Associates porte Ingres II vers l'Unix libre
Le Monde Informatique, Le Quotidien, Samedi 18 juillet 98. -
Computer Associates (CA) livrera en septembre une version Linux
de son SGBD Ingres II, selon Infoworld.
CA rejoint ainsi Software AG et InterBase (Borland/Inprise).
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Netscape says source code giveaway has been a hit
Connie Guglielmo, Inter@ctive Week Online, July 13, 1998. -
Since March 31, Web developers have downloaded more than 250,000
copies of the client technology -- a number that has taken even
Netscape by surprise.
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Informix Goes Linux
Chris Tyler, Slashdot, July 14, 1998. -
The long-awaited Informix-on-Linux announcement still has not
arrived, but the schedule for the upcoming Informix User Conference
includes a session in the Product News track entitled "Informix Goes
Linux". The PDF version of the schedule is at
here.
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Cobalt Networks Introduces Internet Servers Specifically Tailored for ISPs
Company Press Release, July 14, 1998. -
Preconfigured with the Apache Web server, sendmail, and the Linux
operating system, ISPs will be able to purchase the Cobalt RaQ for
less than $1,000 -- a fraction of the cost of traditional, Unix,
Windows NT or even "build-it-yourself" systems.
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France Télécom craque pour Linux
Multimedium, 15 juillet 1998. -
France Télécom a choisi le système d'exploitation Linux
pour son nouveau site portail Voilà, dont le moteur de recherche
affiche l'ambition de concurrencer les robots d'AltaVista, Excite,
Lycos, HotBot et InfoSeek.
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Pulling on one end of the rope
Jordan K. Hubbard, The FreeBSD Project, Freshmeat, July 13th, 1998. -
do your very best to keep an open mind when it comes to ALL the
free software out there today ... [ let FreeBSD, Linux and others
cooperate. ]
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Thomcast: un serveur réseau Linux pour 150 utilisateurs&
Thomcast est une filiale de ThomsonCSF qui fabrique des
équipements de télé et radiodiffusion professionnels.
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Probing into C2 security claims: Is NT as secure as Microsoft has said it is?
Nicholas Petreley, InfoWorld Electric, July 13, 1998
Curry alleges that Microsoft misrepresented the status of C2
certification for Windows NT ... This is an extremely serious charge
of fraud...Microsoft won't give me answers.
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Linux instead of NT in German Hostpitals
Linux Weekly News, June 18, 1998. -
The German Society for Informatic in Medicine, Biometrics and
Epidemilogy GMDS recommends to use Linux instead of NT servers in
hospitals. They warn, that Windows NT, which is advertised as a secure
operating system has security problems.
cf:
Sicherheitsempfehlungen zu Windows-NT-Netzen im Krankenhaus,
Klaus Pommerening, 31.3.1998.
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La caution d'IBM pour Apache
François Cointe, Le Monde Informatique, N°772 - 26 juin 1998. -
Dessins humoristiques
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Logiciel libre : la subversion s'étend
Dossier, Le Monde Informatique, N°774 - 10 juillet 1998. -
Pour l'heure, ils ont le vent en poupe. Netscape, IBM leur
emboîtent le pas.
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Le PC d'IBM fait des petits
Le Monde Informatique, N° 108 du 27/06/1983. -
IBM a suscité le plus important mouvement de «concurrence
de compatibilité» qu'a connu la compagnie ...
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Internautes de tous les pays...
Claire Leroy, Le Monde Informatique, No 772, 26 juin 1998. -
ICQ, un logiciel gratuit de la firme israélienne Mirabilis,
maintenant controlé par AOL.
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Beowulf beyond the Hype
Michael Eilers, Slashdot, July 6, 1998. -
A practical presentation of the architecture and what it can or
cannot do.
- Interviews of Linus Torvalds
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The father of Linux looks back
Rebecca Eisenberg, The Gate - San Francisco Examiner, August 2, 1998. -
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LINUX manifesto
Boot, 07.15.98. -
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Interview with Linus, the Author of Linux
Linux Journal, #1, March 1994
This interview was conducted by Robert Young, Publisher of the
Linux Journal, NY Unix.
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The Choice of a Gnu Generation
An Interview with Linus Torvalds
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Interview with Linus Torvalds
Manuel Martinez, Linux Focus, March 1998
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The Pragmatist of Free Software: Linus Torvalds Interview
Hiroo Yamagata, Tokyo Linux Users Group, September 30, 1997
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Revenge of the hackers
The Economist, July 11th - 17th 1998. -
Oracle, a database firm, is planning to offer Linux versions of
some of its software....it would be curious if the others held back
... No professional operating system gets better grades from users,
according to Datapro (see chart)... but ... If anything goes wrong,
who is to blame? Using Linux carries a risk. Nobody was ever fired for
buying Microsoft.
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Control Data Offers Free Application Server For Linux
BUSINESS WIRE, July 6, 1998. -
LMB ACTU #117, 9 juillet 1998
: Control Data Systems (CDS),
concepteur de solutions de gestion pour les systèmes d'information,
a annoncé une version Linux de son serveur Intrastore Server 98. De
ce fait, la société devient l'une des premières à
développer une plate-forme de messagerie et d'applications pour
Linux. Le serveur peut être téléchargé pour 250 licences
et plus, sur le site Web de Control Data systems. Intrastore Server 98
pour Linux inclut un service de messagerie et de Web, ainsi qu'un
serveur pour les entreprises. Son concept vise à faire partager
l'information au sein de l'entreprise et à permettre aux
employés de mieux collaborer. IntraStore est en conformité avec
les derniers standards de l'Internet : Pop3, SMTP/MIME, IMAP4, NNTP,
HTTP, SMTP, FTP et LDAP. Il est compatible avec Unix et Windows NT.
- voir http://intrastore.cdc.com/ ou
http://intrastore.cdc.com/www/try_before_you_buy.html
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Windows NT Server compare with ...
Microsoft
Microsoft opinion... for what it is worth
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De vieux 386 recyclés sous Linux
Multimedium, 15 juin 1998 -
Une école (Les Trois Soleils) de la région montréalaise
vient de recycler ses vieux ordinateurs 386 en ordinateurs de
réseau... sous Linux avec aussi peu que 4 Mo de mémoire
... ouvrent maintenant la porte aux richesses du World Wide Web.
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Les Linuxiens passent a l'attaque
Jérôme Colombain, France-Info, Chronique Multimédia du 4/7/98. -
Ils sont moins chers que les logiciels commerciaux, parfois
même gratuits, et souvent extrêmement fiables car ils
bénéficient d’une équipe de programmeurs exceptionnelle :
une équipe mondiale composée souvent de bénévoles qui
communiquent entre eux par Internet.
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Un accord cadre bientôt signé entre l'Aful et l'Education nationale
Le monde Informatique, le Quotidien, 2 juillet 1998. -
Ce protocole s'ajoute aux
partenariats annoncés avec Lotus et
Microsoft en février dernier.
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L'économie du logiciel libre
Jean-Paul Smets-Solanes, Multimedium, 29 juin 1998. -
Quelle logique peut pousser un individu ou une entreprise à
développer un logiciel de qualité puis à le promouvoir sans rien
réclamer en retour ? Peut-on faire confiance à un logiciel
gratuit développé par une communauté d'utilisateurs
bénévoles ? A ces deux questions, nous répondons par
l'affirmative en démontrant l'existence de mécanismes économiques
qui assurent l'efficacité et la pérennité des logiciels libres sous
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Logiciels libres, mode d'emploi.
