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Nick Selby
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Recent posts by Nick Selby:
- August 17, 2007: Sourcefire buys ClamAV
Sourcefire has bought the ClamAV project for an extraordinary, one-time charge in the third quarter of 2007 of between 9ยข ... - July 16, 2007: BeCrypt, partnering with Juniper, launches USB-mounted US pre-invasion
Reading, England-based mobile device security vendor BeCrypt Data Security has released the BeCrypt Trusted Client (BTC), and announced a strategic ... - May 1, 2007: Ubuntu-Dell is great news. Its success tests Canonical’s support model.
Canonical has announced that Dell will sell personal computers pre-installed with Feisty Fawn, Ubuntu 7.04. Financial details, such as what ... - December 19, 2006: Snort creator Sourcefire addresses lawsuit from rival NetClarity
On 25 October 2005 Sourcefire Inc, which makes internal security products and sponsors the open source Snort intrusion detection engine ... - November 6, 2006: Red Hat: The Poland of Software Vendors (also: Shuttleworth weighs in)
We've been saying here and elsewhere that the Microsoft-Novell and Oracle-Red Hat announcements have been market changing events. Some ripples ... - November 6, 2006: And the runner up for Novell’s Technologist Of The Year…
We don't want to make too much of this, but if we're looking for reasons why Novell is facing challenges ... - November 3, 2006: Microsoft: “Those customers combining Windows and Linux should choose Novell”
Microsoft and Novell have announced a set of deals bunched together to create one of the most significant developments in ... - October 27, 2006: Some great quotes on IDS from them what evade it…
Random quotes from a discussion on the Daily Dave pen testing list regarding the IPO of Sourcefire, the security company ... - October 25, 2006: “Fundamentally, this is free software in a proprietary wrapper”
Earlier today, we reported on our discussions with Mark Shuttleworth on the release of Edgy Eft and the speculation about ... - October 25, 2006: Sourcefire files for IPO
Sourcefire, Inc., founded by Snort creator Marty Roesch, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to ... - October 25, 2006: Shuttleworth: “No Oracle Deal…Today.” (but stay tuned)
Rumors buzzed, but nothing during today's keynote at Oracle OpenWorld by Larry Ellison regarding Oracle's commitment to Linux - possibly ... - August 28, 2006: Metasploit 3.0/Beta 2 and new MSF website launches
Metasploit has upgraded its website and released the second beta release of the 3.0 tree, for Linux, BSD, Mac ... - August 25, 2006: In the Pen Test community, open source permeates upwards and a trend emerges
We've been looking at some of the emerging trends in IT security, and one is that of penetration ('pen') testing ... - July 7, 2006: Open Source security patches
Interesting thread on The Daily Dave pen-testing mailing list: Dave asked if anyone had a list comparing the patch speeds ... - June 9, 2006: Part III: Shuttleworth on HBD, ImpiLinux, Geographical Ubuntu Appeal and Gnome v KDE
In Part I of our multi-part series of discussions with Canonical CEO and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth, Shuttleworth covered the ... - June 2, 2006: Part II: Canonical’s Shuttleworth on Dapper, Linux on the Desktop & Enterprise adoption
Recently, Ubuntu founder and Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth spoke with The 451 Group at length about Dapper, Ubuntu, and the ... - June 1, 2006: Set to roll out Dapper, Ubuntu highlights commercial support options
Preparing to rollout Dapper LTS today, the Ubuntu website has done something new: it now lists commercial support options right ... - May 26, 2006: Mark Shuttleworth Interview, Part I: on Dapper, and Ubuntu in the Enterprise
Recently, Ubuntu founder and Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth spoke with The 451 Group at length about Dapper, Ubuntu, and the ... - May 3, 2006: Open Source & Free Software at The 451 Group
Open Source & Free Software At The 451 GroupWhen we talk about the model of open source and free software ... - April 17, 2006: More from the LW Boston reading list
I mentioned that during Linux World Boston I had picked up books from several publishers - another one was Apress, ...
Recent comments by Nick Selby:
- March 4, 2007: Open Source & Free Software at The 451 Group
And having done that I see that it is not free. That is a...
- March 4, 2007: Open Source & Free Software at The 451 Group
Excellent comment, thanks. We will check it out for both work and home
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- November 8, 2006: Red Hat: The Poland of Software Vendors (also: Shuttleworth weighs in)
This is an excellent point. From a personal standpoint I generally agree with you...
- November 7, 2006: Red Hat: The Poland of Software Vendors (also: Shuttleworth weighs in)
Thanks Raven. So let me clarify something: Do I think that it is ACTUALLY...
- November 6, 2006: Red Hat: The Poland of Software Vendors (also: Shuttleworth weighs in)
Thanks for that - I'm not sure if it appears through my post that...
- June 22, 2006: Part II: Canonical's Shuttleworth on Dapper, Linux on the Desktop & Enterprise adoption
Okay, fair enough! Still, the sentiment holds true: the fact that you haven't been...
- April 24, 2006: Emperor Linux: Pre-Installed Linux on Enterprise Laptops
Jeb - thanks for that. I will definitely check out Elive, and I...
- April 21, 2006: Argeniss Zero Day Exploit Pack
yeah, it's screwy that - he told me personally that it was released under...
- April 17, 2006: More from the LW Boston reading list
Thanks, Marco. Actually I've got it going on a couple machines, but like you,...
- April 16, 2006: Emperor Linux: Pre-Installed Linux on Enterprise Laptops
Someone else in my Linux User Group pointed out that R3 had a similar...
