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Links 0. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/26/HNreverseengineering_1.html Technology Buying Slump http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/30/013204 mgcsinc writes "According to this Yahoo article from Reuters, IT buyers are continuing a [0]trend of cutting costs, favoring utility over cutting-edge effect. Market researchers are estimating continuing doldrums in the industry and enterprise businesses see more 'bang for the buck' from making improvements in software as opposed to investing in new infrastructure. This is not necessarily awful, however, for those who hope businesses will start looking toward open source options as the cost effective alternatives..." Links 0. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=4&u=/nm/20030628/tc_nm/tech_cio_dc EU Parliament to Vote on New Patent Rules http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/30/002211 peter_sd writes "[0]The Register has an article discussing the [1]implications to the open source community and small software businesses of the new software patent law to be voted on tomorrow by the EU parliament. According to the article, it is very likely the new patent law will be accepted despite its grave consequences." Links 0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/ 1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31472.html Most Powerful Amateur Rocket in Canada http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/29/2121211 [0]Alex Schmidt writes "A group of Canadian 'amateur' rocketeers successfully [1]launched a 16 1/2 foot rocket to a height of about 5500 feet. The rocket is based on the 'Dauphine' a meteorological rocket from the 1960's. The rocket weighed 300 pounds, stood 16.5 feet high and 21 inches in diameter. The motors generated 2400lbs of thrust. It successfully landed after 3 of 4 parachutes properly deployed." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.canada.com/calgary/story.asp?id=6819FDC4-5A65-4BA7-AD2F-A2DF2087D957 GF FX 5900 Ultra vs. ATi Radeon 9800 Pro http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/29/202218 [0]Mack writes "[1]OCAddiction.com has their [2]GF FX 5900 Ultra vs. ATi Radeon 9800 Pro article online detailing which card is more powerful. Running a plethora of benchmarks we were anxious to see which card outperformed the other. Quite simple really. We take nVidia's top offering and pair it up against the current top offering from ATi and let them duke it out till the bitter end. Who will come out on top? Let's take a look." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.ocaddiction.com/ 2. http://www.ocaddiction.com/articles/video/fx_5900ultra_vs_radeon_9800pro/ PHP 5 Beta 1 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/29/1957253 [0]Sterling Hughes writes "The PHP development community is proud to announce the release of PHP 5 Beta 1. [1]Downloads are available in both source and binary form (for Windows users). A full list of changes is available in the [2]ChangeLog. Some of the new features include much [3]improved OO support, completely revamped XML support, and the default inclusion of SQLite." Links 0. http://www.edwardbear.org/blog/ 1. http://www.php.net/downloads.php 2. http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php 3. http://www.php.net/zend-engine-2.php Engaging with the OSS Community http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/29/1913235 [0]s390 writes "[1]Olliance has the second of its Open Source articles up at the Inquirer. It's called [2]"Engaging with the Open Source Community (Part Two)", and it explains the different levels of involvement that companies can have with Open Source. More education for managers, and an outline of a corporate process for approaching adoption and deployment of Linux and other Open Source software." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.olliancegroup.com/ 2. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10222 Pure Math, Pure Joy http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/29/183258 e271828 writes "The New York Times is carrying a nice little piece entitled [0]Pure Math, Pure Joy about the beauty and applicability of pure math as carried out at the [1]Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. There is an [2]accompanying slideshow of pictures of mathematicians in action; I particularly loved the picture titled [3]Waging Mental Battle with a Proof." Links 0. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/weekinreview/29OVER.html 1. http://www.msri.org/ 2. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2003/06/28/weekinreview/20030629_OVER_slideshow_1.html 3. http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2003/06/28/weekinreview/29over.slide02.jpg Windows Tech Writer Looks at Linux http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/29/1554201 An anonymous reader writes "Three days ago I accepted Linux [0]into my life and while I'm not yet a convert, the experience has shaken my faith in Windows. It's hard to reconcile because for nearly 20 years I've mostly stayed on the one true Windows path." Links 0. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3509550&thesection=technology&thesubsection=comment&thesecondsubsecti US Cell Phone Users Discover SMS Spam http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/29/1542249 [0]The Llama King writes "It's a bigger problem in Europe and Japan/Asia, but as SMS text messaging or "texting" becomes more popular in the United States, its users are discovering that spammers like it too, according to [1]this Houston Chronicle story. Cell phone companies are trying to stem the spam flood before it starts, worried that users will turn off their phones, thus denying providers revenue." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1971965 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe - If you do not wish to subscribe to Slashdot, go to: http://www.osdn.com/newsletters/unsubscribe.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (c)1999-2002 Open Source Development Network. All rights reserved.
