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Comments: 1 +-   Microsoft open sources .NET Micro Framework-> on Monday November 16, @04:31PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16, @04:31PM
microsoft
An anonymous reader writes "Back in July, Microsoft announced it was making .NET available under its Community Promise, which in theory allowed free software developers to use the technology without fear of patent lawsuits. Not surprisingly, many free software geeks were unconvinced by the promise (after all, what's a promise compared to an actual open licence?), but now Microsoft has taken things to the next level by releasing the .NET Micro Framework under the Apache 2.0 licence. Yes, you read that correctly: a sizeable chunk of .NET is about to go open source."
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Comments: 4 +-   apache.org offline on Friday August 28, @04:11AM LinuxAndLube

Submitted by LinuxAndLube on Friday August 28, @04:11AM
software
LinuxAndLube writes "Since at least 15 minutes apache.org is offline: "*.apache.org is currently offline. No ETA for resumption of services is available." There might be no direct connection, but this does not give me a warm, fuzzy feeling about using apache software. I was about to download tomcat, but now I might just explore alternatives."
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+-   The Chinese (Web Servers) Are Coming-> on Tuesday February 24 2009, @10:29AM Glyn Moody

Submitted by Glyn Moody on Tuesday February 24 2009, @10:29AM
software
Glyn Moody writes "The February 2009 Netcraft survey is not the usual "Apache continues to trounce Microsoft IIS" story: there's a new entrant — from China. "This majority of this month's growth is down to the appearance of 20 million Chinese sites served by QZHTTP. This web server is used by QQ to serve millions of Qzone sites beneath the qq.com domain." What exactly is this QZHTTP, and what does it all mean for the world of Web servers?"
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+-   Microsoft sponsors Apache Software Foundation on Friday July 25 2008, @01:30PM gbjbaanb

Submitted by gbjbaanb on Friday July 25 2008, @01:30PM
microsoft
gbjbaanb writes "Ars Technica reports that Microsoft is to sponsor the Apache Foundation to the tune of $100k.

From TFA: "I asked him if this could possibly be the beginning of a broader initiative by Microsoft to increase Apache compatibility with .NET web development technologies, but he says it's still too early to guess Microsoft's future plans for Apache participation."

"He doesn't anticipate a confrontational response from the developers working on individual Apache projects ... The response of the broader open source software community, however, is harder to predict."

So what does the broader community think? Is MS running scared of the increasing relevance of open source software in today's IT world?

(In related news, MS also intends to participate in the RubySpec project)"
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+-   Midgard 1.8.8 "Lingua grata" released on Thursday May 29 2008, @08:43AM Piotr Pokora

Submitted by Piotr Pokora on Thursday May 29 2008, @08:43AM
php
Piotr Pokora writes "


Lodz, May 29th 2008 — The Midgard Project has released stable, 1.8.8 release version of the Midgard Open Source Content Management System.

Midgard 1.8.8 "Lingua grata" release includes minor bugfixes and major multilingual enchancements.

Read more about changes. Midgard

Midgard is a capable open source content management system for running mid-to-high-end websites. In addition to the built-in content management features, Midgard also provides a highly object-oriented component architecture for building interactive web applications that integrate seamlessly with the website.

Midgard provides unique technology so can be easily integrated with any kind of environment. From web applications ( Midgard CMS with its component framework — MidCOM ) to typical desktop ones ( Midgard Framework ). From personal blog to corporate portals and intranets.