Multimedium, 30 juin 1998. -
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IBM consacre le serveur Web gratuit Apache
Luc Saint-Élie, Le Monde Informatique, n°772 - 26 juin 1998. -
Cette décision, si elle vient
renforcer le mouvement en
faveur des logiciels libres (qui
compte le système
d'exploitation Linux comme
autre vedette), est avant tout la
reconnaissance d'un succès
indiscutable.
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La SPA sonne l'alarme sur le marché des serveurs.
Multimedium, 25 juin 1998. -
La poursuite antitrust lancée par le gouvernement américain
à propos de Windows 95 et Microsoft Internet Explorer ne suffit
donc plus aux yeux d'une association qui regroupe 1 200 membres dans
36 catégories.
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What's in it for India?
The Economic Times, 20 June 1998. -
When the Delhi-based computer magazine PC Quest distributed its
first CD with a version of Linux, it was just another curiosity. Now,
three years after that first CD, the magazine has started a special
Linux section in both its print issues CDs.
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Tux may make life tough for Microsoft
Yogesh Katekar, The Economic Times, 20 June 1998. -
Sun Microsystems, the high-end Unix behemoth, is supporting the
Linux community in porting the OS to its high-end Ultra Sparc servers
- Intel [...] is also backing the Linux camp's porting efforts to make
it compatible with Intel's upcoming 64-bit chip - Oracle, the company
that makes the largest selling RDBMS, is rumoured to be working to
port its flagship database system to Linux - ... Cable Internet, among
the leading ISPs in the UK, runs its servers for its 110,000
subscribers, solely on Linux...
Merced.
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Les ordinateurs sans le logiciel Explorer font leur entrée
La Tribune, 98/06/02 -
NEC a décidé de laisser aux consommateurs le choix du
logiciel de navigation sur Internet. + Le constructeur japonais
commercialise des machines avec un CD-Rom contenant à la
fois Explorer de Microsoft et Navigator de Netscape.
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...les éditeurs de logiciels et les prestataires non plus
La Tribune, 98/06/17 -
Un grand système n'est rien sans logiciels ou
services. Un marché mondial estimé à près de 170 milliards de
francs en 1997.
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L'irrésistible baisse des prix des logiciels grand public
La Tribune, 98/04/02 -
Le déclin des prix des matériels et les nouveaux modes de
distribution sur Internet ont transformé les méthodes de vente
des applications.
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Des logiciels gratuits pour internautes
La Tribune, 98/03/16 -
L'Institut national de recherche en informatique
et en automatique, un des fondateurs du Web, prône l'utilisation
d'outils logiciels gratuits. Une profession de foi anti-Microsoft.
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James Barksdale : « Microsoft ligote les utilisateurs »
La Tribune, 96/06/10 -
INTERVIEW + Le président de Netscape, leader mondial des
logiciels de navigation sur Internet, évoque le débat sur le
Network Computer n Il estime que Microsoft piège les utilisateurs
avec un logiciel fermé.
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Netscape joue son joker en donnant l'accès à son logiciel
La Tribune, 98/04/02 -
Netscape a décidé de rendre publics et gratuits les
codes-sources de son principal logiciel de navigation. + Un tournant
dans la bataille des logiciels de navigation sur Internet. + Et le
pari de la dernière chance pour l'entreprise de Mountain
View.
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« Internet permet de créer des logiciels plus simples »
La Tribune, 97/01/06 -
Guerrino de Luca est président de Claris, la filiale d'Apple
pour les logiciels. Il explique comment il compte résister à
Microsoft. -- ... Si vous regardez Office 97 de Microsoft, c'est un
véritable « bordel galactique »
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Le « freeware » pense l'informatique autrement
La Tribune, 98/04/02. -
Né dans les années 80, le concept du logiciel libre permet
aux internautes d'étudier comment un programme fonctionne, de
l'adapter et de l'améliorer. Avec le souci d'en faire profiter
tout le monde.
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L'alternative « logiciels libres »
La Tribune, 98/06/26 -
... l'apparition des logiciels « libres » (freeware en
anglais) peut être une alternative à la puissance du numéro
un mondial des logiciels. ... IBM a annoncé son intention de «
pousser » Apache
- User friendly?
Andrew Leonard, SALON | June 26, 1998. -
Don't throw Windows away yet, A test of three approaches to
installing Linux suggests
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Andrew Leonard, SALON | June 26, 1998. -
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Datapro Study
According to a new Datapro study Linux is the only operating
system except Windows NT that is growing in corporate markets.
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Competition in the Network Market: The Microsoft Challenge,
SPA (Software Publisher Association), June 19, 1998. -
SPA released an in-depth study today, June 19, on competition in
the network market and Microsoft's efforts to translate its desktop
dominance to this market.
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Adaptec Supports the Linux Community!
Red Hat® Software, Inc, June 23, 1998. -
"Adaptec is committed to being an industry leader by offering the
broadest and most reliable operating system support. Adaptec is
excited to be working with Red Hat Software, Inc. to ensure that
comprehensive and reliable driver technology is widely available to
the Linux market," said Andy Walsh, Marketing Manager of Adaptec's
SCSI Channel Products Group.
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Logiciel libre et évolution
Version 199803, révisée 199806, Christophe Le Bars,
Conférence-Débat sur les Enjeux Économiques des Logiciels Libres,
Fête de l'Internet, 20 mars 1998. -
Les logiciels libres ne concurrencent pas les fournisseurs
informatiques mais leurs principes réorientent ces derniers vers
des activités de services et d'intégration, marchés porteurs
d'emplois nouveaux et où une véritable concurrence peut
s'exercer... contrairement au marché de l'édition de logiciel
propriétaire.
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How Linux Could Kill Windows NT
Berst Alert, Jesse Berst, ZDNet AnchorDesk, JUNE 23, 1998. -
Linux. It's not a serious challenger to Microsoft Windows NT. But
it could be. If three things take place.
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SPA warns of NT threat
Dan Goodin, Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM, June 19, 1998 -
The 31-page paper describes several ways Microsoft is attempting
to "eliminate competition in the enterprise markets."
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The Free Music Philosophy
Ram Samudrala, [seen dated 18 june 1998]
... creating, copying, and distributing music must be as
unrestricted as breathing air, plucking a blade of grass, or basking
in the rays of the sun.
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Red Hat software takes on the big guys
Joel B. Obermayer, Raleigh News & Observer, Mercury Center, June 19, 1998. -
`The only way you can compete against a monopoly is to change the
rules on which the game is played," Young said.
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DIGITAL - ALPHA SYSTEM,
Nasa
... a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items
... NT/LINUX ...
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Tiny Red Hat Linux Takes On Microsoft
Stuart Glascock, CMP net, Computer Reseller News, May 31, 1998.
One example of a large company deploying Linux in mission
critical areas is SouthWestern Bell, said manager Scott Young in
Houston. The company is running Linux on 36 online desktops and
workstations that monitor switches, fibers and call centers as well
using the alternative OS on file and web servers.
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IBM rallie le clan Apache
Édouard Launet, Libération , 20 juin 1998. -
Le n0 1 de l'informatique adopte le «logiciel libre».
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Beowulf mirrors
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NASA Disables Beowulf Project
Dr. Dobb's technetcast, 1998-06-12. -
The problem is that Beowulf clusters can achieve processing power
well beyond the 7,000 MTOPS (Million Theoretical Operations per
Second) ceiling imposed by the U.S. supercomputer export laws for
certain countries.
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Linux, la prochaine explosion !
