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The Linux Bits
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http://www.thebits.co.uk
------[ CONTENTS
----[ EDITORIAL
Some of you may have wondered if this week's copy of the newsletter would ever turn up in your Inbox. The reason for this, is that I've decided to send the newsletter on Saturdays from now on. There's a number of reasons for this, but I won't bore you with them here and now.
So what's new at The Bits? Well as with last week's newsletter, I've included links to all the new pages at the end of this newsletter, so a quick scroll will answer the question of "What's new at The Bits?". :)
Until next week, later dudes (and dudettes).
----[ QUOTE OF THE WEEK
ZDNet's Interactive Investor has an article about VA Linux Systems and the linux.com web site in which they say:
"VA also announced that Linux.com...received more than 25 million hits and 5 million page views in its first month....The number one Linux.com visitor in the month of May was Microsoft Corporation, with over 15,800 hits in the first two weeks."
And here was me thinking Microsoft didn't feel threatened by Linux. :)
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----[ ANOTHER INTERESTING QUOTE
"IT Managers Shouldn't Be Afraid Of Linux", says Internet Week. What the article really seems to be about, however, is Linux's firewalling capabilities:
"Linux makes a great firewall, especially those boxes built around the new SuSE 6.0 Linux package. This version includes all the firewall tools available in any other Linux distribution, plus they added really useful firewall scripts. So even Linux-challenged network administrators can quickly learn to set up a robust firewall."
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----[ OPEN SOURCE TRADEMARK REJECTED
The Open Source Initiative (alias OSI) have tried to trademark the term 'Open Source' and in so doing, have failed. This means that anyone who wants to, may use the term to advertise their software (although they may look a little stupid if all the source code does not accompany the software!).
Suffice to say OSI are a little miffed by the whole thing. Had they succeeded, they would have owned the term and would've been able to change the definition on a whim (albeit to a certain degree), and it would be them that companies had to suck up to, to be allowed to use the term for a particular software title.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected the trademark because they thought the term 'Open Source' to be "too descriptive".
----[ SITE UPDATE LINKS
Newbie's Linux Manual: "Logging On And Shutting Down"
www.thebits.co.uk/manual/part1/logon.html
(Update Note: Link now dead)
Newbie's Linux Manual: "How Do I Create My First Shell Script?"
www.thebits.co.uk/manual/part1/myfirstscript.html
(Update Note: Link now dead)
A Windows Vendetta?: "MS: A Company You Can Trust"
www.thebits.co.uk/vendetta/articles/4.html
Diary of a Linux Newbie: "Part 4"
www.thebits.co.uk/diary/4.html
----[ CREDITS
This week's The Linux Bits has been brought to you by:
Laurence Hunter- Creator & Sole Writer
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