Subject: Microsoft, Novell partner on historic Windows, Linux interoperability deal

From: "NW Linux and Open Source News Alert" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:41:24 -0600

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This week's Linux news

Microsoft, Novell partner on historic Windows, Linux interoperability deal, 11/02/06
Microsoft and Novell Thursday announced a wide ranging business and technology partnership designed to make it easier for companies to run, integrate and manage Linux and Windows in their environments while steering clear of patent concerns.

Attack of the Pod Penguins 4: Edits in Audacity, 11/01/06
If you've followed along closely, you've already set up the Audacity environment to suit your individual podcast needs. By working through those preferences, you've also picked up a useful tip or two about audio theory.

Grid computing takes hold at UPS, 11/01/06
For UPS, grid computing is not about how to get more horsepower for demanding workloads; it’s about consolidating, streamlining and using technology to get an edge on the competition.

Kernel space: Using sparse for endianness verification, 10/31/06
When is an int not an int? Network, on-disk, and USB data might be in a different byte order from your system's native one. The "sparse" code checking tool lets you label and check that you're converting little-endian and big-endian data correctly ...

Ingres polishes database-Linux package, 10/31/06
Businesses will soon be able to try out a new product from Ingres that aims to reduce maintenance work by combining the company's open-source database with a version of Linux from rPath.

Sun updates Java IDE with more productivity tools, 10/30/06
Sun has released NetBeans 5.5, the latest version of the company's open source Java integrated development environment, aiming to beef up the software's productivity tools and improve its look and feel.

Linux desktop growing up and eyeing corporate users, 10/30/06
If employees at Backcountry.com want a Windows desktop they better have a good excuse because the standard issue is Linux.

Red Hat stock continues plunge after Oracle Linux support news, 10/27/06
Linux leader Red Hat's stock price recovered slightly Friday, but its market value has still dropped 30% since Oracle announced on Wednesday that it will offer lower-cost support of its applications running on Red Hat.

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Linux desktop support from Dell? The company is part way there (via our editor blog). Yes, Dell contributes to driver support, yes the hardware warranty still applies, but no, you can't yet get a "nude" laptop without a preinstalled OS.

LinuxWorld Podcast features an interview with Gerald (Jerry) Carter on new functionality in the latest Samba. Now you can populate one group on a Linux system with some members from the local system, others from Microsoft Active Directory. Since it works a lot like local groups in Microsoft Windows, Linux and Windows administrators will be able to share the task of managing users and groups.

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New Life for Dead Storage Technologies: Consumer-Driven Optical Storage in the Data Center
This paper will address how consumer-driven technologies, such as DVD and its next generation blue laser counterparts, rather than "enterprise optical", are leading to a coming rebirth of optical technology in the enterprise. It will examine: (a) why optical technologies have failed to take meaningful hold in enterprises, (b) how changes in market demand can only be uniquely addressed by optical-based systems, and (c) how new storage architectures are overcoming key issues holding back optical in the enterprise. Click here.

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