Midgard is also language independent and due to its powerful architecture is proved as stable, secure and flexible solution implemented in high range of environmental targets:
  • PHP, Python or Java applications
  • PHP extension
  • Python module
  • Apache module
  • GTK desktop applications
  • C++ applications.
Get started with Midgard 1.8 today

Midgard CMS provides a powerful toolkit for web publishing and building interactive web applications. The features include:
  • Comprehensive authoring tools
  • Website management
  • Multilingual support
  • User management and access control
  • Web development


Read more about features and learn how to create content. Planned for next releases
  • First alpha release of 1.9 branch : 1Q2008
  • Second Midgard2 alpha release : May/June 2008
  • Automated database MgdSchema management and table initialization
  • Deprecation of the classic functional Midgard API in favor of MgdSchema and Query Builder
  • Deprecation of repligard, apache1 and PHP4 support.
  • Integrated midgard-python and mono package
  • New, rewritten midgard-data package
  • PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle and MS SQL support
Midgard resources User and developers support: About Midgard

The Midgard Content Management Framework was initially released in May 1999, and has since gathered a sizable user and developer community. Midgard powers thousands of web sites ranging from simple organizational websites to major portals like maemo.org, New Zealand eGovernment site and Playbill.

Midgard is being developed by an international team of professionals. Midgard's development team includes new media designers, system integrators and content management consultants. Midgard development is being supported by several commercial and governmental entities including the European Union.

Piotr Pokora, Midgard release manager piotrek.pokora(at)gmail.com

Henri Bergius, Midgard spokesman henri.bergius(at)iki.fi

The Midgard Project http://www.midgard-project.org
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+-   Apache Debates the Apache UTF-7 XSS Vulnerability-> on Monday May 19 2008, @12:17PM topdeals

Submitted by topdeals on Monday May 19 2008, @12:17PM
security
topdeals writes "There is a great debate on the bugtraq mailing list regarding the apache utf7 xss issue. In this debate William Rowe (Apache) discusses why the Apache utf7 vulnerability is in fact not a vulnerability in Apache but in Internet Explorer for not following specifications properly. William first posted to bugtraq http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/May/0166.html with the following "Internet Explorer's autodetection of UTF-7 clearly violates this specification, introducing the opportunity for myriad similar attacks. These are literally everywhere on the web today, we can trust the kids to continue to explore this vector until it is fixed by Microsoft. However this vulnerability should clearly be labeled as a flaw in Internet Explorer. If the browsers under your supervision continue to enable the autodetection of UTF-7, your users remain at risk. As all ISO, UTF-8 and related charsets were 7-bit clean, it's clear that Microsoft err'ed on the side of accepting UTF-7 charset for automatic detection, contrary to to the behavior dictated by RFC 2616. " More at CGISecurity"
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+-   ApacheCon Europe'08 live video streaming-> on Saturday April 05 2008, @08:57AM os2man

Submitted by os2man on Saturday April 05 2008, @08:57AM
security
os2man writes "ApacheCon Europe 2008, the official user conference of the Apache Software Foundation will be held 7 April through 11 April in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Some of the tracks will be broadcasted via live streaming: System Administration (Wednesday), Web Security (Thursday) and Web Services and Web 2.0 (Friday). There's a 99 euros registration fee for the tracks, although all keynote sessions and the opening plenary are available free of charge."
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+-   Yahoo! Launches World's Largest Hadoop Production -> on Saturday February 23 2008, @11:58PM jschauma

Submitted by jschauma on Saturday February 23 2008, @11:58PM
software
jschauma writes "Yahoo! announced the launch of the world's largest Hadoop production application: the Yahoo! Search Webmap. According to the article, this application "runs on a more than 10,000 core Linux cluster" providing roughly 1 trillion links between pages in the index, over 300 TB of compressed output and over 5 PB raw disk usage. (The Yahoo! Grid team has been a major contributor to the Apache Hadoop project, and Yahoo! has recently become a platinum sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation.)"
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+-   Microsoft Drops Key Restrictions From Server 2008-> on Thursday January 03 2008, @04:59PM Channel Guy

Submitted by Channel Guy on Thursday January 03 2008, @04:59PM
windows
Channel Guy writes "According to a report from CRN, Microsoft plans to allow users of the Web server SKU in Windows Server 2008 to run any type of database software with no limit on the number of users, provided they deploy it as an Internet-facing front-end server. The previous limit was 50 users. Microsoft's partners expect the changes to go a long way toward making Windows Web Server 2008 more competitive with the LAMP stack, against which Microsoft has been making headway in recent months."
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+-   Apache, Sun still in disHarmony-> on Thursday December 20 2007, @12:21AM StonyandCher

