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SUNNYVALE, CA-NOVEMBER 20, 2000-AMD today announced that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has named AMD the recipient of its 2000 "Best Supplier Award." Samsung's prestigious award was given to AMD in recognition of its excellence in supporting the Wireless Terminal Division of Samsung Electronics, with AMD's Flash memory solutions.
We do the same thing over in the sates don't we? What is good for over here is good for over there the world is one correct even though we may be all different we are all created equal.
This opens allot of questions in mind how. Is this different from wire taping? We say that is legal as long as the partly gets a court order.
Read this
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/34965.html
The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Massachusetts held that it was not a violation of federal, criminal wiretap laws for the provider of an e-mail service to monitor the content of users' incoming messages without their consent.
I do not see a problem as long as they have a valid reason to do such a an act for the good of the people
There needs to be laws on the net just as there are in real life
I am not sure for this what they are wanting to gain More of a battle with IE?
Information source
http://news.com.com/Red+Hat+acquires+AOLs+Netscape +server+software/2100-7344_3-5388906.html
In a move to add more open-source arrows to its quiver, Linux seller Red Hat has acquired the Netscape server software products of Time Warner, the companies plan to announce Thursday.
Red Hat plans to release the Netscape Enterprise Suite as open-source software, meaning that anyone will be able to use, modify and redistribute the products, News.com has learned. It's a new step in Red Hat's "open-source architecture" plan to expand beyond its core product, the Linux operating system, Chief Executive Matthew Szulik plans to tell analysts at a company conference Thursday in New York.
In an interview Wednesday, Szulik declined to comment on terms of the deal, but said the company spent less than $25 million on the acquisition.
The new software will help Red Hat "achieve deeper penetration into the enterprise and government market" and, eventually, increase the price customers will pay for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The software will be incorporated into current Red Hat products in the next six to 12 months.
The move expands Red Hat's open-source attack on competitors such as Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Novell that have proprietary products in the same market. Red Hat's new software includes Netscape Directory Server, used to manage information such as usernames and access policies, and Netscape Certificate Server, used to manage user identities and encryption chores.
The move also adds another chapter to the long story of Netscape, a start-up whose software helped to ignite the Internet mania of the 1990s.
America Online, now a unit of Time Warner, bought the Netscape products in 1998 when it acquired the company in a complicated $4.2 billion transaction. As part of that deal, Sun got the Netscape intellectual property--and many of its programmers--for use in products called iPlanet, Sun Open Network Environment and now the Java Enterprise System.
What Red Hat got is very different from what Sun has now, though, said Joe Keller, vice president of application and development platforms for the Santa Clara, Calif.-based software and server company.
"They're buying antique software," Keller said, adding that Red Hat's tactical shifts are confusing. "They used to find the best of open source and bring that forward. Now they're buying the oldest of commercial software and making it open source."
But Netscape's server software wasn't frozen in 1998. The acquisition includes a team of fewer than 50 programmers, Szulik said, and the directory software is included in Hewlett-Packard's Web Server Suite for Unix.
Sun and Red Hat, though business partners, have a somewhat fractious relationship. Sun is trying to woo Red Hat customers, while Red Hat accuses Sun of insufficient open-source support.
Red Hat's open-source move echoes a strategy Netscape itself tried in 1998, when it released the source code of its Web browser to fend off the increasingly popular Internet Explorer from Microsoft. But Netscape kept the server software proprietary.
And the Linux seller hopes not to repeat another part of the Netscape Web browser saga: the years it took to get open-source programmers to contribute to the project. Szulik said he believes Red Hat will be able to build a community, as it has with the previously proprietary Sistina file system software it acquired earlier this year.
But open-source programmers already have an option when it comes to open-source directory software: the OpenLDAP project that Red Hat already includes. Szulik said the company will include both packages.
It's not yet certain what open-source license Red Hat will choose to govern the software, but the company's intent is to use the General Public License (GPL) that governs Linux itself, Szulik said.
