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Openwave Systems has launched a personalised content delivery system for mobile operators, which can use Ajax open source development technology.

February 16, 2007 (Computerworld) -- NEW YORK -- Still looking for ideas about bringing some Linux and other open-source applications to your company? Here at this week's LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit, experts have been advising attendees on what to look for and how to evaluate choices, and offering their real-world experiences with deploying open-source software inside their own operations.

IBM has partnered with AMD and Novell to create an integrated Linux offering built around its next generation Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) data server, code-named "Cheetah". IBM also said that Cheetah has now entered an open beta testing for customers and business partners.

Whether we like it or not, geoengineering—what I’ve taken to calling “(re)terraforming the Earth”—is on the table as a strategy for dealing with onrushing climate disaster. This isn’t because it’s a particularly good idea; as far as we can now tell, the potential negative impacts of geoengineering projects may significantly outweigh any benefits. The reason why (re)terraforming is now the subject of so much attention is that, if it could be made to work, it would be a climate change remediation method, not just a climate change moderation method.

February 16, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- Red Hat Inc. has scheduled a March release for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5), the latest version of its open-source operating system, while it tries to fend off new competitive threats from Oracle Corp. and the Microsoft Corp.-Novell Inc. partnership.

Red Hat has appointed Sandeep Sehgal as national manager to head the government vertical for Red Hat India. The government vertical has recently been a key focus area for Red Hat across the world. Sehgal has been appointed to continue the focus in this space and will be responsible for identifying opportunities with the government where computing can be optimized by the use of Linux.

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) package format and utilities are the backbone of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Fedora Core, SUSE, and Mandriva Linux distributions, a host of smaller distros, and the Linux Standard Base. For years, the RPM utilities and specification were maintained by Red Hat. That changed in 2006 when, following a lengthy period of uncertainty, the company relaunched rpm.org as an independent hub for RPM development.

Frisco, Texas - (The Hosting News) - February 16, 2007 - Self-managed, dedicated server platforms and services firm, Layered Technologies, Inc. (LT), has been deployed by SaaS Provider, SolidPHP, for dedicated server and hardware infrastructures.

NEW YORK -- When the the third draft of the General Public License (define) comes out, look for language that addresses the recent Microsoft-Novell patent deal.

Was the Novell/Microsoft deal a worthwhile well-meaning effort between renegade open-source geeks at Microsoft and geeks at Novell that got derailed by salespeople and management, after which it was turned into a nightmare deal with the devil? I raise this question because I know someone with ties to people at both Microsoft and Novell. He has a credible story to tell about what really happened, and how much it differs from what we now know about the Novell/Microsoft deal. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get him to write up the history - yet. While I continue to pester him, here's the short version, third hand.

[Actually, it sounds like what happens all too often in the everyday, rough-and-tumble business world. - dcparris]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has recertified the OpenSSL open source encryption module. OpenSSL once again is compliant with Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 Level 1 standard, according to the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) of Hattiesburg, Miss.

In an interview with Darl McBride, SCO's CEO, McBride tells the editor of Groklaw: "If you read this, please, give me a call. We just want to chat." (Linux-Watch)

Vyatta, one of the most well-known open-source routing companies, is to split its product development process.

Red Hat has announced it has joined the Interoperability Vendor Alliance, an organisation created originally by Microsoft to improve interoperability with non-Microsoft products (is interoperability between Microsoft products ever a problem?) JBoss, now a division of Red Hat, originally partnered with Microsoft back in 2005 and one of the areas of effort was around interoperability. Therefore, this move by Red Hat can be seen as a logical extension of that effort.

[Hmmm... Have you ever tried opening Word documents using different versions of MS Word? So much for inra-MS interoperability! - dcparris]

FIC has announced an on-sale date for its Neo1973, expected to be the first low-cost, high-volume phone with a user-modifiable Linux-based operating system. Additionally, the OpenMoko project building open-source software for the phone has published a wealth of technical resources.

IBM has released its new Open Client Solution for business, a package of office software applications that supports several operating systems, including Linux and Windows. In particular, the Linux business desktop runs on both Red Hat's Enterprise Linux Workstation and Novell's SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop).

The BBC has a long and glorious past as a technological innovator. Throughout the history of broadcasting, it has often been the first to develop and promote new technologies. Sadly, it seems now to be teetering on the brink of making technical choices that will not only damage its own reputation as a world-class institution, but which will also have serious knock-on consequences for free software.

Chief maintainer Andreas Jaeger announced today that development of the next version of openSUSE Linux is officially under way, with the release of the first public alpha. OpenSUSE 10.3 boasts a 2.6.20 kernel, a choice of GNOME or KDE desktops, and its usual full-bodied application set.

Sun has assembled a new program stack to give users access to some of the most popular open source applications. Sun's enhancement primes the existing applications to run optimized on Sun's Unix-based Solaris platform. Apache, MySQL and Perl already are well established on the Linux platform.

Members of OASIS, the international standards consortium, this week approved version 1.1 of the Open Document Format (ODF) for Office Applications (OpenDocument) as an OASIS Standard. A key enhancement in OpenDocument 1.1 is support for users who have low or no vision, or who suffer from cognitive impairments.

[Excellent! Instead of beating Curtis Chong over the head, we've won him over. Now, if we could just do the same with that Ballmer guy. - dcparris]