Alain Lefebvre, Informatiques Magazine, No 50, 15 Juin 1998, page 20 -
on aura enfin une véritable alternative à Windows NT y
compris et surtout sur les serveurs Intel ... Alors que l'on pensait
que l'ultime affrontement entre Unix et NT allait se dérouler sur
le terrain du haut de gamme, c'est sur les systèmes d'entrée que
va se dérouler la véritable bataille car, comme toujours en
informatique, le volume compte plus que tout.
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IBM to Adopt Apache as Preferred E-commerce Web Server
Mark Gimein, The Industry Standard, IDG.net, June 17, 1998. -
Having the source code is the difference between buying a house
and renting an apartment,
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Ben Heskett, Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM, une 18, 1998. -
IBM will [...] announces a deal to bundle and support Apache's
freely distributed Web server
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Suddenly, hackers look like heroes
Brock N. Meeks, MSNBC, May 21, 1998. -
A Senate panel Tuesday heaped praise on a so-called “hacker
think tank,î praising it for ferreting out security
vulnerabilitie. ... arrogant corporate giants [...] allowing shoddy
systems to proliferate ...
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Une adresse Internet pour chaque intervenant du monde scolaire
Réseau télématique scolaire québécois. -
Quelques exemples de solutions, incluant plusieurs établissements qui utilisent Linux
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The Greatest OS That (N)ever Was
Glyn Moody, Wired Magazine, August 1997. -
a reference article about Linux
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Where Do You Want To Go Tomorrow?
Steven Johnson, Feed Magazine, 04.17.98
The battle against Microsoft may be an honorable one, but what
are we really fighting for? -
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The Open Source Definition
Version 1.0
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The Future of Open Source
Eric Raymond, Second International Harvard Conference on Internet & Society may 26-29, 1998 -
I asked Eric to talk about the long-term consequences of a shift
towards open source software, and what it will take to make that shift
a reality.
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Netscape intégrera la technologie d'animation vectorielle Flash
Multimedium, 12 Juin 1998
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Netscape to Include Macromedia Flash Player With Netscape Navigator Browser Software
Press Release,
Netscape and
Macromedia, June 9, 1998 -
Macromedia recently published the popular Flash file format
(.swf) as an open Internet standard with widespread support from
Netscape and other industry-leading companies ...
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Des monopoles mis à mal en France.
Multimedium, 9 Juin 1998
Sous la pression des enseignants, de la presse et des chercheurs,
le gouvernement semble vouloir apaiser les craintes et ménager
quelque oxygène aux solutions alternatives.
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Homesteading the Noosphere
Eric Raymond, 1998/05/27
equel to the popular The Cathedral and the Bazaar. In it, I
examine in detail the property and ownership customs of the
open-source culture
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Nader Mounts Campaign To Free OS/2
Andy Patrizio, TechWeb, CMPnet, 06/10/98. -
Consumer activist Ralph Nader has mounted a campaign to pressure
IBM to make the OS/2 operating system a more viable alternative to
Windows 95/98 for consumers ...
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Let My Data Go!
Simson Garfinkel, Hotwired, 6 January 1998. -
Beyond creating new opportunities for competition, forcing
companies to disclose their file formats would improve the quality of
software. -
fancy format
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Pour une informatique libre
Le web de l'Humanité, Société, 18 Mai 1998. -
UNE information libre, qui ne dépende pas de l'hégémonie
d'une société: c'est possible et c'est ce que veut promouvoir
l'Association francophone des utilisateurs de Linux (AFUL)...
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Open Source Guru - Linux creator and freeware visionary Linus Torvalds won't mix marketing with developing
Michael Vizard, InfoWorld Electric, June 8, 1998.
InfoWorld Executive News Editor Michael Vizard talked with
Torvalds about the issues facing the future development of operating
systems and the economic models that drive the industry.
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Linux keeps computer-generated special effects afloat
Blaise Zerega, InfoWorld Electric, June 8, 1998.
Affordability and TCP/IP features make Red Hat Linux the OS that
fits ... Strauss says that use of open source software is fairly
prevalent within the film industry and he expects it to go
mainstream.
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Grassroots Linux grows - Citing reliability and scalability, IT
leans on Linux to extend systems on the cheap
Sarah E. Varney, InfoWorld Electric, June 8, 1998.
Reliability and scalability are the biggest advantages to using
Linux, along with the cost, ... + a commented list of distributions.
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Free money model - Open source software can make business sense
Lynda Radosevich and Blaise Zerega, InfoWorld Electric, June 8, 1998.
We would use [Linux] if we could get versions of Oracle that run
on it," the manager says. Boeing has a small Linux installation, while
Apache and Netscape are used widely. ....Controversies aside, some
analysts say they expect the open source business model to take off
soon. "The key to it is that the code is out there, it's free, and
companies can add value and charge for it with the benefits on ongoing
development and without incurring the development costs, says David
Vellante, an analyst at International Data Corp., in Framingham,
Mass. "These guys are going to come out of the woodwork over the next
nine to eighteen months."
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Required to buy Microsoft Windows
David Chun, Consumer Project on Technology, June 3, 1998
I called 12 computer manufacturers, known in the industry as
original equipment manufactures (OEMs), attempting to buy computers
without a Microsoft Windows operating systems
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A Word 8 converter for Unix
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Nader Tries A New Microsoft Tactic
Mary Jo Foley, Sm@rt Reseller Online, ZDnet, March 18, 1998.
Nader has sent letters to six top PC makers ... asking them to
offer consumers “the opportunity to buy computers with
non-Microsoft operating systems pre-installed.
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Ralph Nader tells IBM to post OS/2 for free
Mary Jo Foley, Sm@rt Reseller, ZDnn, June 8, 1998.
Nader suggested that IBM follow an approach similar to the one
taken by Netscape ...
- Nader's
letter 1 and
letter 2
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Faire des affaires avec Linux
Antoine Brisset, 9 juin 1998
VERSION TEMPORAIRE - ce n'est pas un rapport sur les qualités
techniques de Linux, ni sur l'intéret des logiciels libres aux yeux
des informaticiens. Je cherche délibérément à savoir si
l'on peut faire du business avec un excellent produit comme Linux.
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Office 9? Pour quoi faire?
Le Monde Informatique, 6 juin 1998
texte
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Le PPTP de Ws NT bogué
FranÇois Lambel et Olivier Rafal, Le Monde Informatique, 5 juin 1998.
Le PPTP de Ws NT 4.0 serait tellement bogué qu'aucune rustine
ne permettra de le rendre fiable.
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GIMP 1.0 RELEASED
Gimp News, June 5th, 1998.
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UnixWorld Online
CMPnet
UnixWorld Online is a subscription-free, Web-only based magazine
that provides practical, tutorial-oriented articles and columns for
beginner to expert users, programmers, and system administrators of
platforms running the UNIX operating system. - Linux - FreeBSD and
other open source software as well as commercial
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Special Reports
Jimmy Guterman, Chicago Tribune June 5, 1998.
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Reader Survey: What does free software mean to you?
SunWorld, June 1998.
How important is free software to you? Do you tinker around with
source code at work? Are you even "allowed" to? Which applications do
you use? Fill out this month's reader survey and let us know what free
software means to you.
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Microsoft Debugs Communications Protocol
George Leopold, EE Times, CMPnet, 06/02/98.
Microsoft said it has released a series of fixes and is preparing
others for an encryption flaw in its implementation of a
communications protocol used in virtual private networks.
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Sortie de Red Hat 5.1
Multimédium, 5 juin 1998.
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Les exclus du savoir accèdent au Net
Marie-Joëlle Gros, Libération, Multimedia, 5 juin 1998.
A la Maison des ensembles à Paris,
l'Université ouverte propose depuis un
an un atelier informatique pour tous.
