IBM will make specs for its PowerPC 405 core freely available to researchers and academia; TopCoder Algorithm Competition registration begins on February 13, 2006. (MP3, 2:07 mins.)
As it gains visibility, open source will slowly but inexorably establish itself in the for-profit sector. What's the future for these strange bedfellows?
This month's Linux Digest includes links to threads, clusters, desktop choices, shared memory, rootless distribution testing, system administration, firmware driver design, and kernel development choices. We also highlight a new podcast.