Microsoft Warns of Two Critical Flaws in IE. Microsoft on Wednesday issued a patch for the new flaws. [eWEEK Technology News] 7:50:23 PM ![]() |
Linux community scoffs at SCO's evidence. As pictures of contested Linux code make their way online, open-source enthusiasts are bashing The SCO Group for its claims that the code shows it has legal rights over the OS. [CNET News.com] 7:49:48 PM ![]() |
Torvalds Slams SCO. In a hard-hitting exclusive interview with eWEEK, the father of Linux slams SCO's 'evidence' of illegal Unix code in Linux. [eWEEK Technology News] 7:48:11 PM ![]() |
Linux Guru Alan Cox Takes A Year Off
from the hit-by-the-year-off-bus dept. An anonymous reader writes "Linux guru Alan Cox is taking a year off from RedHat and kernel development to get his MBA. For years, Alan Cox has maintained the extremely stable 2.2 Linux kernel, and more or less been Linux creator Linus Torvalds' right hand man. Now it sounds like the 2.2 kernel is up for grabs to someone who is 'good at refusing patches and being ignored'..."
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EDS launches desktop service. The computer services company will announce on Wednesday a pay-as-you-go service for managing desktop computers. [CNET News.com] This service is based upon a Microsoft product: "Microsoft says that in the past it has had tools for jobs such as migrating data, but that this is the first time the company has offered a comprehensive product for helping businesses deploy desktop software. The deployment aid looks like a very good resource with links to a lot of useful MSFT tools for deploying and customizing XP and OfficeXP. 7:17:56 AM ![]() |