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Security flaws found in Microsoft's implementation of point-to-point-tunneling protocol (PPTP)
Counterpane Systems, Press Release, June 1, 1998
Companies using Microsoft products to implement their Virtual
Private Networks (VPNs) may find that their networks are not so
private .... proprietary software lacks peer review ... secrecy does
not mean security -
full technical info and press articles
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Lessons Learned by Use of copy(C);OTS,
Rainer Gerlich, DASIA 98', Data Systems in Aerospace,
May 25 - 28, 1998
... It also compares COTS with non-commercial Off-the-Shelf
Software (called OTS here). For the reference project Linux as OTS
turned out as rather stable and suitable for a commercial,
fault-tolerant system while some COTS products caused some crashes. By
introduction of clear interfaces and use of standards the project
could survive.
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La fête de l'Internet
Pierre Ficheux
La fête de l'Internet, 20 mars 1998 , Maison de la
Mutualité, Paris : quelques photos
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InterWeather promises net 'weather report' accuracy
Computergram, May 27, 1998.
Software released under GPL, seeking community improvement.
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Online Content: Fee Or Free?
Clinton Wilder, InformationWeek, CMPnet, 03.06.98.
From industrial products to mutual-fund prices, content providers
are grappling with choices of business models and revenue sources. But
so far, there's only one proven winner: the user.
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part 2
part 3
part 4.
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Organization To Unite Communicator Developers
Andy Patrizio, TechWeb, CMPnet, 02/05/98.
Openscape, a loosely structured organization for discussing fixes
and modifications to the code,...
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Playing With Games, Playing With Source
Andy Patrizio, TechWeb, CMPnet, 03/11/98.
A secondary movement that appears to be bubbling is giving out
code to old products. Id Software started it with the release of
source code for its older games, Wolfenstein 3-D and Doom...
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UniForum Association Conference Hosts an Historic Meeting of the Minds Between Linux Advocates and Unix Branding Organization
UniForum Association, Company Press Release, May 29, 1998.
... the two groups spontaneously initiated frank, informal
negotiations regarding the conformance of Linux to the UNIX 98
spec.
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Interview of Larry Wall, Perl creator.
CMP net, 1998.
-
part 2,
part 3 and
profile
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Viva la revolution
Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff, 05/28/98 - Boston Globe Online -
I'm going to run a PC without Microsoft's help, and live to tell
the tale... You can't open a computer magazine any more without seeing
an article about "open source" software...
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Microsoft, Netscape ou logiciel libre
Transcription radio2html de l'émission du 26 mai 1998 du
"Téléphone Sonne" sur France Inter.
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OPEN Source Code
CMPnet, May 25, 1998
a collection of articles
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Free Software's Quiet Influence.
Andy Patrizio, TechWeb, CMPnet, 03.11.98.
Is Netscape the only one that gets it? If software hadn't been
shared, then the Internet would be light years behind where it is
today. With such a shining success story, why hasn't the concept of
freely distributing source code caught on full-force?
-
part 2,
part 3
part 4
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Interview of Linus Torvalds Open Source's Pioneer,
TechWeb Internet, CMP net, may 1998.
The creator of the freeware operating system Linux talks about
the nature of the freeware process, the business models that work for
freeware, and future directions for the movement.
-
part 2 and
profile
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Is Free Source Code A Non-Issue?
Fred Langa, CMPnet, 05/27/98.
If Windows' source code were available, would you or your company
really use it? No way, says CMPnet's Fred Langa. What's your take?
State your case in the LangaLetter threads.
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Interview of Eric Raymond software developer,
TechWeb Internet, CMP net, may 1998.
-
part 2 and
profile
The programmer of Fetchmail says open source software is richer
and more stable than any commercial software he has ever used.
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Interview of Jeff Papows , president and CEO, Lotus Development
Corp.
TechWeb Internet, CMP net, may 1998.
Lotus CEO Jeff Papows says open development may be fine for some
applications, such as browsers, but says that model can't extend to
mission-critical apps.
-
part 2 and
profile.
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Build Your Own Editor
Jeff Pundyk, editor in chief, CMPnet, 05/26/98.
Here's an idea about what you can do with all the free source
code floating around: Customize your own version of our very own
editor in chief, Jeff Pundyk! (Humor)
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note1,
note2
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Interview of Tim O'Reilly, president, O'Reilly & Associates.
TechWeb Internet, CMP net, may 1998.
-
part 2,
profile.
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Perl: What A Find!
Doug Sheppard, TechTools, CMP net, 12/15/97.
... as compared with, say, Visual Basic or C? It's free, it's
cross-platform, it's well-supported, and it lets you develop code for
your website quickly.
- Just Don't Let The Boss See It
Doug Adams, TechToons, CMP net, 1998
f you put your mind to it, there are some rather creative ways to
take advantage of open source coding.
I see, Wilkes, you've been dabbling in open source coding with the new version of Doom.
I just downloaded the new Microsoft Explorer. It's VERY interactive!
Bill, can I get you some Java to go with your pie?
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MicroMonopoly: Game over for Microsoft?
Doug Bartholomew, Industry Week, April 20, 1998.
The failure of Microsoft’s own Windows NT system to support
large numbers of corporate users, especially those trying to access
big corporate databases.
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Microsoft's Dirty PR Move
Fred Moody, Special to ABCNEWS.com, April 10, 1998.
On second thought, the most outrageous (or at least the most
depressing) feature of Microsoft's PR 3.0 might be the lack of outrage
among American citizens/consumers
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Bill Gates, l'homme à abattre...
Jean-Jacques Peyraud, France 3, Jeudi, vers 22h30, dans le Soir3
En fait le véritable concurrent de Microsoft est sans doute
incarné par cet homme discret, Linus Torvalds, auteur d’un
logiciel concurrent de Windows, Linux, très implanté dans les
milieux universitaires, et distribué quasi gratuitement.
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A Paper on Linux Security
Patrick Lambert, DarkElf Network SysAdmin, Wed, 20 May 1998.
This text will describe how you can, from an unsecured new Linux system,
make it into a fortress.
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Netscape Releases Source Code: A Conversation with Tim O'Reilly,
Richard Wiggins, Net Buzz, January 28, 1998.
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Beware the Microsoft Cartoon Censor.
Richard Wiggins, Net Buzz, Volume 1, Number 17 February 18, 1998.
How control on the tools could give control on the content ...
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The Great Linux-vs-NT Debate
Jim Mohr, Jimmo Doc Services, 06 May 1998
*** ... a long comparison between Linux and Windows NT.
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Office Suites for Linux
Jeff Alami, 32 bits online, April 20-24 1998.
These days, it seems that more people, personal and commercial
alike, are realizing the power and simplicity of Linux. But let’s
face it; people don’t buy operating systems, they buy applications
software...
Part 2:
Applixware Office Suite 4.3.7
Part 3:
StarOffice 4.0
Part 4:
Andrew User Interface System 7.5
Part 5: X
The Verdict
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In the spirit of Glasnost,
Gene Mosher, NC World, MAY 1998.
The author, president of ViewTouch Inc., a touchscreen interface
and POS systems software-development company, ... Gene Mosher is
opening up ViewTouch source code. All in an effort to put his belief
in the viability of the concept of open distributed computing into
action. (3,900 words
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Freely Redistributable Software in Business
Lots of commented references
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Andreessen: Freeware use on rise in corporations
ZDnet, Yahoo! News, Technology Headlines, Friday April 24 1998
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Linux dans les Hôpitaux
Manuel Soriano (1998), LinuxFocus: Novembre 1997
Linux signifie affaires, voyez comment il est utilisé dans le
milieu hospitalier
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Linux in Hospitals,
Manuel Soriano (1998), LinuxFocus: November 1997.
