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The IP wars
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/15/1911226

    - by John O'Sullivan - The first shot in the intellectual property wars
    was fired by no less than William H. Gates III on February 3, 1976. In
    a famous letter decrying the theft of his programs, Mr. Gates set out
    the philosophy that IP was essentially the same as traditional
    property, and that the same rights and laws should apply.

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Linux Advisory Watch - July 18, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/0327232

     - by Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for pam,
    gnupg, mpg123, ucd-snmp, phpgroupware, traceroute-nanog, nfs-utils,
    falconseye, php4, unzip, radius, gtksee, kernel, mozilla, xpdf, apache,
    and ypserv. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo,
    Immunix, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, Trustix, and Turbo Linux.

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A centralized server architecture could be the killer Unix app
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1828218

    - by Paul Murphy - If you're like me, you probably use Linux or Unix at
    home and then go to work and wonder why all the people struggling with
    Microsoft products don't just upgrade to Linux. Despite all the cost
    and security issues, business's commitment to Microsoft's Windows
    desktop products shows few signs of waning. The key to turning this
    situation around may be to place the user's perspective above that of
    the systems staff.

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Microsoft Ranks Linux Second On Risk List
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1940203

     Microsoft is taking the Linux threat seriously. So seriously, in fact,
    that open source software comes in at the number two spot on the
    company's top five list of risks.

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Linux to Overtake Unix, Leapfrog Windows, Analyst Says
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1935234

     Linux will soon overtake Unix as the operating system of choice for
    several major enterprise segments, including high-performance
    computing, carrier-grade and mission-critical systems, and database
    hosting. That's according to a paper published in June by research firm
    Aberdeen Group Inc.

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Mozilla.org forms new non-profit foundation
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1810245

     Mozilla.org, the venerable keeper of the open-source Web browser
    flame, last week gave itself a "legal identity" with the creation of
    the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit corporation the group hopes will
    better coordinate its efforts to expand its end-user community.

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Making a pitch for OpenOffice.org
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1618217

    Solveig Haugland writes "You'll sometimes encounter resistance to
    switching an organization to OpenOffice.org. The resistance can stem
    from simply not knowing about OpenOffice.org to not wanting to leave
    the known qualities of Microsoft Office or another suite. To help out
    the folks on the front lines of adoption, I've assembled a few
    strategies for the searchenterpriselinux.com site on how to go about
    convincing your IT or management team to go ...

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Europe picks Penguin to link government IT
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1557211

     A European Commission working paper on linking national government IT
    systems across Europe is recommending open source software.