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Earlier this week Microsoft's Nigerian representatives said that Africans lack the "expertise" to use open source software and that the cost of software was not an issue on the continent. Alastair Otter takes issue and explains why he would be prepared to pay for software that is truly free.

Ian Charlesworth writes: "BEA used the Czech Republic leg of its grand BEAWorld tour to publicly announce its plans for "blended BEA WebLogic management and deployment technologies". In practical terms this means that the vendor will offer customers the ability to manage and control popular open-source software products using BEA WebLogic Server."

Editor's Note: BEA should consider changing to an open-source license.

In this two-part series I shall offer sage advice for women interested in becoming more involved with FOSS (part 1) and lists of excellent online communities and resources aimed at women in computing (part 2).

EMS Software Development has announced the new major version of EMS SQL Query 2005, the utility for building SQL queries for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Interbase/Firebird and DB2 databases. EMS SQL Query 2005 lets you quickly and simply build SQL queries to several databases. Visual building as well as direct editing of a query text is available.

Macromedia is to acquire Mobile Innovation, a privately-held design and integration house in the UK with around 50 staff, for an undisclosed sum.

The size of the round reflects SugarCRM's status as the most successful open source enterprise application in the industry

Best-selling author Steve Johnson did, and said business people can learn something from the ant's organizational skills.

Johnson delivered the keynote address at the "ExecUtech" breakfast series presented by the Tech Valley Executives Council of the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Several online stores are accepting pre-orders for an inexpensive handheld Linux gaming device expected to ship Nov. 30. The Gamepark Holdings GP2X-F100 features dual ARM9 processors, USB 2.0, a 3.5-inch color LCD, support for both native and emulated games, and a Linux SDK (software development kit).

The first step toward planning and designing an IP telephony solution is assessing the capabilities and limitations of the existing data network. Understanding the current infrastructure and the traffic running on it can help frame important future decisions.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The CE Linux Forum (CELF), a technology forum dedicated to advancing the use of the Linux operating system in consumer electronics products, has contracted Matt Mackall of Selenic Consulting as its first in-house developer.

Chief executive Steve Ballmer has outlined how Microsoft Corp plans to lure customers away from Linux and pledged to provide IT execs with more frequent products and upgrades from the company in the future.

Almost every week, there is a news report of a company somewhere which has suffered a customer data leak. Network security is no longer a luxury, it is an absolute essential and more companies are starting to realize this.

In Japan, one company that has carved out a niche for itself is Sanwa Comtec KK, established in 1991 by entrepreneur Shinichiro Kakizawa. Sanwa Comtec is an IT company that provides system solutions based on the most advanced IT technologies. The Sanwa Comtec group includes AS Magazine KK, iTrend KK, Electran Corp USA, EXCEL Computing LLC, USA, Extracom KK and Alexander Capital Access KK.

An interview with Anthony Scotney, CTO of WebRenderer's development company, JadeLiquid Software

In John H. Terpstra's October 18 column, Stopping Linux desktop adoption sabotage, he described the difficulties encountered when two people tried to buy and use Linux desktops. His story struck a chord. In responses to that article, many readers shared their similar depressing experiences with Linux desktop adoption. On the other hand, readers also said there's no profit motivation for retailers to sell or peripheral manufacturers to support a niche market like Linux.

In this installment of Terpstra's response to readers' feedback on his article, Terpstra describes the roadblocks he's encountered when using Linux and digs deeper into the lack of products and services supporting Linux.

The simplicity of scripting language PHP means it will be more popular than Java for building Web-based applications, Internet browser pioneer Marc Andreessen predicted Wednesday in a speech here at the Zend/PHP Conference.

roseman wrote in to tell us that vnunet.com has an interview with Tristan Nitot, President of Mozilla Europe. Several areas are covered in the discussion, including competition from other browser vendors and what's coming up in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.

LG Electronics' set-top boxes, which feature DirecTV's program guide, offer advanced security and protected digital outputs (HDMI/HDCP) with simultaneous component and composite output. The devices also utilize a general-purpose Linux operating system and USB port, the company said.

The http://www.linux-wlan.org site provides driver software and Linux compatibility information for a number of USB and PC Card wireless network devices.

One of the best places to start searching for drivers for a particular USB device is the Linux Wireless LAN HowTo document. While some of the information may be a bit dated, you can find information on Linux wireless drivers ranging from pre-802.11 standards up through more recent 802.11g and 802.11a devices.

The solution, called the Digital Foundation, features IBM Total Storage SAN File System technology and Linux and will allow a show producer or host to use a PC and quickly search through a detailed catalog of game plays. Producers can then review that footage in real time, send it on to editors and generate content collections to be accessed and viewed by different producers and hosts simultaneously.

Albert Einstein defined success as 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. Although he had no inkling about the emergence of Linux Clusters for High Performance Computing (HPC), his words ring true for designing, building, and managing compute clusters.