Linux means business, see how linux is been used in a healthcare
environment
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Open-source software development methodology
Fredrik Stöckel and Ludvig A. Norin, Ms. Th., Lulea, Sweden, May 20, 1998.
... an explorative approach to open-source software development
methodology, examining several projects and analyzing them in context
of widely known software development methodologies...
[html,
Postscript,
Acrobat]
- LINUX ET LES FRANCOPHONES
Le Monde, 21 mai 1998, page 31.
L'AFUL ... a ouvert un site Web ...
- Linux in India:
PC Quest
May 96 to
May 98
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Sun Microsystems has officially joined Linux International.
Justin, Slashdot, May 21 1998.
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Various Open Source Licenses,
Ed, Slashdot, May 18 1998.
various Open Source Licenses with some commentary on each of
them.
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No Windows But Lots of Sun for Microsoft's Hotmail
The startup has one of the busiest mail sites on the Net,
Tom Abate, San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, May 20, 1998
... reports that Hotmail has tried -- and failed -- to reroute
all that traffic from Sun's heavy-duty OS to Windows NT. ... Marti
used a diagnostic program to determine that The Moral Defense of
Microsoft is founded on the Linux operating system and Apache Web
server.
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Les coûts de la bureautique d’entreprise
Jean-Paul Smets-Solanes, 1997.
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Linux: The Open Operating System That Could,
Stuart Glascock, CMP net, Computer Reseller News, May 18, 1998.
Resellers willing to jump off the mainstream operating system
track have another option
(other URL)
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Before Windows and Internet, There Was Ethernet,
John Markoff, The New York Times, Business Technology, May 18, 1998.
Microsoft's approach fails the true test of openness
... Standards are genuinely open, he said, only when they are publicly
documented, nonproprietary, and when there is a public forum for
updating the standard.
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L'Etat et la micro-informatique,
Jean-Paul Smets-Solanes, 1997.
Le marché français de la micro-informatique est en pleine
croissance. La majeure partie de cette croissance bénéficie à
des fournisseurs extra-européens. Il existe par ailleurs des
solutions informatiques françaises ou européennes techniquement
remarquables et économiquement avantageuses.
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Entretien électronique avec Bruno Mathon magazine L'Européen
Jean-Paul Smets-Solanes
J'y explique comment les logiciels libres permettent de promouvoir les normes publiques sur Internet [JPS]
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Echelon NT : le système qui vous espionne à la source
Jean-Paul Smets-Solanes, 01 Informatique, No 1498, 15 mai 1998
On peut s’étonner que les administrations et entreprises
françaises n’appliquent pas en matière d’informatique
trois règles de bon sens paysan : ne pas mettre ses oeufs dans le
même panier, savoir ce que l’on achète et reconnaître ses
amis.
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PROJECT PROPOSAL AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: THE LINUX STANDARD BASE (LSB) project (V1.5)
Bruce Perens, Slashdot, May 19, 1998.
... an attempt to define the common core of components that can
be expected to be found in any "Linux" system.
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The ARGO autonomous vehicle,
University of Parma, 1998.
a car driven by Linux
cf.
ARGO Technical Data
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La BSA tourne casaque
... ou peut-être n'ai-je pas bien compris ...
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Linux et les serveurs a l'Observatoire europeen de l'audiovisuel,
Cyril Chaboisseau, CMP net, Informatiques, April 01, 1998, TechWeb News.
avec les accents revu par CMP net :-)
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Logiciels libres, l'AFUL voit le jour,
LMB Actu 109, 14 mai 1998.
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L'Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Linux et des Logiciels Libres,
lf - Liaison Francophone (développement des inforoutes en Francophonie),
8 mai 1998.
... solutions Linux pour les entreprise et les
établissements d'enseignement, ainsi que des nouvelles récentes
et bientôt une bourse de l'emploi
(autre URL)
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The dumbing-down of programming ,
Ellen Ullman, SALON, May 12, 1998.
Rebelling against Microsoft, "My computer" and easy-to-use
wizards, an engineer rediscovers the joys of difficult computing.
other parts:
1.2,
2.1,
2.2.
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Une association pour les logiciels libres,
Multimédium, 15 mai 1998
Tandis que le Département de la Justice et les États
américains jouent au chat et au jaguar avec Microsoft, un nouveau
mouvement vient de naître, en France ...
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L'association francophone des utilisateurs de Linux et des logiciels libres rejointe par Netscape…
Le Monde Informatique, Jeudi 14 MAI 199
page de couverture
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Linux On Lookout For Exposure
Charles Babcock, Inter@ctive Week, May 11, 199
Kuznetsky says he asked the staffers why the chief financial
officer didn't know about their Linux servers and they said: "He's the
one who told us to build the intranet but didn't give us much of a
budget."
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Another Netscape giveaway
Erich Luening, CNET NEWS.COM, May 6, 1998.
to accelerate developer adoption of its Directory Server
software, the company today said it plans to release the source code
for its Directory Software Developer's Kit for free on the
Internet.
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InterBase joins Linux crusade
Mike Ricciuti, CNET NEWS.COM, May 6, 1998.
Database maker InterBase Software is jumping on the Linux
bandwagon ... a subsidiary of Inprise (formerly Borland
International)
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Corel joins Linux fest
Erich Luening, CNET NEWS.COM, May 8, 1998.
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Linux gains converts
CNET STAFF, c|net News.Com, May 8, 1998, [alt. URL]
As a free flavor of Unix turns heads on the Web, other companies
clamor to enter developers' homes by offering their source code for
free. In addition to its can't-beat-it price tag, Linux also offers
users the freedom and creativity to meld the operating system to meet
their needs.
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Ils ont contribué à la naissance de Yahoo! France
Yahoo! 1997
Une grande patrie de notre technologie a bénéficié des
logiciels du domaine public disponibles sur le Réseau. Nous tenons
ici à rendre hommage à certains de ces outils...
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Look Before You Leap: Think TCO,
ZDnet, may 1998.
Gartner Group: simple, Web-based office automation ... Novell
GroupWise $3.77 per user per month, Microsoft Exchange $13.06 --
non-Web Lotus Notes : $19.96
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The X Flies: Steve Jobs at WWDC
Apple Computer, May 12, 1998.
Apple is
coming out with a modern operating system based on
the Mac OS and Rhapsody
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Apple Announces Mac OS Software Strategy
Apple Computer, May 11, 1998.
... enhance Apple's popular Mac OS 8 ... Mac OS X (ten) in 1999 ...
Rhapsody in 1998 ... all very confused
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Corel Computer & Linux,
Corel Computer, May 13, 1998.
Corel Computer Corp. announces the release of its Linux based
source code for the NetWinderô family of network computers -
with words from Red Hat and Caldera.
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FAQ: Corel Computer and Linux
Corel Computer, May 13, 1998.
open-source software, Corel strategy, Linux statistics,
Netwinder, Java .../EM>
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Corel Embraces Open Source,
Michael Stutz, Wired News, 8 May.98.
Mylex Corporation
and
Best Power, Inc.
-- and there are dozens of
companies that sell complete systems with free software installed. But
this is the first time an OEM vendor has built a system specifically
based around it. >
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Public Software Institute
a public benefit non-profit (IRS 501(c)(3)) corporation that
combines the development of public software with the teaching of
Computer Science.
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FUND for OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
F.O.S.S is a possibility for USERS to support the development of
Open Source Software.
