Archive 31. October 2003

Heise News-Ticker: DNS confusion due to new country code

Reusing historical abbreviations should be avoided, writes the IAB, or only considered after 200 years. - right. 200 years. Sure.

Here's the original article.

Linux is no alternative for DATEV

The short version of what Datev is saying: We have no idea about Linux, we're too lazy to inform ourselves and anyway our software is a heap of old junk that can't be properly ported anywhere because we didn't pay attention to portability during development. We are losers.

Teufelsgrinsen

At heise online news there is the original article.

SCO offers Unix license for Linux users

Hmm. That's a massive violation of the GPL - after all, a derived product is being kept under wraps here.

Teufelsgrinsen

At heise online news you can find the original article.