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Debian Start-up Wants More Funding
News Progeny, a start-up seeking to commercialise the Debian version of Linux, is on the prowl for new funding, a company co-founder has confirmed. Ian Murdock, chief strategy officer and a co-founder of both Debian and Progeny, said his company has...
[August 15, 2005, 9:15]
Consortium To Push Debian To The Fore
News Ian Murdock, founder of Debian and also the chairman of Linux provider Progeny — one of the founding members of this consortium — said on Monday that around 10 or 12 organisations have already joined the Debian Core Consortium (DCC) and at least...
[July 26, 2005, 18:10]
Corel Linux Plans Up In The Air
News When contacted for comment on the rumour, Ian Murdock, president and CEO of Progeny said, "If Corel Linux is discontinued, Progeny would be glad to discuss supplying Corel with a Debian-based operating system.
[November 21, 2000, 8:10]
HP Hires Linux Luminary
News He'll remain on Progeny's board until the company is "comfortable [having] me go off", Perens said. The Linux Venture Group invested in Progeny, a company making a commercial version of Debian Linux, but that will be the group's first and last...
[December 5, 2000, 14:26]
Deal Will Drive Music, Internet To TV
News The marriage of Internet giant America Online and media corporation Time Warner will yield interesting progeny, driving traditional Net content -- such as interactive data and digital music -- to the tube, said analysts and industry insiders on...
[January 11, 2000, 8:18]
Amazon To Partner In Baby Goods Store
News The new baby store is the latest progeny of a ten-year deal signed between Seattle-based Amazon and Toys "R" Us last August. Amazon.com will give birth to a baby goods store by Wednesday as part of a deal with Toys "R" Us.
[May 23, 2001, 15:25]
Wednesday
Blog These are real computer researchers working with those nasty network worms, whose habits of burrowing through your email and spawning their progeny in your outbox have brought so much misery to so many.
[December 13, 2002, 16:39]
Time To Catch The Virus Copycats
News While a virus writer can argue that they didn't expect their progeny to spread widely, copycat writers are actually aiming at creating the next Internet apocalypse. Heeding that call, the creators of more than 30 variants of the ILOVEYOU worm...
[May 22, 2000, 9:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog At the stroke of midnight, it rises once more from its dormancy in the womb of Microsoft's infection-prone web server software and spews evil progeny across the Internet. Tuesday 31/7/2001 End of the month coming up, which used to just mean payday...
[August 3, 2001, 15:55]
Zoo Keeps Bluetooth Tags On Wild Children
News Parents register their mobiles with the system, and can get an update on their progeny's position within 20 seconds of sending a query text message. Lost children in zoos may be an endangered species, thanks to Bluetooth.
[June 26, 2003, 11:10]
Latest Linux Guidelines Released
News Software developers that are already working on LSB-certified Linux products include Red Hat, SuSE Linux, MandrakeSoft, Conectiva, ThizLinux Laboratory, Sun Wah Linux, Turbolinux and Progeny. Open-source software proponent Free Standards Group said...
[January 29, 2004, 15:35]
Anti-P2P Lawmaker Given Top IP Position
News But when Napster's progeny arose in the form of peer-to-peer networks, Hatch's political views seemed to flip-flop. Orrin Hatch, the senator who once said the recording industry should be able to destroy music pirates' PCs, will be in charge of a...
[March 18, 2005, 8:55]
Love: Novell Could Have Had It All
News And Love himself has returned to the Linux camp, joining the board of directors of Progeny, which sells a customisable operating system product based on the Debian version of Linux. Presumably, you think Linux still has a chance, given your new...
[November 24, 2003, 11:00]
Governments 'play Key Role' In Reducing Digital Divide
News The UK followed its North American progeny for a 12th-place ranking. The digital divide is alive and well around the world, according to a new international survey. A study released on Wednesday by the United Nations' International...
[November 21, 2003, 9:50]
Microsoft Debases Linux Standards
News Mandrakesoft is also collaborating with Linux players Conectiva, Turbolinux and Progeny to create a reference implementation based on the LSB 2.0 standard, which will make it easier for software and hardware vendors to certify to LSB.
[February 1, 2005, 11:20]
Netscape: A Decade Of Survival
News Microsoft's dominant IE browser hasn't enjoyed a significant feature update in years, opening up opportunities for small challengers including Netscape progeny Firefox, Opera Software's Opera and Apple's Safari browser.
[October 22, 2004, 12:35]
Debian Founder Joins Sun
News He tried to commercialise Debian with a start-up called Progeny that never gained much traction; in 2005 he helped found the DCC Alliance, an attempt to provide common software underpinnings for various Debian-based versions.
[March 20, 2007, 8:40]
Is VicodinES The Author Of Melissa?
News In another part of the site, he quotes Jimmy Kuo, director of antivirus research at Network Associates, calling one of VicodinES's progeny "one of the most widespread viruses around right now. I've been exploring virus files and websites for the...
[April 1, 1999, 10:40]
Virus 2000: Nasty And Network Aware
News With human researchers continuing to be a critical part of any digital immune system in 2000, virus writers -- and their Internet-capable progeny -- will still hold the upper hand. Virus writers are finally catching on to something that tech...
[December 29, 1999, 15:33]
Debian Team Confirm Linux Flaw Allowed Attack
News Despite a two-month delay in releasing a patch, Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian and the chairman of Linux distribution maintenance provider Progeny, praised the project team. The Debian Project warned on Monday that a flaw in the Linux kernel...
[December 2, 2003, 10:15]
