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The latest version of KOffice a new graphics tool and database manager. Now also uses OpenDocument file format.

Several years ago, I wrote "Opening Up to OpenOffice.org: Finding an Alternative to Microsoft Word" -- my most quoted article. At that time OpenOffice.org (OOo) was barely known, so I confined myself to highlights. Now that OOo is starting to be used in business, a more detailed look seems overdue. Accordingly, I compared the beta of OOo Writer 2.0 with Microsoft Word 2003. Both are adequate for most users' purposes, so I focused on functions that power users are likely to want:

When evaluating open-source solutions there are four main areas to consider: features provided, development effort, product cost and support.

With an announcement this week supporting the Eclipse Foundation's push into the business intelligence (BI) market, Actuate has opened the door to open source BI.

Users looking to get more bandwidth out of Linux server connections may want to check out a new server adapter from start-up Level 5.

Progress Software's Joe Alsop explains the strategy behind the vendor's move to open source.

Through its Academic Initiative, IBM is sharpening its focus on providing learning tools for college students interested in open standards and open source software on IBM products. But a volunteer-led group called SHARE has been working to teach open source methods to those already in the business world.

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JBoss Inc. released the latest version of its open-source, Java-based portal product. The new JBoss Portal 2.0 embraces the Java portlet API specification (JSR-168) and provides an extensible portal framework designed to integrate dynamic Web pages and applications within standardized reusable portlets.

I'm sorry to say that Debian's hosting of machines at Above.Net has come to an end...we are now actively soliciting hosting for these two machines

Analyzing firewall logs is key to understanding the threats your servers face. Knowing what the bad guys are looking for is the first step in assessing how vulnerable your servers are. Both open source and commercial firewalls make log information available to firewall administrator. But taking risk assessment a step further, what if there were a way to apply the principles that make open source software successful to firewall log analysis? A way to help yourself and others at the same time? The DShield project seeks to do just that.

In the ongoing brand war between the Linux and Microsoft marketing factions much of the true value of each of the platforms has become lost in pointless debate, argues James Ainslie.

The ROI of open-source software is a contentious issue. Several recent studies, conducted by Yankee Group, Jupiter Research, Forrester Research and others, have focused on the ROI of upgrading a Windows installation vs. switching to Linux and have concluded that it is less expensive to stick with Windows. But the reports miss a critical point: Switching from Windows to Linux is the worst-case ROI scenario. After all, the new platform requires training and perhaps hiring new personnel -- always expensive propositions -- vs. merely paying for licenses.

Iona Technologies announced that it is to sponsor an open source enterprise service bus (ESB) project called Celtix, hosted by the ObjectWeb Consortium, in a move likely to accelerate commoditization at the low end of the ESB market.

Welcome to this year's 25th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. Jordi Mallach reported that the GNOME team has completed all uploads needed to bring GNOME 2.10.1 into unstable. With the presence at this year's LinuxTag and the first sarge DVD after the release this will become a hectic week for European Debian people.

Kudos to Martin Ferretti, a stockbroker by day and web junkie by night, has rolled out a nice starter guide to the major and some minor Linux distributions. That not to mention that his site also broadly serves as a resource to many other tools available to web professionals.

GroundWork looks to make its systems-management tool easier to use and more competitive with big-ticket commercial IT-monitoring software.

Sun Microsystems is trying a new way to share its Java server software, launching a project called GlassFish that lets outsiders tinker with the project's source code but that stops well short of making it actual open-source software.

Novell's Mono open-source group will need to jump through Microsoft's IP hoops if it's to develop open versions of Avalon and Indigo.

A Chicago technology consulting firm that adopted the Mambo open source content management system for its own Web site infrastructure found it liked the software so much it began offering it to its clients.