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It's open-source software, a wide spectrum of programs developed not under the lock and key of a single company but by the communal efforts of volunteers who often start with little more than common interests and e-mail discussion groups. Now, the software once branded the byproduct of dreamers, academics and hobbyists is the foundation of the Internet economy. It's forcing established companies to rethink their business models. And it's giving Microsoft Corp. and other entrenched entities a run for their money.

Database powerhouse Oracle has certified its software to work on Asianux, a version of Linux made by Japan's Miracle Linux and China's Red Flag Software. The move means customers will be able to receive support from Oracle or the Linux companies for the Oracle 10g database and related software.

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While virtually all computer graphics professionals use Adobe Photoshop to do their artistic work, Photoshop is a pricey and proprietary application. If you're looking to do graphics design on a budget, or perhaps want a software package that is less resource-intensive than Photoshop, check out open source alternatives -- the GIMP, SodiPodi, and Inkscape.

: Computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co (HP) will roll out its low-cost Linux-based HP Multi-user 441 Desktop computer in South-East Asia, including Malaysia, within nine months.

Chinese government-owned telecom equipment manufacturer Datang has selected Linux as the embedded operating system for a mobile handset designed to work with Datang's TD-SCDMA network equipment, expected to power 3G (third-generation) networks in China by 2005. The TD-SCDMA standard, the world's third 3G technology, may also see use in Europe and elsewhere.

Richard Stallman is the founder of the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation. Builder AU recently caught up with RMS about his achievements, the Free Software movement and his concerns with the US-Australian Free Trade Agreement. He will be in Australia on October 5 to speak at the Builder Conference in Sydney.

The open-source movement is quickly gaining ground and replacing proprietary technology - if you believe the hype. As with anything that excites the market, vendors are not slow to jump on the bandwagon, although their commitment is sometimes less than total and their offerings often owe more to PowerPoint than time spent on R&D.

Oracle is backing an Asian variant of the open-source Linux operating system, as tech companies get ready for a software boom in the region.

PostgreSQL is a database-users' database, CEO Davidson says. It just has to address the publicity gap it faces with MySQL. MySQL may be winning the popularity contest for open-source databases right now, but PostgreSQL backers claim their database has more going for it.

IBM will supply universities with free software and deeply discounted hardware, hoping to lure students away from Microsoft's popular Windows-based development software.

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Computing leviathan IBM is to offer free access to its software to US universities, the Wall St Journal reports today. The newspaper said that universities in the USA often teach the students to program for Microsoft platforms, but that could be restricting. So IBM will help universities by giving access to both its software and to developing courses aimed at teaching about operating systems such as Linux, languages like Java and database products such as DB2.

Lindows, which makes Linux-based operating system software for desktop and laptop computers, said Monday, July 19, it would seek to raise more than $48 million in a planned initial public offering. It plans to sell 4.4 million shares at $9 to $11 a piece, according to a new regulatory filing.

So, you've set up parental filtering, only to discover that an overachieving teenager has Googled a way around it. You've just been the victim of a local intrusion. Preventing such an occurrence on GNU/Linux requires a little knowledge and even less work. Here's how.

Asian demand for enterprise servers running the Linux operating system, already strong, will get a further boost from the development of Asianux, a version of Linux that has been developed as a standardized distribution for enterprise customers in Asia, according to a top executive at Oracle Corp.

Welcome to this year's 28th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. The University of Zaragoza in Spain plans to distribute 50,000 copies of their distribution which is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilises the GNOME desktop. NewsForge took a look at the upcoming release of Linux Standard Base 2.0.

Despite the settlement with Lindows, the crack in Microsoft's trademark remains. "They're going to have this problem no matter who they assert their trademark against," said Daniel Harris, the lead attorney for Lindows during the lawsuit. Certainly, the Lindows case has established a framework that another entity might use were it sued by Microsoft for "Windows" trademark infringement.