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Microsoft works to make one copy of Windows look like many, while the Linux equivalent gains ground.

Microsoft released a patch yesterday which fixes 10 - count 'em - flaws in Internet Explorer.

Even though the conference is drawing near, speakers are still being sought for LinuxTag, Germany's Linux Expo and Conference since 1996, scheduled for May 3-6, 2006, in the Rhein-Main-Hallen, Wiesbaden. The conference is presented in cooperation with the German Unix Users Group (GUUG).

A few weeks ago the Debian Python Modules Team has been created to collaboratively maintain packages of Python modules.

(Salt Lake Tribune, The (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr. 13--The SCO Group wants the world to know it is more than just that little Utah software company suing IBM for allegedly copying UNIX code into the freely distributed Linux operating system.

Programmers work with VMware for a general virtualization interface; Xen no longer the incumbent.

TimeSys Corp is extending its free, interactive, educational webinar series to cover specific technical topics of interest in the embedded Linux market.

"The NetBeans Enterprise Pack represents a significant step in Sun's renewed commitment to developers by sharing technology, cultivating community, and investing in open source," said Jeff Jackson (pictured), senior vice president of Java, Enterprise, and Developer Software at Sun, as plans were announced to open-source major elements of Sun's Java Studio Enterprise IDE.

Is Linux ready for all home computer users? Linux is best installed only if you have some nontrivial computer or programming experience, or if you have a generous neighbor or relative who does.

Thanks to portable applications that can be stored on USB Flash drives, you can now make any PC your own. TAN KIT HOONG shows you how.

Everyone knows Wikipedia, the community-driven online encyclopedia. Now developers, including a group from Ghana, have developed a barcoding system that links real world objects to their relevant online Wikipedia entries. Point your cellphone and be enlightened.

Twelve years ago, Andreas Girardet, a Masters graduate in philosophy and logic from Berlin University caught the twin internet and Linux bugs. Today Girardet, whose official title at Suse Linux vendor Novell is Linux Evangelist, says logic dictates that Microsoft will not be able to withstand the onslaught of Linux.

Interesting Read! The former Yoper founder expounds on why Microsoft can't win against FOSS. - dcparris

Sekou Diakite has released an alpha version of a KDE Look and Feel for Java. This is an interesting step forward in Linux/Unix desktop integration since Java applications can now use the KDE/Qt libraries for drawing Java widgets and even directly use existing KDE widgets such as the file or color choosers. See the webpage for further details of this accomplishment including future plans and, of course, screenshots.

Reusable software certification smoothes the path to safety-critical embedded systems, writes Joe Wlad from LynuxWorks

Things have certainly been hopping in the open-source world lately. Last week Microsoft announced that Windows will be able to host Linux applications by means of its virtual server software, then followed up with a new site devoted to explaining its Linux moves to its customers.

Xandros Server, Utilizing BRU(TM) and Other Leadership Tools, Delivers a Long Sought-After Linux Alternative to the Windows(TM) Lock on the SMB Space

I once thought that technical writers would be one of the next groups to adopt free and open source software (FOSS). I reasoned that they were advanced computer users, and might absorb an interest through their daily interactions with developers. However, after discussing FOSS on the Techwr-l mailing list a few months ago, I realized I was wrong. A handful are using FOSS professionally, and a few were inspired by the discussion to try it. Yet most showed only mild interest. Some echoed myths that everyone in the FOSS community has heard before about lack of support or quality. The majority, though, showed a mixture of pragmatism, a clinging to the familiar, and a double-standard that, taken together shows just how large a gap still separates the FOSS community from many of those it might immediately benefit.

Sales of second-hand Microsoft software licences have doubled month-on-month since the market was opened in November 2005, according to the Staffordshire start-up that spotted the opportunity in Microsoft's small print and Britain's insolvency laws.

The father of Java will be in South Africa for Sun Tech Days on 3 to 4 March. Tectonic's Jason Norwood-Young catches up with James Gosling to chat about Java, open source, and why he has no time for safaris and Johnny Clegg.

The longer SCO's case against IBM and Linux drags out, the more it appears that there's nothing there at all.