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Linux kernel users unfazed by SCO suits. 1 25 (3/7/2004 1:23:28 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.linux.org/news/2004/03/04/0007.html "The SCO Group's lawsuits against two Linux users this week sent ripples through the Linux universe, but not much in the way of fear." -- GNU/Linux revenues last... Billy

Debian Sid releases kde 3.2 3 56 (3/6/2004 12:45:16 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy wow, just checked, Debian has apt sources for kde-3.2 now. Now, back to our regularly scheduled flame war. -- GNU/Linux revenues last quarter: $1 Billion. micros~1 revenues last quarter: $4 Billion. It's no... Billy

Follow the money, Micros~1->SCO 35 23 (3/4/2004 11:45:44 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween10.html "Excuse me, did we say in Halloween IX that Microsoft's under-the-table payoff to SCO for attacking Linux was just eleven million dollars? Turns out we were... Billy

Ballmer on Linux 24 23 (2/28/2004 2:54:57 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/pcworld/20040227/tc_pcworld/115011&e=2&ncid=1817 Chock full o' quotes. ;) My personal, *all time* favorite: "... realistically [it] isn't about Linux versus... Billy

Another innovation, Bizex! 3 22 (2/25/2004 5:52:27 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy "Symantec has labelled this worm W32.Bizex.worm, but has not yet published any details about it. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.bizex.worm.html The antivirus companies ... Billy

GateKeeper wide open to script kiddies 0 29 (2/23/2004 5:25:25 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Complete with automatic exploit code. ... Billy

Intel to release centrino drivers 1 30 (2/20/2004 2:08:21 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39146677,00.htm "It speaks to the market demand for Linux," said TechKnowledge Strategies analyst Mike Feibus of Intel's change. "Intel I think felt the sting by su... Billy

New mremap vulnerability 5 21 (2/18/2004 4:02:11 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Let's see how long it takes to fix this bug. http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0014-mremap-unmap.txt I suspect by the end of the day. ... Billy

Microsoft ordered to pull 'misleading' security ad 67 17 (2/12/2004 7:17:39 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0%2c39020645%2c2132342%2c00.htm "Clarke described this marketing effort as "laughable" as company's software was "littered with vulnerabilities". " ... Billy

Vertical dot continuation notation in \verbatim 1 38 (2/4/2004 7:52:47 PM) comp.text.tex Is there a better method to show that not all the code is being shown in a code snippet? This is what I do now: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \begin{verbatim} while(1) { XNextEvent(display... Billy

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COLA Stats 7 Mar 2004 9 17 (3/7/2004 12:24:54 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Turquoise SuperStat 2.2 * Message area statistics ================================================= (c) Copyright 1998-2001 Peter Karlsson This report covers 2904 messages that were received at this system be... rgc (755)

Slashdot take on Kernel vulnerability 2 27 (3/7/2004 5:57:57 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Regarding : This vulnerability; http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0014-mremap-unmap.txt Which has been posted on here already, and should be noted is a LOCAL exploit, not a remote. > Important to Remembe... callanca (1267)

SCO media circus turns into a mad carnival 2 38 (3/7/2004 6:20:32 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14556 No punches pulled in this article... ... callanca (1267)

Micros~1 does the time shuffle in Minnesota court 2 28 (3/7/2004 6:24:33 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Microsoft monopoly suit goes to trial in Minnesota Reed Stevenson Mar 06 2004 http://snipurl.com/4xsl [..] Bill Gates, chairman of the world's largest software maker, is expected to take the stand to argue on... daeron2 (1617)

NT was written before the Internet says security expert 4 26 (3/7/2004 7:01:01 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Microsoft security - no longer an oxymoron? George Heuston Mar 04 2004 http://tinyurl.com/25ayx "David Aucsmith is .. the security architect and chief technology officer of Microsoft's security business unit.... daeron2 (1617)

Why Did M$ Buy GeCAD Software? 14 20 (3/7/2004 9:01:59 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Going on close to a year now and what has M$ did with its acquisition of GeCAD? Why did they buy them? http://www.ravantivirus.com/ ... freeride (1075)

The products of the masses 1 30 (3/7/2004 9:05:04 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I was thinking about Microsoft today, the rumors of how they are funding SCO. The almost total vendor lock they persist on maintaining, touting popularity and ubiquity as some sort of measure of quality. How t... mlw (2191)

Open source project ethics 1 16 (3/7/2004 9:45:12 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Here is a question keenly appropriate for this group, what's your opinion: I have data server and an extension to PHP. I did it a long time ago, roughly in the 1999/2000/2001 timeframe. It works well for older... mlw (2191)

Teen Confesses to Creating 'Sasser' Worm 6 37 (5/9/2004 1:14:32 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040508/D82ELAKG0.html HANOVER, Germany (AP) - A German high-school student has confessed to creating the "Sasser" worm that generated chaos across the globe by infecting... sm211 (1069)

Practical Common Lisp to stay on web 24 24 (3/3/2005 1:22:26 AM) comp.lang.lisp I have on my desk a fully-executed addendum to my contract with Apress that will allow me to keep the full text of _Practical Common Lisp_ online in perpetuity. I hope that having the book freely available will... peter14 (674)