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RMS responds to Be use of GPL'd code
Slashdot, Sunday May 10, 1998
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How not to follow the GNU GPL
ms@santafe.edu (Richard Stallman), gnu.misc.discuss, 1998/05/09,
Be Inc. has made an announcement to explain carefully how it follows
the rules of the GNU GPL ...
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Unix: The next generation,
Rich Levin with Martin Garvey , (CMP net) InformationWeek, may/06/98,
Bracing for Intel's forthcoming 64-bit processor ... IBM-Sun
Microsystems initiative to develop a next-generation Unix that is
tightly integrated with Java ... Unix remains the key enterprise
operating system (figures...)
and
part 2,
part 3,
part 4
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Il faut de tout pour faire le Net
Thierry Leterre, Liberation, 8mai 1998
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NT and UNIX: Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object
Mary Hubley, Gartner Group, January 1998.
the NT force is not likely to take over UNIX anytime soon... The
fourth most-installed UNIX system is a rising star: Linux is the
newest UNIX system; it shows up in 14% of our respondents'
locations.
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Linux Advocacy HOWTO
Betty, Scripting News, 4/24/98.
strange comments on Linux Advocacy HOWTO
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Companies let down by computers opt to ‘de-engineer’ after clashes
Bernard Wysocki Jr., THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 1998
Companies across the country are seeing their cutting-edge
computer systems fail to live up to expectations — or fail
altogether. - When less technology is better, ASCII terminals rule and
Win95 is too complex and unreliable for corporate use...
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Internet Refrigerator' Aimed for 1999 Commercial Use,
AsiaBizTech, April 30, 1998 (TOKYO).
The prototype runs Windows 95, but the experimental model is due
to adopt Linux, a UNIX operating system. -- note: Forrester Research
predicts that by 2002, 10% of U.S. households will contain networked
electronic devices, such as refrigerators that alert homeowners it's
time to buy milk, or intelligent sprinkler systems that kick on when
the weather report calls for clear skies. (Information Week 20 Apr
98)
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patents and mozilla.org,
Netscape, 07-May-98,
The Wang suit has been dismissed!
-
Netscape appeals to public for patent-suit defense
Ben Elgin, ZDNN Sm@rt Reseller, May 7, 1998.
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Netscape seeks help in patent suit
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ISP Hardware and Software Purchases
May 5, 1998
more than 50% boxes assembled by ISP himself ... 50% NT servers,
26.1% ISP use Linux servers.
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Vive le logiciel libre
Yves Eudes, Le Monde - supplement Multimedis, semaine du 18 mars 1996
D'innombrables logiciels gratuits sont disponibles dans le
domaine public. Ces "freeware", nés aux Etats-Unis, témoignent
de la culture libertaire des premiers usagers des réseaux, et de la
tradition universitaire de libre circulation des idées et des
techniques.
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Projet d'École gratuite de l'Internet pour tous [Draft]
Laurent Chemla, 2/23/1998
... mettre en place des écoles de l'Internet pour certaines
catégories socio-professionnelles d'adultes: enseignants,
fonctionnaires, chômeurs, associations, et de créer du même
coup des lieux de débats citoyens autour des enjeux
sociaux-économiques du réseau.
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Manifeste pour une utilisation libre de l'internet pour l'éducation
Stéphane cordier, Lettre du Laboratoire d' ANalyse Numérique -
Numéro 1. Mai 1998.
... comparer les trois systèmes d'exploitation (apple/mac,
unix/linux et microsoft/windows) et leur différente utilisation
possible, dans le monde de l'éducation.
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Corel Computer and Linux,
Corel Computer Corp.
Corel Computer Corp. will be presenting its strategy on
Open-Source Software and the Cooperative Development Model on May 7,
1998.
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Evils of the Anti-Advocates: or How not to kill Linux
ABeZ aka Abram Hindle, Tuesday May 05 1998, Slashdot
... and that very advocacy is what is preventing Linux from being
the Mainstream Alternative that we know it can be
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Modes of Production: Free Software and the Internet
Ed Korthof, Bad Subjects, Issue #37 March 1998
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Proxy servers add to Mac user woes
April Streeter, MacWEEK, Volume 12 Issue 17, April 30, 1998
Microsoft's Proxy Server refuses to give more than basic HTTP
connection to non windows clients, including Mac and Unix ... a nice
way to kill minority systems
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Industry Execs Ask DOJ To Back Off Windows 98
Connie Guglielmo, ZDNet SMO Sm@rt Reseller Online, May 4, 1998,
Top executives of 26 major Microsoft Corp. developers, resellers
and supporters signed on to a letter ... asking that the government
not delay shipment of Windows 98
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Resellers Rally Around Windows 98
Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet SMO Sm@rt Reseller Online, April 29, 1998
A group of national resellers are rallying to defend Microsoft
Corp. in the face of a growing threat on the part of a number of state
attorneys general to attempt to block the June 25 shipment of Windows
98.
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ASwC - Association of Software Competitors
[seen on May 4, 1998],
Software industry leaders share their views on the best
way to ensure a competitive and innovative American
computer industry. ... by supporting Microsoft ?!?
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Netscape Bets On Linux
Ben Elgin, ZDNet SMO Sm@rt Reseller Online, May 4, 1998,
... But Oracle, Informix and other big developers pass on the
free operating system. - What is significant about this article is
that now the *media* have gotten into the fray of asking Oracle and
Informix whether they'll be doing Linux ports ... note that the
article comes from "SmartReseller" magazine, meaning it's the
viewpoint of people who make a living reselling software [Evan
Leibovitch evan@telly.org]
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NETSCAPE JOUE LA TRANSPARENCE
Jérôme Colombain, Chronique InfoNet du 26/4/98
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Freeware Sparks Political Movement
Will Rodger, ZDNet Inter@ctive Week, April 20, 1998.
If everyone can use software with little or no charge, he says,
then the only place to make money is in servicing the
customer. Netscape, in fact, embraced that model in late March. Since
Microsoft does not release its source code, only Microsoft can answer
support questions ... will lead to serious problems.
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You've got a source,
John Graham-Cumming, The Guardian online, 23 April 1998
With thousands of programmers working for free on Linux, this
operating system has become a popular alternative to Microsoft’s
Windows.
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InterBase 4.0 for RedHat Linux 4.2,
InterBase Software Corporation, Wednesday, 29-Apr-98.
InterBase creates and distributes easily embedded relational database
management systems for VARs and other application developers.
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MSN incapable de gérer les listes de courrier
Paris, OSR, 30/04/98, Le Monde Informatique
Le fournisseur d'acces Microsoft Network (MSN)
refuse depuis le 16 avril tous les messages en
provenance de mailing-lists. Aux dernières
informations, le problème concerne toutes les
mailing-lists qui tournent sur des systèmes
«Listserv», «Majordomo» et «Listproc».
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Intérêt des professionnels pour l'informatique libre
Paris, OSR, 30/04/98, Le Monde Informatique
Les professionnels s'intéressent à l'informatique
libre. Un «cycle de conférences Linux» est venu
enrichir le programme 98 du salon Solutions for
Software Development. Dans une salle attenante,
le salon Solutions Informatiques 2000 s'est lui
intéressé à l'euro. Les solutions euro ont d'ailleurs
drainé la majorité des 1 433 visiteurs préenregistrés
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Samba: Integrating UNIX and Windows,
John D. Blair, Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc., 01/1998,
ISBN: 1578310067
a book for experienced network administrators and beginners
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Editorial on Linux, and its use in primary education
Jay Bloodworth, Slashdot, April 22 1998
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MS loses bid for SPA board
Mary Jo Foley, April 28 2998, ZDNN
Don't expect the Software Publishers Association to cease its
campaign to rein in Microsoft Corp. any time soon. -
Microsoft (MSFT),
the SPA's largest dues-paying member, had hoped to win one of the six
two-year SPA board seats up for election. But the results are in, and
Microsoft executive vice president and chief operating officer Bob
Herbold is not among the victors.
