One of our editors signs her e-mail "Lots of things Linux." Here at
Linux.SYS-CON.com, our intention is to be nothing less than all things Linux.
There was a time when Linux was monolithic, if such a thing can be said about
an operating system developed and debugged by thousands of enthusiastic
volunteers. These volunteers were joined by a unique sense of purpose, to
build a Unix-like operating system, available to anyone anywhere. For free.
Linus Torvalds and the developers who caught his itch borrowed from, and in
turn shaped, the open source movement. The open source method of software
development is directly responsible for the high quality of the operating
system to which we are dedicated.
Because of that quality, Linux has leaked into mainstream business and has
g... (more)
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), convened by the United
Nations at the urging of the International Telecommunications Union, intends
to address the global economic, societal and political changes being wrought
as our information-based society replaces the old industrial one.
WSIS is a two-phase summit. Phase One takes place in Geneva, Switzerland,
December 10 - 12, 2003.... (more)
(May 19, 2003) - Java developers like open source software. To varying
degrees, anyway. For some, the attraction is free-as-in-speech; for others,
it is free-as-in-beer. None of this should come as a surprise to you, and I'm
certainly not the first person to make this observation. Nor will you be
surprised when I say that many developers believe the open source software is
necessarily be... (more)
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Distributed Denial of Service Attacks against SCO, or anyone for that matter,
are a clearly unacceptable activity. While many in the Open Source community
are not pleased with SCO's lawsuit against IBM, or their proposed legal
challenges aimed at Linux users, these DDoS attacks do not promote the Open
Source cause, and are not consistent with Open Source values. ... (more)
(July 25, 2003) - It's a truism to say that software development is a
communal activity. Unfortunately, a lot of newer Java developers don't get
it, which works to their own detriment and, potentially, to the detriment of
the wider Java community.
There's a stereotype of the hacker as a loner bent over his keyboard in a
room dark but for the pallid glow of the monitor. This is only partly ... (more)