Red Hat approached AOL about acquiring the software, Szulik said. "We continue to look for small, smart teams with rich technology we can inte
What do you think of this I think it hits the subject on the head
source : http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6049
GNU/Linux, and tons of useful software that comes along with it, is clearly attracting interest from a range of quarters. From Pakistan to the UNDP, from Africa to Malaysia, and even in the Philippines or Thailand and Nepal, GNU/Linux is being closely watched, studied and adopted in a range of interesting experiments.
Created and propagated largely by volunteers, most of GNU/Linux's growth simply isn't based on giant billion-dollar spinning corporations that have the resources to promote its cause. So, such success stories from the Third World could largely go unnoticed.
In large parts of the world where the average per capita income is often less than the cost of a computer, the current phenomenal price of software turns millions into "pirates". In these parts of the globe, words such as free or low cost are not necessarily associated with low-quality, but offer to include millions who otherwise would be simply left out in the cold.
Because GNU/Linux is open source, there are no mountains of secrecy blocking replicability. So prices of the same fall to a point which is dramatically low compared to proprietary software and thus affordable to the millions.
For instance, a couple of hundred thousand copies of GNU/Linux have been distributed across India, through local popular computer magazines, at a price of just around $2. That includes both the cost of a slick magazine and CD. This software can, of course, be legally copied across as many computers as needed.
This being the case, is it surprising that there are interesting stories coming from varied corners of the Third World?
From Pakistan--Low-Cost Computers
Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology advisor Salman Ansari says that some 50,000 low cost computers are to be installed in schools and colleges all over Pakistan. These will be PII computers, each being sourced for less than $100 a piece, he says.
Proprietary software for these PCs would cost a small fortune. Surely more than what the computers cost. But, using GNU/Linux ensures that the overall prices are kept low. Pakistan is seriously considering the use of StarOffice office as well, saving thousands of rupees over using more expensive and wholly proprietary office software.
"Don't be surprised if we become the first country in the world to say that all (government-run) services are going to be GNU/Linux based," Ansari says enthusiastically.
In Africa too
In Africa too, GNU/Linux is making its impact felt. Dakar (Senegal)-based Pierre Dandjinou is ICT-D Policy Advisor for Africa. Says Dandjinou: "At one point, we got an idea to set up an Open Source Foundation for Africa. We are working on it."
He points to discussion list to discuss open source. South Africa's network is perhaps the most popular among the continent. Dandjinou, as ISOC (Internet Society) chairman for Benin, was able to organise a conference on this subject. UNDP has been experimenting with such technologies since 1994.
"Can African citizens be paying for all the proprietary software stuff?" he asks.
Besides, SNDP, the Sustainable Network Development Programme, which is a network promoted by the UN, itself uses Linux in some 47 countries worldwide.
But Dandjinou says: "I don't feel the cost (alone) is an issue. Of course, if you compare (the price of Open Source or Free Software products) with what we've been paying by using proprietary software packages, we have been paying really a lot of dollars. But more than price, what matters is the application development. The idea of the openness should be kept there. Openness and sharing... these are great values in themselves."
M. Thierry Hyacinthe Amoussougbo, the coordinator for the Cisco regional academy in Benin, says that enthusiasm about GNU/Linux is high, even if there are still practical problems in implementation.
Part of the problem is due to lack of technical skills to spread GNU/Linux sufficiently. Besides, the widespread predominance of pirated
What are they saying here what are you ideas on this take of the FCC stnad ?
Broadband providers and Internet phone services must comply with wiretapping requirements designed for the traditional phone network, the Federal Communications Commission said in a preliminary decision Wednesday.
Rad More
http://news.com.com/Feds+back+Internet+wiretapping +rules/2100-7352_3-5296417.html
This guy know what I am talking about. What do you think
Opinion: In its attempt to battle Linux, the Redmond crew is delivering a cheaper Windows product that many enterprises would be happy to use right here in the States.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1634748,00.as p
What do we all think of this?
"Sun's primary focus continues to be on Unix -- the Unix product portfolio," says IDC research director Al Gillen. But that may be a risky strategy. "As Linux grows, if Sun's not riding that wave fully, they leave themselves open to losing part of the market."