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Caldera CEO says MS is threatening PC makers
Will Rodger, April 28 2998, ZDNN
Microsoft Corp. is threatening to suspend the contract of at
least one of the United States' largest computer manufacturers in a
dispute over bundling a competing operating system, Caldera Inc. CEO
Bryan Sparks alleged Monday.
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WEBFLOW shuts its doors
Computergram, Apr 28 1998
Its innovative WebProject ... foundered on the shoals of an
NT-only strategy.
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Unix Invades NT's Personal Space,
Ken Phillips, ZDNet, PC Week, ebruary 10, 1998.
By plunking a Unix server directly on top of the Windows NT
kernel, OpenNT/NFS Solutions paves a simple Unix-to-NT migration path
for sites with only a few dozen users.
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The Delays Microsoft Doesn't Want You to Know About
Berst Alert, ZDNet AnchoDesk, April 27, 1998
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Setting up a Full-Service Low-Cost Network
David C. Niemi, 1997
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JavaSoft faces competition from freeware ,
Niall McKay, InfoWorld Electric, Apr 10, 1998.
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Princeton Class Pokes Holes In 'Secure' Market Transactions,
Peter Wayner, The New York Times, April 26, 1998.
... ran a stripped-down version of the popular free operating
system, Linux, and acted as the center of the marketplace
... considered and rejected using many of the other operating systems
available because they couldn't get the source code, needed to remove
potential security holes.
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Top Ten Best-Selling Windows Business Software
Windows Magazine, April 27 1998.
... if these are the solutions, what is the problem ?
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Andreessen plugs Linux
CNET News.com 24/4/1998
Marc Andreessen told a meeting of the Massachusetts Software
Council today that he expects Linux to gain status as a serious
operating system for corporate use ...
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Andreessen plugs Linux
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Marketing muscle?,
Associated Press, New York, April 24, 19:33 EDT.
[ Marc Andreessen: It was like a visit by Don Corleone. I
expected to find a bloody computer monitor in my bed the next
day.],
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Dossier Linux - interview Jacques Gélinas
U.S.S. Débogueurs, avril 1998.
l travaille dans
ses temps libres sur Linuxconf, un système qui facilite la
configuration du système d'exploitation Linux.
avec un article de Ricky.
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Case Study: Horns of a Dilemma
AberdeenGroup, 23-Dec-97
an organization’s problems implementing a new technology,
based on interviews and research conducted over several months.
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Case Study: Migration Migraines
AberdeenGroup, 23-Dec-97
Windows NT has been around long enough for some Fortune 100
companies which decided to implement NT as the corporate standard to
be in production mode. The following is a case study of one such
company, documented over several months through interviews with those
responsible for the implementation.
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Microsoft Customers Risk Missing the Java Boat
AberdeenGroup, 11-Feb-98
growing developer backlash against Microsoft for continuing to deny the
robustness of the entire Java package.
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Microsoft: The Joker of Enterprise IS Computing
AberdeenGroup, Volume 10 / Number 20, September 29, 1997
Microsoft has over marketed its current capabilities to meet the
needs of enterprise-level computing.
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Windows 98 crashes during Gates' Comdex demo
CNNin, April 20, 1998
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Can Corel Hit Microsoft With Microsoft Artillery?
Lisa Wirthman, Yahoo! Message Boards, 4/23/98.
"Microsoft is giving its browser away for free? Fine. We'll give the
operating system away for free,"
and
part-2
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Why Netscape's source code causes geeks to swoon
Laura Lemay, SALON, April 13, 1998.
and
part-2
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Microsoft's phony-letter PR plan blows up in its face
Scott Rosenberg, SALON, April 15, 1998
For Microsoft's PR machine, "innovate or die" becomes "innovate
or buy."
and
part-2
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Apache's Free-Software Warriors
Andrew Leonard, SALON, Nov. 20, 1997.
The most popular Web server software on the Net isn't made by
Microsoft. Or Netscape. It isn't made by any traditional company at
all. How'd that happen?
and
part-2
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Free the Windows source code?
Scott Rosenberg, SALON, April 22, 1998.
Sooner or later, Microsoft may have to think the
unthinkable.
and
part-2
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Microsoft's Propaganda Campaign: The Best Press Money Can Buy?
Brooke Shelby Biggs, CMP net, 04/16/98.
This points up the real problem with Microsoft's positioning
itself as a media company. If it owns the airwaves (or can buy them),
it can manipulate public opinion.
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Academic Cooperative
Looking at first like an independent academic resource site, is really
a cover-up for Microsoft invasion of the educational world.
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No Java in IE5's Base-Level Download?
Chris Oakes, Wired News, 21.Apr.98.
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"Academic" Web Sites At Universities Hawk Microsoft Products Exclusively
YMMV's Daily Links, April 21, 1998
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`Grassroots' Microsoft allies: With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Nicholas Petreley, Infoworld, April 20, 1998.
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Microsoft's grassroots campaign
Infoworld, April 17, 1998.
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Freeware goes corporate
Lynda Radosevich, Infoworld, April 20, 1998.
It's not just for the fringes anymore.
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Will freeware really scare Microsoft?
Michael Vizard, Infoworld, April 20, 1998.
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A Thrifty Photoshop Built for the Web
Michael Stutz, 17.Mar.98, Wired News
GIMP offers a real alternative to Photoshop in a free package
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Getting UNIX Out the Microsoft Door 07-Apr-98.
UNIX developers talk about crossing Microsoft's final frontier
... or do they mean "terminal"
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Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX
John Kirch, Networking Consultant and Microsoft Certified
Professional (Windows NT), 5 April 1998
The purpose of this page is to provide corporate managers with
the information they need to make intelligent purchasing decisions as
pertains to server hardware and software.
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Microsoft's Reach in Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 24, 1998 (found on 20th !)
Several articles of interest
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There's No Method to Netscape's Madness
Paul Bonner, ZDNet (Computer Shopper), april 1998
Paul Bonner says Netscape Navigator will become a plaything of
hackers and hobbyists while real developers work with IE's flexible
and well-documented objects ... how much would Bonner bet on this ?
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Mail Fraud: The Microsoft Papers
Feed, 04.16.98,
FEED unearths the letters from Microsoft's failed "Astroturf"
Campaign. (HUMOR)
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Where Do You Want To Go Tomorrow?
Steven Johnson, Feed, 04.16.98,
The battle against Microsoft may be an honorable one, but what
are we really fighting for? Steven Johnson reports.
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Macromedia Introduces Server-Based Flash Generator, Offers Flash File Format as Net Standard
Web Wantage, 14 Apr 98
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project raptor
Raptor is the next-generation layout engine currently under
development for Netscape Navigator.
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Netscape Releases More Communicator 5.0 Source Code:
Web Wantage, 17 Apr 98
Offering Includes XML Parser and Technical Preview Version of
Layout Engine
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Open Source Pioneers Explore Ways to Expand Use and Acceptance of Open Source Software
Web Wantage, 15 Apr 98
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Open Source: The state of the Art 1998
Webreview, April. 10, 1998 - special issue... many articles
This special issue of Web Review is dedicated to the thriving
free software development community that extends far beyond this small
group of developers and whose work allows the Internet and all of us
who work in and around it to prosper.