Submitted by StonyandCher on Thursday December 20 2007, @12:21AM
java
StonyandCher writes "The Apache Harmony project, serving as an Apache-branded open-source version of Java, is moving forward, but a disagreement remains with Sun over compliance testing. The Apache Harmony project group announced Wednesday the availability of Harmony 5.0 Milestone 4, another step in delivering a fully compliant implementation of the Java SE 5 specification. Magnusson did not have a date for when Apache plans to release the final product. Harmony is meant for running Java programs and includes the Java Virtual Machine, a Java development kit, and class libraries. Apache remains in disagreement with Sun, however, over terms for a TCK (Test Compatibility Kit) to verify that Harmony is compatible with the Java specification."
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+-   Yahoo! becomes Platinum Sponsor of Apache Software-> on Sunday December 16 2007, @05:54PM jschauma

Submitted by jschauma on Sunday December 16 2007, @05:54PM
yahoo
jschauma writes "Yahoo! published a press release, announcing that "it has become a platinum sponsor of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)." In their company blog, Yahoo! points out their particular interest in Lucene as well as Hadoop and that they have hired Doug Cutting, creator of both projects and VP at Apache. (Lucene powers the search on Wikipedia; Yahoo! also provides hosting capacity to Wikimedia.)"
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+-   The Apache Lounge Closes: Steffen blames ASF.-> on Sunday August 19 2007, @11:37AM buanzo

Submitted by buanzo on Sunday August 19 2007, @11:37AM
democrats
buanzo writes "On an email sent to the dev@httpd.apache.org mailing list, Steffen from the Apache Lounge informs the ASF that they will be closing the Apache Lounge after being asked to remove the Apache Feather from their site. (See thread "Apachelounge has to remove Apachelounge Feather, be warned" and "Goodbye" by Steffen). Excerpt from "Goodbye":I am dismayed at the corporate bullying from (one member of) the ASF which I assumed was a collaborative organization — not such a dangerous legal entity.The admonishment not to use the feather or the "Apache" name resembles the behavior of the very worst big-software corporations — and a reminder that ASF is after all "... a corporation registered in Delaware, United States..." — not a fellowship of web server administrators, developers, and enthusiasts. It is a sober reminder to us all that caution is needed when dealing with Apache software as with any other software, lest we forget that httpd has become "their product" vs. "our web server"."
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+-   Netcraft: Microsoft IIS may soon overtake Apache on Monday August 06 2007, @08:03AM benjymouse

Submitted by benjymouse on Monday August 06 2007, @08:03AM
microsoft
benjymouse writes "From the latest Netcraft web server survey:
In the August 2007 survey we received responses from 127,961,479 sites, an increase of 2.3 million sites from last month. Microsoft continues to increase its web server market share, adding 2.6 million sites this month as Apache loses 991K hostnames. As a result, Windows improves its market share by 1.4% to 34.2%, while Apache slips by 1.7% to 48.4%. Microsoft's recent gains raise the prospect that Windows may soon challenge Apache's leadership position."
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Comments: 3 +-   Why This Universe?-> on Wednesday June 27 2007, @12:11PM GRW

Submitted by GRW on Wednesday June 27 2007, @12:11PM
media
GRW writes "The current issue of Skeptic Magazine has an article by Robert Lawrence Kuhn entitled "Why This Universe: Toward a Taxonomy of Possible Explanations". Why does the universe exist? Why not nothing? Why are the physical laws and constants what they are and not something else? The author classifies the many possible scientific and non-scientific explanations for this question into four catagories: One Universe Models, Multiple Universe Models, Non-Physical Causes and Illusions."
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+-   Microsoft's IIS is Twice as Likely to Host Malware-> on Thursday June 07 2007, @03:10PM eldavojohn

