About a month ago, NeTraverse contacted OfB Labs with an early release copy of Win4Lin 5.0, the follow-up to the already impressive Win4Lin 4.0 released in May 2002. Win4Lin, for those not familiar with it, offers near-native (or better) speed “virtualization” of a Windows box so that one can run Windows 9x (95/98/Me) inside GNU/Linux.
With concern rising about SCO's recent legal maneuvers, many organizations are trying
to grasp the exact ramifications this may have on their deployment of GNU/Linux projects.
While there is clearly no solid answer yet, in a special to Open for Business, GNU/Linux
developer, consultant, and author Andrew D. Balsa interviews Tony Iams of D.H. Brown Associates (DHBA)
on the subject.
Ximian, one of the most influential companies in the GNOME community and publishers of an enhanced version of the same desktop, announced Ximian Desktop 2, also known simply as “XD2” today. XD2 is the first offering from Ximian to be based on GNOME2, which was released last June.
Wiscore Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan) announced support for incorporating the Xilinx XC95288XL CPLD into uClinux/ARM7-based embedded systems and devices. The support consists of a “CPLD daughter board” that plugs into the expansion connector of Wiscore's NET-Start! platform, an ARM7/uClinux embedded system development kit. The daughter board includes a Xilinx XC95288XL CPLD, a JTAG port, a 7-segment LED, a clock generator, 4 LED Displays, 4 push buttons, 4 slide switches, and a parallel port, Wiscore said.
Armonk, NY, June 5, 2003 — IBM today announced that The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has deployed a new email system running Linux so that its veterinarians and field workers can respond more quickly and efficiently to animals in need of their care. The new mobile email system running on IBM eServer xSeries servers gives the ASPCA, the nation's oldest humane organization, a secure enterprise class messaging infrastructure that allows it's employees to get fast access to mail and data from anywhere.
Embedded system designers using the Linux® operating system (OS) can now
leverage AltiVec™ technology to boost the performance of their networking
and communications applications. Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has created a
downloadable source-code library of AltiVec technology-enabled functions that
are frequently used in the Linux OS. The code library (AltiVec technology-
enabled equivalents of the Linux string.S and checksum.S files) is designed to
help Linux OS developers enhance the speed and efficiency of their
applications based on the Motorola G4 processor containing PowerPC™ cores,
without upgrading to higher processor speeds.
Readers who have endured my writing over the years know that there is no piece of software more important to me than the word processor. They also know that I've never found a Linux-native word processor that I didn't think fell short in one important way or another.
Lindows.com announced today that it has previously entered into an agreement through which SCO would provide Lindows with certain technology. According to Michael Robertson, CEO of Lindows.com, this means that Lindows.com customers will not have to worry about SCO's ongoing attempts to “protect its IP.” Interestingly enough, this may cause a much larger impact than Robertson bargained for.
In a number of stories that broke today, the SCO-IBM conflict continued to grow to include Novell Corp., the company that SCO's (formerly Caldera) founders came from, and perhaps even Linux creator Linus Torvalds himself. Links and further information within.
If you have been paying as close attention as I have been to the current and near future of Microsoft, the Windows operating system, and Microsoft's most recent purchases, then you are likely to come to the following conclusion. If you haven't, then read on.