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October 12, 2004
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In This Edition
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1. News: Novell to Use Its Patents to Protect Open-Source
Programs
2. Opinion: Software Patents Gone Bad
3. News: SGI to Ship Intel Linux Workstation
4. Analysis: How Serious Is AT&T About the Linux Desktop?
5. News: Novell Releases Updated SuSE Linux
6. Opinion: Those KDE Bugs are Features
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Linux & Open Source News
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1. News: Novell to Use Its Patents to Protect Open-Source
Programs
Novell hopes that the move will give customers the assurance
they need to choose open-source solutions. Read about
Novell's new policy here.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1211-8-21-43240-136231-1
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2. Opinion: Software Patents Gone Bad
Our senior editor, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, thinks any
software patents are bad for both open- and closed-source
developers, not to mention for anyone who buys software.
Isn't it time we get rid of them once and for all?
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1211-8-21-43240-136234-1
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3. News: SGI to Ship Intel Linux Workstation
Silicon Graphics announced that it will ship a new Intel
Itanium-based Linux workstation that the company says is the
most powerful of its kind in the world. Get the details on
the SGI Prism here.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1211-8-21-43240-136237-1
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4. Analysis: How Serious Is AT&T About the Linux Desktop?
AT&T is studying Linux on the desktop as a possible
replacement for its 70,000 Windows desktops, but analysts
aren't sure that AT&T is all that serious about making the
switch. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols takes a closer look.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1211-8-21-43240-136240-1
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5. News: Novell Releases Updated SuSE Linux
At LinuxWorld Expo in London, Novell promised its desktop
Linux software by the end of the year and launched the
latest version of SuSE Linux Professional, including updated
wireless networking technology. Read more about the
revelations at LinuxWorld.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1211-8-21-43240-136243-1
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6. Opinion: Those KDE Bugs are Features
While members of the open-source community are generally
supportive of software diversity, flame skirmishes sometimes
erupt between devotees of competing projects. See what one
writer encountered while reviewing KDE.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1211-8-21-43240-136246-1
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