Submitted by eldavojohn on Thursday June 07 2007, @03:10PM
security
eldavojohn writes "According to Google, Microsoft's server software is at least twice as likely to host viruses or malware. The reason why? "Google reports that IIS is likely used to distribute malware more often than Apache because many IIS installs are on pirated Windows versions which aren't configured to automatically download patches. (Even pirated Windows versions can automatically received security fixes, however.) "Our analysis demonstrates how important it is to keep web servers patched to the latest patch level," Google notes.""
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+-   IIS twice as likely to serve malware as Apache-> on Wednesday June 06 2007, @12:14PM abhinav_pc

Submitted by abhinav_pc on Wednesday June 06 2007, @12:14PM
security
abhinav_pc writes "Ars Technica is carrying an article about a study by Google's Anti-Malware Team which seems to confirm that Web sites running Microsoft's IIS are twice as likely to host malware than those running Apache. Last month, Google looked at 70,000 domains that were either distributing malware or hosting attack code. Nagendra Modadugu, at the company's anti malware group, wrote in a blog: "Compared to our sample of servers across the internet, Microsoft IIS features twice as often as a malware distributing server.""
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+-   Fix what slows Apache down by optimizing PHP on Saturday May 26 2007, @05:37PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 26 2007, @05:37PM
php
An anonymous reader writes "As the load on an application increases, the bottlenecks in the underlying infrastructure become more apparent in the form of slow response to user requests. This article discusses many of the server configuration items that can make or break an application's performance and focuses on steps you can take to optimize Apache and PHP."
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+-   $16,000 Bounty for Sendmail, Apache 0Day Flaws on Friday May 18 2007, @11:52AM Famestay

Submitted by Famestay on Friday May 18 2007, @11:52AM
security
Famestay writes "Verisign's iDefense is putting up a $16,000 prize for any hacker who can find a remotely exploitable vulnerability in six critical Internet infrastructure applications. The bounty is for a zero-day code execution hole on the following Internet infrastructure technologies: Apache httpd, Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) daemon, Sendmail SMTP daemon, OpenSSH sshd, Microsoft Internet Information (IIS) Server and Microsoft Exchange Server."
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+-   Apache License-GPL3 compatibility close at last? on Friday May 11 2007, @10:24AM MsManhattan

Submitted by MsManhattan on Friday May 11 2007, @10:24AM
software
MsManhattan writes "Sitting on a panel at the JavaOne conference, the exec director of the Free Software Foundation and the vice president of legal affairs for the Apache Software Foundation presented a joint front on the issue of building Apache License compatibility into the upcoming GPL version 3 open-source license. This comes after legal problems kept the long-awaited compatibility out of the last draft, released in March. Web developers have long been plagued by the incompatibility of the FSF's license (the most widely used in the open-source community) and the Apache License since it prevents code sharing between projects covered by one or the other licenses. But even when the issue is finally resolved in GPL3, "compatibility is likely to be a one-way street, with the more tightly restricted GPL projects able to take code from Apache License projects, but not the other way around.""
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+-   Http:BL Returns Control of Websites to Web Admins on Wednesday April 25 2007, @12:58PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2007, @12:58PM
spam
An anonymous reader writes "Project Honey Pot has been tracking spammers and harvesters for nearly two years. For all of that time, the front page of the site has promised that they would help "stop spammers before they even get your address." Today they made good on that promise with the launch of http:BL . Much like DNSBLs that protect mail servers (e.g., Spamhaus or SURBL), the new service allows website owners to query against the data gathered by Project Honey Pot's vast network of traps. Website administrators can then make decisions as to what visitors are allowed onto their site, blocking known email harvesters, comment spammers, or other malicious robots. They've published an API for the new service as well as opened an Apache module (mod_httpbl) that leverages the service for public beta testing."
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