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It didn’t take long for Red Hat to comment on the Microsoft-Novell agreement, which will pit the leading Linux distributor directly against the software juggernaut.

A LINUX FAN has managed to get a refund from Dell for supplying a Windows operating system he would not be seen dead using.

[Glad to hear it finally happened. - dcparris]

Microsoft will spend more than $440m (about £230m) in licensing fees and sales and marketing costs over the next five years to keep up its end of the historic Linux agreement it made with Novell.

Linux is unlikely ever to be a viable alternative to Microsoft's Windows on the desktop for corporate IT departments, according to leading CIOs.

[Tell that to helios and the 450+ employees now using Linux on the desktop! - dcparris]

Searchmonkey, formerly known as Xsearch, is a graphical search tool whose main page describes it as the combining of Beagle's simplicity of use with the exactness of the find and grep commands. With its recent release of version 0.6.2, Searchmonkey has yet to fully match any of these rivals, but shows considerable promise, especially in its potential for encouraging users to explore and learn regular expressions.

The conference “The Role of Open Source Software for the Development of Information Society” was held in Yerevan, capital of Armenia from October 31 to November 1, 2006. The conference aimed at exchange of experience in open source promotion policy and in the use of open source software in specific areas such as public administration and education.

You would have to be a little gullible to believe that the agreement announced on Friday between Novell and Microsoft has much, if anything, to do with open source software.

An open source-based enterprise solutions for small manufacturers and distributors, OpenMFG, has unveiled version 2.0 of its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. Major enhancements include multi-currency capabilities, a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) module, as well as new functionality in the solution's Manufacturing and Scheduling module, the company said.

"There's a tendency to think of the community as being entirely volunteers somehow working for free in their basements, but invariably they're in government or research," said Red Hat's Rick Carr. "For the commercial products, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, where the customer base is Wall Street or wherever, the large majority of development is done by commercial IT companies."

Imagine being able to preview an attacker's next move based on the traces left on compromised machines. That's the aim of the Hacker's Profiling Project (HPP), an open methodology that hopes to enable analysts to work on the data (logs, rootkits, and any code) left by intruders from a different point of view, providing them with a profiling methodology that will identify the kind of attacker and therefore his modus operandi and potential targets.

This week, bloggers examine the security features of Firefox 2.0 and come away with mixed reviews. Does it fare better than Internet Explorer 7?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says competing Linux vendors such as Red Hat and Oracle have strong incentives to follow Novell's initiative in reaching a patent liability settlement with Microsoft.

[Is that why Novell struck a deal with Microsoft? Anyone else smell anything rotten here? - dcparris]

Novell investors may be cheering the Linux vendor’s historic partnership with Microsoft, but Linux advocates had an entirely different reaction Thursday, expressing concerns that the deal may hint at future patent lawsuits and possibly even violate Linux’s software license.

Robert W Baird downgrades Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) from Outperform to Neutral and lowers their price target to $19, following Microsoft/Novell Linux partnership news.

Its low cost and reliability have made the maturing Linux open-source operating system more marketable for solution providers.

[All right! Who let the cat out of the bag? - dcparris]

From the article: ...I found this maps omissions to be chilling. Specifically, a whole range of technologies and new collaborative practices are sketched out, but there is not a mention of the role of free or open source software.

Server maker and Canonical have nearly completed work to certify Linux version of Ubuntu runs smoothly on Sun's x86 servers.

The new version 5.2.0 of the open source script language PHP doesn't just replace the 5.1 series, it also closes several security holes. The developers have also incorporated new functions to increase security and improve usability.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Microsoft's stunning announcement Thursday that it was embracing the Linux operating system through a deal with Novell produced a quick reaction at Red Hat.

Enterprises are not completely abandoning their pre-existing software programs in favor of new innovations. The move is tepid, with small outfits needing to prove themselves. "They're meeting an unmet need with a solution that augments technology they get from bigger companies," said Dan Twing, vice president of Enterprise Management Associates, a Boulder, Colo., consulting firm.