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Computerworld Operating Systems
August 25, 2004
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In this issue:
* Windows XP SP2 Rollout To Resume Wednesday
* What You Need To Know About Windows XP SP2
* OS Blog: More On XP SP2
* Linux Wins Heart Of Global SAP User
* OSDL Introduces Improved Linux Kernel Development Tool
* U.K. Government To Extend Three-year Contract With Microsoft
* Apple Remote Desktop 2 'Well Worth The Money'
* Macintosh Highlights From Around The Web
* No Free Lunch
* Sidebar: Intellectual Property
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Windows XP SP2 Rollout To Resume Wednesday
After a nine-day postponement, Microsoft on Wednesday plans to start
pushing out Windows XP Service Pack 2 to PCs running Windows XP
Professional Edition.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95430,00.html?nlid=OS
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What You Need To Know About Windows XP SP2
Service Pack 2 could have some unexpected consequences on your
company's applications, mobile workers and more. Two Avanade
consultants offer advice on how to prepare.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95390,00.html?nlid=OS
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OS Blog: More On XP SP2
The latest on Windows XP Service Pack 2, Linus Torvalds talks with
Business Week, and lots more operating systems highlights from
around the Web.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,74564,00.html?nlid=OS
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Linux Wins Heart Of Global SAP User
Switzerland's Endress+Hauser (International) Holding AG, a global
supplier of process control systems, has migrated all its business
applications from SAP AG to a mainframe running the open-source Linux
operating system.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95353,00.html?nlid=OS
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OSDL Introduces Improved Linux Kernel Development Tool
Open Source Development Lab has upgraded a key Linux kernel development
tool, the Scalable Test Platform, with new features to improve
simulations of enterprise data centers on the Linux kernel.
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U.K. Government To Extend Three-year Contract With Microsoft
The U.K.'s Office of Government Commerce is negotiating a renewal of a
three-year agreement with Microsoft Corp. that will focus on services
and support.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95344,00.html?nlid=OS
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Apple Remote Desktop 2 'Well Worth The Money'
Computerworld columnist Yuval Kossovksy takes Apple Remote
Desktop 2 out for a spin and finds that its new management features
make it an upgrade well worth considering.
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Macintosh Highlights From Around The Web
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No Free Lunch
Open-source software is free -- or is it? It comes with rights and
obligations and attorney Larry Rosen says it's important to understand
both.
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Sidebar: Intellectual Property
An excerpt from Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and
Intellectual Property Law, by Lawrence Rosen.
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