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Testing has always been a critical part of IT and certainly has become a fundamental component of Linux adoption. One of the most critical core pieces of Linux testing got a significant upgrade this week, courtesy of the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), with version 3.0.1 of the Scalable Test Platform (STP).

We have been reporting on high performance file systems for the past few weeks, which quite naturally led us to look at Linux clustering files systems. In the last three weeks, we have gone over high performance Linux solutions from Cluster File Systems, HP and IBM. I expect to look at several other high performance file systems in the near future, but for now let's take a break from that and look at what is available for Linux users who don't want to deal with third-party providers.

Micro Focus has extended its 'Lift and Shift' legacy Cobol migration service, adding the option of migrating CICS-based mainframe Cobol applications to HP and IBM Unix and Linux servers.

There are all manner of white papers and architecture documents on the features and benefits of migrating from MySQL 3 to MySQL 4. However, sometimes the best example is to see it done on the front lines of the Web business. I recently had a chance to chat with Tyson Lowery, a developer and proprietor of the online fantasy baseball site SimDynasty.com, and learn about his experience in making the MySQL move, marketing the site, and his views on Java and PHP. This was not a task for the slight of heart, considering Lowery's Internet property receives 75,000 to 100,000 daily page views and includes a corral of 25,000 registered users.

You want to consider a Linux-based solution to a computing problem. Your manager says he or she doesn't want any Linux anywhere, period. The next move takes careful consideration. Executives invest more in pride and face than any Samurai, and you can't safely confront them head-on or contrad ict them directly. You can, however, still integrate Linux into your company. In fact, every large company almost assuredly has Linux installed so mewhere in the network already.

Linux users in German-speaking countries and the U.K. will have an opportunity to buy keyboards specially designed for the open source operating system in late September, when Cherry GmbH launches what the company claims is the world's first Linux keyboard.

Twenty percent of all computers used by the Brazilian ministries are running Linux and other open source software. In a few months this number should grow to 100 percent. Through its Digital Inclusion Program Brazil wishes to democratize the use of computers. Government telecenters are being created throughout Brazil.

Onward Novell Software (I) Pvt. Ltd. will host "Novell Linux Day" conference for business decision makers, business and IT managers, customers and partners at Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi on August 31, September 2 and September 3, respectively. Onward Novell Software is a JV company between Novell Inc. USA and Onward Network Technologies Ltd. on a 50:50 basis.

When he accepted a request to speak at OSCON last month, University of California Davis student and Open Vote Foundation founder Scott Ritchie did not know he would be talking about how the open source election software he wanted to bring to the United States was being abandoned for a more proprietary approach.

Acer has launched two new desktop offerings, the Acer Power S200 and Acer Power S100 to cater to the requirements of the SME and SOHO segment.

Tyler McGraw, a database administrator at Bowater Inc., a paper maker in Greeneville, S.C., is finished making excuses for being an Ingres DBA. McGraw, who is also works sometimes as an Oracle DBA, said he has often had trouble keeping up in conversations with other IT professionals at industry trade shows and conventions. Now, though, Computer Associates International Inc.'s decision to turn Ingres over to the open source community, and compete directly with MySQL has changed all that.

The only reason most companies buy Microsoft Office is because they've convinced themselves that they can't live without it. More should try that—and in the process, force Microsoft to do a better job of earning its money.

As Canadian banks cautiously evaluate Linux, several counterparts in Europe are forging ahead with projects that embrace the open-source operating system.

IBM has announced a new Eclipse development package for Linux. This is based on the most recent Eclipse software developers kit from Eclipse.org and the latest IBM Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Linux. IBM says this will make it easier to test and deploy Java applications on the Linux platform.

IBM on Thursday announced the release of a new Eclipse development package for the Linux platform.

The KDE Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of KDE 3.3, the fourth major release of the award-winning KDE3 desktop platform. Over the past six months, hundreds of applications and desktop components have been enhanced by a community of developers, with a particular focus on integration of components.

Red Hat and Black Duck Software, a provider of services to manage software intellectual property, are teaming up to help companies protect for Linux and open source software developments.