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FYI: PowerMac G5 Firmware update improves performance and patches security hole
by Wayne Billing 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120287 This firmware update provides changes for initializing and running your Power Mac G5. It provides some performance improvements for some PCI-X configurations, patches a security hole and improves fan behavior in Open Firmware. This firmware update provides changes for initializing and running your Power Mac G5. It provides some performance improvements for some PCI-X configurations, patches a security hole and improves fan behavior in Open Firmware. To upgrade the firmware on your Power Mac G5, follow the instructions below. You can print these instructions so they are available while you upgrade your firmware. The Power Mac G5 Firmware Updater Version 5.1.4 is installed in Applications/Utilities. 1.Save changes to open files and then quit all applications, if necessary 2.Open the firmware updater. 3.Click Shut Down in the Firmware Update window to turn off your computer. Wait for your computer to shut down, saving changes if necessary. 4.Press and hold in the Power button on the Power Mac G5 until you hear a long tone. 5. Release the Power button when you hear the tone or see the Power button light flashing. The firmware updater starts automatically. A status bar shows the progress of the update. You may see more than one status bar. After the update is complete, your system restarts automatically. When a message says your computer's firmware has been successfully updated to version 5.1.4, the update process is finished. For more information, go to www.apple.com/support

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INTEREST: SCO Loses First Legal Round in Linux Battle
by Wayne Billing 14 Dec '03

14 Dec '03

ByÝSteven J. Vaughan-Nichols December 6, 2003 A federal judge told SCO it has 30 days to respond to IBM's demands for details about the Linux code SCO claims encroaches on its intellectual property. The SCO Group Inc. on Friday was dealt a legal setback in its case against IBM Corp. A magistrate of the U.S. District Court in Utah told SCO it has 30 days to respond to IBM's demands for details about the Linux code SCO claims encroaches on its intellectual property. Magistrate Brooke C. Wells said that SCO will have to answer IBM interrogatories 12 and 13, which demand that SCO produce "all source code and other material in Linux ... to which plaintiff (SCO) has rights" and describe exactly how SCO believes IBM infringed these rights. The judge's order will be put into place on Wednesday, Dec. 10. In addition, Ogden, Utah-based SCO must reveal all instances in which it has distributed Unix source code in ways that would lead to it being legally added to Linux. This ruling addresses a contention by Linux advocates that any Unix code in Linux was placed there by SCO itself. In short, SCO will have to show IBM proof that its claimed "million lines of code" are actually in Linux, and that IBM, not SCO, was responsible for illegally placing the code there. SCO also tried to convince the judge during the hearing that IBM should be made to show its Unix code before the interrogatories were granted, but Wells denied this request. IBM spokesperson Trink Guarino said the Armonk, N.Y. company was happy with the results. "We are very pleased the court has indicated it will compel SCO to finally back up its claims instead of relying on marketplace FUD."

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