Naturetech Proso 2400 Pictures
While preparing my review for publication, I’ve gone ahead and put up pictures of the Naturetech Proso 2400 Portable Server.
While preparing my review for publication, I’ve gone ahead and put up pictures of the Naturetech Proso 2400 Portable Server.
I’ve published my review of the Naturetech Meso999 Portable Workstation, one of the systems that Sun is now offering under the “Ultra 3” name.
Ben Rockwood has created simply the most stunning and beautiful rendition of Enlightenment on OpenSolaris. Please see his blog for the screenshots and to read more about his brilliant work.
Sun has distributed more than two million registered licenses for Solaris 10 since the operating system became available on January 31st.
Sun today reported results for its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended June 30, 2005.
Revenues for the fourth quarter were $2.975 billion, a decrease of 4.3 percent as compared with $3.110 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. Total gross margin as a percent of revenues was 41.4 percent, an increase of 2.0 percentage points as compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 on a GAAP basis was $121 million or a net income of $0.04 per share as compared with a net income of $783 million or a net income of $0.23 per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004.
Cash flow from operations for the fourth quarter was $195 million and $369 million for the full fiscal year, Sun’s 16th consecutive year of generating positive cash flow from operations. The cash and marketable debt securities balance at the end of the quarter was $7.524 billion.
As covered in this INFOWORLD article, Sun’s president Jonathan Schwartz has said that Sun intends to eventually offer all of its software products for free as a way to build communities around its technologies.
A Buffer overflow security flaw in zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted compressed stream, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG file.
See CAN-2005-2096 for details.
An official patch from the zlib project has been released.
Version 1.2.3 eliminates potential security vulnerabilities in zlib 1.2.1 and 1.2.2, so all users of those versions should upgrade immediately. The following important fixes are provided in zlib 1.2.3 over 1.2.1 and 1.2.2:
According to this NEWS.COM article, Sun will be helping AMD develop future Opteron processors.
This ITJUNGLE article has a good deal of information on Sun’s future SPARC plans, and details on why it’s pushing the Opteron systems at the low end.
Recently, the Drupal project ran into problems with their existing server system and host. They put out a plea for donations, hoping to raise $3000 in order to buy a new server to be hosted at the OSU Open Source Lab.
In the matter of a few days, over $10,000 in donations has been collected, and Sun has donated a SunFire V20z to the project. Tim Bray has more details on the donation, which was made with no strings attached.
Sun is releasing the source code to its web site authentication and single sign-on technologies through the Open Source Web Single Sign-On project.
Friday, July 29th, 2005, is the 6th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator something that shows that you truly appreciate their hard work and dedication.
Let’s face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year. This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe, will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in appreciation of their diligent work. But seriously, we are asking for a nice token gift and some public acknowledgement. It’s the least you could do. Consider all the daunting tasks and long hours (weekends too.) Let’s be honest, sometimes we don’t know our System Administrators as well as they know us. Remember this is one day to recognize your System Administrator for their workplace contributions and to promote professional excellence. Thank them for all the things they do for you and your business.
The SAGE 2005 Salary Survey is up. Fill it out and help get a picture of what IT salaries are like across the country.