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Oracle will finish switching its 9,000-person in-house programming staff to Linux by the end of 2004, the database powerhouse said Wednesday.

The company is exploring the idea of eschewing the GPL for unique licenses and customers wonder Sun's commitment to open-source licensing.

here is a press-release about the new HP441, a new concept of computer which comes pre-loaded with Mandrakelinux. This computer can be used by 4 users at the same time, thus reducing the total cost of ownership by a significant factor.

The Onebase Linux Project has announced the latest versions of their Linux software. Onebase is a community-driven free and open source distribution and project with the goal to provide an easy-to-use, flexible and powerful operating environment, according to the project creator P.B.Prabhuram.

This article describes some of my annoyances in computing. Of course, nothing is perfect, but that doesn't mean we are not allowed to complain and scream and throw our keyboards at our monitors when yet another irritation pops up.

Niku Corp. has placed the future of its decade-old Workbench project-scheduling software in the hands of the open-source community. The move is expected to cut the resources Niku must devote to developing and maintaining Workbench and provide Workbench customers with the ability to make enhancements to the software on an as-needed basis.

Days after published reports circulated that the city of Paris was mulling an across-the-board migration from Windows and other Microsoft technology to open source, it appears a French government agency has taken the plunge.

The latest news to emerge in the Linux v Windows battle is that Microsoft has cut its prices (rumour suggests by more than half) in an effort to dissuade the city of Paris from moving to Linux on the desktop. Paris is in upgrade mode and intends to spend nearly $200 million with IT suppliers in the next three years, a significant proportion of which could go to Microsoft.

Another government department has embraced open-source software, this time as a replacement for 1,500 Windows NT servers from Microsoft A French government department is replacing its legacy Microsoft NT servers with an open-source product from Mandrakesoft.

There are significant objections to overcome before open-source software can be broadly adopted across enterprises. These issues aren't insurmountable, but they need to be adequately addressed before open-source can go head to head with the major proprietary software vendors. Objections center around the following areas:

Could Microsoft be behind a smear campaign aimed at Linux? If not Microsoft, then who? Let's look at the continued attacks against Linux. The media is peppered with them. When one starts to die down, another one crops up. While every single one of these assertions is laughable, the never-ending barrage of anti-Linux propaganda has got to take its toll on potential users. Here are a few of the accusations you might find in articles planted here and there in the media.

Judging by some of today's headlines, it's tempting to think no Internet browser is safe. Mozilla, which offers a product suite that includes the Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird email program, reported a security flaw yesterday, although within 24 hours, it had issued a patch to plug the hole. Bear in mind, no attack was launched; expecting any browser to lack security holes may be too much to ask.

Access has revised its Java virtual machine (JVM), adding support for several current Java standards. "JV-Lite 2 CE Edition" runs on Linux and other embedded OSes, and targets PDAs, smartphones, set-top boxes, game consoles, and telematics applications. It appears in Casio's Casiopea DT-5100 handy terminal.

After successful beta testing, MicroWorld Software Services Pvt. Ltd., a leading researcher and developer of Internet communication and security software, has announced the launch of its high-end security solution 'MailScan for Linux'. MailScan for Linux will ensure that users of Linux do not fall prey to the malicious threats of the Internet.

A small, regional airline is using Linux to help reshape itself into a new national low-fare air carrier. The new airline, Independence Air, had operated since 1989 as Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings Inc., a regional carrier that flew short connecting flights in partnership with United Air Lines Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. But after Chicago-based United's bankruptcy filing in December 2002, Atlantic Coast Airlines decided to set out on its own.

Linux is in and an aging version of Microsoft's enterprise Windows operating system is out after the French Ministry of Equipment decided to replace 1,500 Windows NT servers with Mandrakelinux Corporate servers. Mandrakesoft officials say the French government is committed to "promote technologies based on open standards, to open public markets to more competition and also to reduce IT costs."

In muted tones, Microsoft’s chairman warned governments and companies that open source software is not the way to go if they are in the business of creating jobs and intellectual property.

The browser war was almost dead when the spunks at Mozilla hotted it up again with simply better browsers. But a simply better way of getting news, Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, promises a new challenge to the browser, and perhaps even the telly.

As more companies and government departments deploy Linux-based servers and desktops, the market for specialist support services is beginning to hot up, according to IDC. Business services supporting Linux and open-source applications are no longer a niche market, according to a report published by IDC on Thursday.

There are a lot of different persistent options in Knoppix, so many I can't really fit them here, but if you want to get a head start on this whole "ubiquitous computing" thing, I recommend grabbing a usb key and giving Knoppix a look.