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21637.html
What makes a search engine Stand out to better then any other one they all have there own features that makes them better for something's then others So I ask again How are we is people to decide how to group all the good apples in to one and say this one engine stands out from all the others
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We do the same thing over in the sates don't we? What is good for over here is good for over there the world is one correct even though we may be all different we are all created equal.
This opens allot of questions in mind how. Is this different from wire taping? We say that is legal as long as the partly gets a court order. Read this http://www.technewsworld.com/story/34965.html The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Massachusetts held that it was not a violation of federal, criminal wiretap laws for the provider of an e-mail service to monitor the content of users' incoming messages without their consent. I do not see a problem as long as they have a valid reason to do such a an act for the good of the people There needs to be laws on the net just as there are in real life
I am not sure for this what they are wanting to gain More of a battle with IE? Information source http://news.com.com/Red+Hat+acquires+AOLs+Netscape +server+software/2100-7344_3-5388906.html In a move to add more open-source arrows to its quiver, Linux seller Red Hat has acquired the Netscape server software products of Time Warner, the companies plan to announce Thursday. Red Hat plans to release the Netscape Enterprise Suite as open-source software, meaning that anyone will be able to use, modify and redistribute the products, News.com has learned. It's a new step in Red Hat's "open-source architecture" plan to expand beyond its core product, the Linux operating system, Chief Executive Matthew Szulik plans to tell analysts at a company conference Thursday in New York. In an interview Wednesday, Szulik declined to comment on terms of the deal, but said the company spent less than $25 million on the acquisition. The new software will help Red Hat "achieve deeper penetration into the enterprise and government market" and, eventually, increase the price customers will pay for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The software will be incorporated into current Red Hat products in the next six to 12 months. The move expands Red Hat's open-source attack on competitors such as Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Novell that have proprietary products in the same market. Red Hat's new software includes Netscape Directory Server, used to manage information such as usernames and access policies, and Netscape Certificate Server, used to manage user identities and encryption chores. The move also adds another chapter to the long story of Netscape, a start-up whose software helped to ignite the Internet mania of the 1990s. America Online, now a unit of Time Warner, bought the Netscape products in 1998 when it acquired the company in a complicated $4.2 billion transaction. As part of that deal, Sun got the Netscape intellectual property--and many of its programmers--for use in products called iPlanet, Sun Open Network Environment and now the Java Enterprise System. What Red Hat got is very different from what Sun has now, though, said Joe Keller, vice president of application and development platforms for the Santa Clara, Calif.-based software and server company. "They're buying antique software," Keller said, adding that Red Hat's tactical shifts are confusing. "They used to find the best of open source and bring that forward. Now they're buying the oldest of commercial software and making it open source." But Netscape's server software wasn't frozen in 1998. The acquisition includes a team of fewer than 50 programmers, Szulik said, and the directory software is included in Hewlett-Packard's Web Server Suite for Unix. Sun and Red Hat, though business partners, have a somewhat fractious relationship. Sun is trying to woo Red Hat customers, while Red Hat accuses Sun of insufficient open-source support. Red Hat's open-source move echoes a strategy Netscape itself tried in 1998, when it released the source code of its Web browser to fend off the increasingly popular Internet Explorer from Microsoft. But Netscape kept the server software proprietary. And the Linux seller hopes not to repeat another part of the Netscape Web browser saga: the years it took to get open-source programmers to contribute to the project. Szulik said he believes Red Hat will be able to build a community, as it has with the previously proprietary Sistina file system software it acquired earlier this year. But open-source programmers already have an option when it comes to open-source directory software: the OpenLDAP project that Red Hat already includes. Szulik said the company will include both packages. It's not yet certain what open-source license Red Hat will choose to govern the software, but the company's intent is to use the General Public License (GPL) that governs Linux itself, Szulik said. Red Hat approached AOL about acquiring the software, Szulik said. "We continue to look for small, smart teams with rich technology we can inte
