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A prediction that both IBM DB2 and Oracle databases would head toward open source in some way by the end of the year got a little more interesting as Big Blue announced a partnership with the Apache Software Foundation to release its Cloudscape Java-based database to the community, which is turning the database into an open source project called Derby.

the Wintel trade press is waiting to get their slice of the desktop Linux vendors' marketing dollars before they'll connect the dots and recognize the value of thin clients.

A look at the movement to convert Indian's voter lists to Unicode.

A new issue of the series "Application of the Month" has been released. It covers Konversation and interviews its maintainer Dario Abatianni. Konversation is a user friendly IRC client for KDE. You can read it in Dutch, English and German.

SAN FRANCISCO--A test version of UserLinux, a product intended to give corporate customers the utility of Red Hat Linux but not its price tag, is set for release at the start of September.

LINUXWORLD -- Even though LinuxWorld Expo (LWE) has morphed from hacker/swag heaven to dealmakers' paradise over the last few years, there is still a dot.org pavilion in the back of the exhibit hall where you'll find the non-profit groups that are the true heart of all this. Today we take you to several of those humble booths.

SAN FRANCISCO--Thin is in again, at least for a spell, as hardware makers use Linux to sell companies on the idea of forsaking full-fledged PCs in favor of stripped-down "thin clients."

Two weeks back was the Linux Kernel Developers Summit.The Kernel Summit is a two day, developer-to-developer, invite-only conferencewhere the kernel hackers sit down and talk about our feelings. It is not,unfortunately, a hack fest. Instead, the big arguments too heated or otherwiseinvolved for the mailing lists are discussed. An attempt is made to reachconsensus on the future direction of the kernel. A cabal at its best.

The French internal revenue service announced on Thursday that it has chosen JBoss's open-source application server to run the next version of its tax applications.

Six vulnerabilities in an open-source image format could allow intruders to compromise computers running Linux and may allow attacks against Windows PCs.

Overall, the Fedora II distribution provides ease of use and a user-friendly, automated install process. We give it four and one-half stars!

SAN FRANCISCO--Intel has convinced two Linux companies to give a fair shake to a crucial programming tool called a compiler, a significant step given the historic preference for an open-source alternative called GCC.