25th August 2003 Archive

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Sun sends Hitachi a love note

Friends until 2006

Sun Microsystems has gone ahead and done the expected. The hardware vendor has renewed its high-end storage vows with Hitachi, extending their reselling partnership through 2006. We called this move a couple weeks back, when HP also signed on to keep its deal with Hitachi going through 2008. Both Sun and HP rely on Hitachi's …

Storage 25 Aug 2003, 12:39
Letters Against SCO’s GPL jihad: one size doesn't fit all

A fortnight ago we rued the fact that our most valuable social contract, the GPL was heading to the courtroom for the first time. FSF counsel Eben Moglen assured us not to worry, and that the GPL would be upheld under United States Law at its first major test. But what about the rest of us? A win in the US does not guarantee a …

Letters 25 Aug 2003, 12:41
Vodafone UK aims to stamp out unsolicited text messages

Vspam

Vodafone UK has announced a trial program designed to control the amount of unsolicited text messages its customers receive. When an unsolicited text message is received a Vodafone customer can forward it, free of charge, directly to 87726 or VSPAM on their mobile keypad. Vodafone will then collate a consolidated report of all …

Mobile 25 Aug 2003, 12:44
SuSE and SGI form SMP pact

Linux data center love

SuSE and SGI want to help Linux grow up together. SGI has decided to start shipping SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on its Altix 3000 servers. SGI has been doing the large Linux SMP thing for awhile with its own version of the OS. But with the help of SuSE, SGI reckons it can speed Linux's march into the data center and have a …

Servers 25 Aug 2003, 16:25