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Wednesday, June 11, 2003

InternetWeek: Sun: Linux Users Don't Actually Want Linux 'Why do we think enthusiasm for Linux exists in the first place?' said Robert Youngjohns, executive vice president for global sales operations for Sun, speaking at the Bear Stearns 14th Annual Technology Conference here on Tuesday. 'The enthusiasm isn't about Linux, it's about access to Intel and the ability to run Unix on what seems to be a cheaper platform.' [Linux Today]
2:37:07 PM

Something to celebrate at the CALI dinner: the Unisys LZW compression patent expires on June 20th! LZW is used in the GIF file format. This was on Slashdot a couple of days ago (their search engine seems to be hosed right now). Check out http://cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html [The GIF Controversy: A Software Developer's Perspective] for the history.

[FHC-CALI]
11:57:48 AM

Latest Bugbear virus claws at banks. Security company Symantec uncovers a sinister new function in the fast-spreading e-mail virus which suggests that the worm harvests passwords used by bank employees. [CNET News.com]
11:56:12 AM

searchEnterpriseLinux.com: Linux security: The seven deadly sins - "No firewall can keep all hackers out." With these words, security consultant Bob Toxen began his sermon, or workshop, on the "seven deadly sins" of Linux security. Any IT manager who commits one of these sins will "get nailed sooner or later," he said.
Toxen -- author of "Real World Linux Security" from Pearson Education -- conducted the workshop at Jupitermedia Corp.'s Enterprise Linux Forum Wednesday.
9:54:08 AM