What do you think of this I think it hits the subject on the head source : http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6049 GNU/Linux, and tons of useful software that comes along with it, is clearly attracting interest from a range of quarters. From Pakistan to the UNDP, from Africa to Malaysia, and even in the Philippines or Thailand and Nepal, GNU/Linux is being closely watched, studied and adopted in a range of interesting experiments. Created and propagated largely by volunteers, most of GNU/Linux's growth simply isn't based on giant billion-dollar spinning corporations that have the resources to promote its cause. So, such success stories from the Third World could largely go unnoticed. In large parts of the world where the average per capita income is often less than the cost of a computer, the current phenomenal price of software turns millions into "pirates". In these parts of the globe, words such as free or low cost are not necessarily associated with low-quality, but offer to include millions who otherwise would be simply left out in the cold. Because GNU/Linux is open source, there are no mountains of secrecy blocking replicability. So prices of the same fall to a point which is dramatically low compared to proprietary software and thus affordable to the millions. For instance, a couple of hundred thousand copies of GNU/Linux have been distributed across India, through local popular computer magazines, at a price of just around $2. That includes both the cost of a slick magazine and CD. This software can, of course, be legally copied across as many computers as needed. This being the case, is it surprising that there are interesting stories coming from varied corners of the Third World? From Pakistan--Low-Cost Computers Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology advisor Salman Ansari says that some 50,000 low cost computers are to be installed in schools and colleges all over Pakistan. These will be PII computers, each being sourced for less than $100 a piece, he says. Proprietary software for these PCs would cost a small fortune. Surely more than what the computers cost. But, using GNU/Linux ensures that the overall prices are kept low. Pakistan is seriously considering the use of StarOffice office as well, saving thousands of rupees over using more expensive and wholly proprietary office software. "Don't be surprised if we become the first country in the world to say that all (government-run) services are going to be GNU/Linux based," Ansari says enthusiastically. In Africa too In Africa too, GNU/Linux is making its impact felt. Dakar (Senegal)-based Pierre Dandjinou is ICT-D Policy Advisor for Africa. Says Dandjinou: "At one point, we got an idea to set up an Open Source Foundation for Africa. We are working on it." He points to discussion list to discuss open source. South Africa's network is perhaps the most popular among the continent. Dandjinou, as ISOC (Internet Society) chairman for Benin, was able to organise a conference on this subject. UNDP has been experimenting with such technologies since 1994. "Can African citizens be paying for all the proprietary software stuff?" he asks. Besides, SNDP, the Sustainable Network Development Programme, which is a network promoted by the UN, itself uses Linux in some 47 countries worldwide. But Dandjinou says: "I don't feel the cost (alone) is an issue. Of course, if you compare (the price of Open Source or Free Software products) with what we've been paying by using proprietary software packages, we have been paying really a lot of dollars. But more than price, what matters is the application development. The idea of the openness should be kept there. Openness and sharing... these are great values in themselves." M. Thierry Hyacinthe Amoussougbo, the coordinator for the Cisco regional academy in Benin, says that enthusiasm about GNU/Linux is high, even if there are still practical problems in implementation. Part of the problem is due to lack of technical skills to spread GNU/Linux sufficiently. Besides, the widespread predominance of pirated
What are they saying here what are you ideas on this take of the FCC stnad ? Broadband providers and Internet phone services must comply with wiretapping requirements designed for the traditional phone network, the Federal Communications Commission said in a preliminary decision Wednesday. Rad More http://news.com.com/Feds+back+Internet+wiretapping +rules/2100-7352_3-5296417.html
This guy know what I am talking about. What do you think Opinion: In its attempt to battle Linux, the Redmond crew is delivering a cheaper Windows product that many enterprises would be happy to use right here in the States. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1634748,00.as p
What do we all think of this? "Sun's primary focus continues to be on Unix -- the Unix product portfolio," says IDC research director Al Gillen. But that may be a risky strategy. "As Linux grows, if Sun's not riding that wave fully, they leave themselves open to losing part of the market." http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21637.html
What makes a search engine Stand out to better then any other one they all have there own features that makes them better for something's then others So I ask again How are we is people to decide how to group all the good apples in to one and say this one engine stands out from all the others