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Rater un train et vivre heureux
Roberto Di Cosmo, Libération», 10 avril 1998
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Le PDG de Netscape mise sur son site web Netcenter face à Microsoft
AFP, 15 avril 1998
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Netscape to Challenge Windows NT?
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Netscape to Challenge Windows NT?
Berst Alert, ZDNet AnchorDesk, April 06, 1998
MS high prices mean monopoly
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Linux is reading your mail
The United States Postal Service deployed over 900 Linux based
systems throughout the United States in 1997 to automatically
recognize the destination addresses on mail pieces.
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Free and Open Source Software: Will it lead to better computing?
NPR show on open source, April 17, 1998
Guests: Eric Raymond
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consider the source Richard Stallman
Laura Lemay, Salon Magazine, 04/13/98 (2pages)
Why do geeks swoon over Netscape's newly liberated source code?
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Let my software go Andrew Leonard, Salon Magazine, 04/14/98 (2pages)
Netscape was desperate for a new strategy against
Microsoft. Hacker guru Eric Raymond had one
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Operative word for OS: free
Simson L. Garfinkel, Boston Globe Online / Business, 04/16/98
Microsoft is not a monopoly. More than 7.5 million computer
users around the world are running Linux on their personal
computers.
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New engine for Mozilla code
Alex Lash, CNET NEWS.COM, April 16, 1998
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New engine for Mozilla code
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Microsoft drops out of college deal
Courtney Macavinta, CNET NEWS.COM, April 16, 1998
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Microsoft drops out of college deal
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The XFree86 Project announces its position about X11R6.4 licensing
The XFree86 Project remains committed to providing a freely
redistributable (in source and binary form) implementation of X11
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The KDE Free Qt Foundation
The purpose of this foundation is to guarantee the availability of
Qt for free software development now and in the future.
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Linus Torvalds, l'anti-Bill Gates
Edouard Launet, Libération, 13 mars 1998
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Non merci, Monsieur Bill Gates
competence 2000 - postscript
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Flash Open File Format
Macromedia to make Flash file format available as open Internet
standard. Associated Press, IBM, Broderbund, Netscape, RealNetworks,
Sun, WebTV and other industry leaders support effort to create
graphics standard.
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Freeware JVMs -- threat or nuisance?
InfoWorld discussion forum
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Netscape code seeds high-end encryption, pure Java browser efforts
Now that Netscape has released the source code for the
Communicator 5.0 client suite, developers worldwide are focusing their
efforts on strong encryption and an elusive Java-based version of
Navigator - Matthew Nelson and Dana Gardner, InfoWorld Electric, Apr
7, 1998
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Apache Group leads Web server innovation
Michael Vizard, InfoWorld Electric, April 9, 1998.
Brian Behlendorf: Web
innovator leads the way with
Apache.
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Perl at any price
Michael Vizard, InfoWorld Electric, April 9, 1998.
Larry Wall: Perl creator plans to
expand its possibilities.
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Linus Torvalds talks economics and operating systems
Michael Vizard, InfoWorld Electric, April 9, 1998.
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Welcome to www.anti-microsoft.com!
worldwide tracking of malfunctions on MICROSOFT systems
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IRIS s'inquiète des visées de Microsoft en France
IRIS : Pétition et articles de référence
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Open-Source Software Looks For The Limelight
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Microsoft Windows NT is Key Component of Year 2000 Strategy
Look for the word bug: according to Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
contains tens of thousands of bugs, alledgedly corrected in NT 5.0
... but Software engineers know the number of remaining bugs is proportional
to the number of bugs recently found... and how old is NT 4.0 ?
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Les Unix PC se jouent des intranets
Cinq versions bon marché pour serveurs intel: BSDI,
Caldera, Red Hat, Solaris, SCO
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A Question of Cost: Unix, NT Proponents Debate Which OS Has Lower Cost of Ownership
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Leaning Toward Linux
a very long article about Linux PC Magazine, March 19, 1998
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The next battleground: Linux vs. Windows?
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Windows pricing could be the smoking gun
no competition makes for high prices
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Microsoft gets too close and personal
MS has a new scheme to snoop on your desktop
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Corporate IT needs an engine that never quits
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We do not have a failure to communicate
80% say Linux is the reliable choice
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Of stone soup and Mozilla
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The Best Things in Life Are Free, (Apache),
Katharine Mieszkowski, Fast Company issue 14, page 38, April-May 1998.
We want to make a lot of dough. We've got a hot product--How should we go? You want to make big dough, you say?
Take our advice: Give it away!
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The new Unix alters NT's orbit
Nicholas Petreley
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Microsoft Plans Stealth Blitz to Mend Its Image
Greg Miller and Leslie Helm, Times Staff Writers, Los Angeles
Times, April 10, 1998. -
Microsoft Corp. has secretly been planning a massive media
campaign designed to influence state investigators by creating the
appearance of a groundswell of public support for the company.
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Les sirènes du multimédia à l'école, LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE
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Torvalds, Stallman, Simons Win 1998 Pioneer Awards
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la dernière bataille de ce siècle (gif)
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Réunion au sommet pour les logiciels libres
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Stanford business school hit by computer 'disaster'
And many of the faculty and students were shielded from disaster
because they used Apple computers or Unix mainframes -- rather than
the Windows-based PC's served by the business school network.
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THE XFree86 PROJECT ANNOUNCES POSITION STATEMENT ABOUT X11R6.4 LICENSING
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VARs Under the Influence?
Microsoft has a new strategy for capturing the small-business
market: capture the hearts and minds of consultants, integrators, and
value-added resellers.
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Open source gurus convene
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Open source gurus convene
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Freeware providers align goals
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FREEWARE LEADERS MEET IN FIRST-EVER SUMMIT
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Netscape: Linux a top priority
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Netscape: Linux a top priority
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LOGICIELS LIBRES : LES ENJEUX ECONOMIQUES, 22 avril 1998.
Marc Meier-Maletz, CITADEL,
compte-rendu de la conference de mars 98
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Free Source Code Has Little Value
Andy Patrizio, TechWeb, CMPnet, 01/26/98.
Software vendors have recently begun posting source code on the
Web -- a move some say is simply bait to lure developers to a
platform.
Citations
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of
exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea,
which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to
himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the
possession of everyone, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it.
Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because
every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me,
receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his
taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe,
for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his
condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by
nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space,
without lessening their density at any point, and like the air in
which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of
confinement or exclusive appropriation.
Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property.
--- Thomas Jefferson, in Writings of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 6,
H.A. Washington, Ed., 1854, pp. 180-181.
Indeed, one of my major complaints about the computer field is that
whereas Newton could say, "If I have seen a little farther than
others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants," I am
forced to say, "Today we stand on each other's feet." Perhaps the
central problem we face in all of computer science is how we are to
get to the situation where we build on top of the work of others
rather than redoing so much of it in a trivially different
way. Science is supposed to be cumulative, not almost endless
duplication of the same kind of things.
R. W. Hamming --
One Man's View of Computer Science --
1968 Turing Award Lecture
Chacun en a sa part et tous l'ont tout entier !
Victor Hugo - Les feuilles d'automne.
'Who owns my polio vaccine? The people! Could you patent the sun?'
Jonas Salk (1914-1995), who developed the first effective anti-polio
vaccine [soource: NewsScan Daily: October 20, 1999]
Tout bien, toute entreprise, dont l'exploitation a ou acquiert
les caractères d'un service public national ou d'un
monopole de fait, doit devenir la propriété de la collectivité
Préambule de la
Constitution du 27 octobre 1946 de la République Française,
repris dans la
Constitution de 1958
To promote
Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to
Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to
their respective Writings and Discoveries
United States Constitution Section 8, Clause8.
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