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The open source movement could have a damaging impact on software innovation, according to a prominent market analyst. Bob Hayward, senior vice president and chief research officer, Gartner Research Asia-Pacific, told ZDNet Asia that software developers could be discouraged from creating new software because of the multitude of open source software available for free. This is further driven by major vendors that are making their software available as open source.

Linux distributor is falling behind rivals in releasing security updates, due to server configuration problems and manpower shortages Debian is facing difficulties getting timely security updates to users of its Linux distribution due to lack of manpower and software problems.

The open source movement has undoubtedly encouraged the proliferation of free software in the market. But the trend could have a damaging impact on software innovation, says a prominent market analyst.

Developers using Microsoft's popular Visual Studio .Net software engineering suite were today offered a plug-in that allows them to code web applications for Linux. Referred to as Grasshopper, the freely available Visual MainWin for J2EE Developer Edition is designed to link Visual Studio development to Linux and J2EE server deployments. Grasshopper was designed by Mainsoft and is claimed to be the first Visual Studio-based IDE for Linux.

Open source software was not popular with the IT leaders surveyed by CIOConnect. Despite publicity about lower licensing costs and improved reliability, less than 10% thought the technology was of significant benefit.

Open-source Java would also allow developers to easily build new applications on top of the open code, and could further foster the adoption of Java in developing economies that have a propensity towards open source.

Despite the enthusiasm of many open source backers, successful rollouts of the technology aren't automatic. While a recent Forrester Research report found that roughly 40% of the 100 U.S. companies surveyed had no disappointments, that still leaves 6 out of 10 perhaps wishing they had done things differently. How can you better your chances of success? Read on to learn what open source users and industry watchers advise.

Linux clusters are emerging as a popular choice for high-performance, low-cost data warehousing solutions.

News last week that Sun Microsystems Inc is planning to launch an open source Java Enterprise Service Bus this summer received a mixed reaction from the recently-announced "rival" open source ESB project Celtix, which is hosted by the open source ObjectWeb Consortium and sponsored by Iona Technologies Inc.

We end users are happy with the way the open source movement is progressing. With Linux now a stable operating system worthy of mainstream deployments, we've begun looking up the stack to see where else open source can fit in our data centers.

HealthAlliance, the consortium of DHBs including Waitemata Health and Counties Manukau, is looking at running its own open-source desktop project. It would run in parallel with an initiative led by Good Health Wanganui, whose plan is temporarily stalled.

Welcome to this year's 27th issue of DistroWatch Weekly and happy Independence Day to all our visitors from the United States! Last week's release of SUSE LINUX 9.3 ISO images provided much excitement during the otherwise dull week and many users are now discovering the joys of computing with one of the oldest and best-known Linux operating systems around. In the meantime, the Debian Project ended up with a tarnished reputation for being unable to provide timely security updates for sarge - will this fiasco bring radical changes to the project's security infrastructure? Also in this issue: comment on the recent merger of Mandriva and Lycoris, and an interesting change in the release policy of Fedora Core. Happy reading!

There are compelling reasons for Windows users to switch to (or at least evaluate) Linux, but when you know no other world than Windows or don’t want to even think about partitioning your precious hard drive, it can be one heck of a leap of faith!

Artesyn and Wind River will work together to develop Carrier Grade Linux and VxWorks™ board support packages (BSP) for Artesyn’s telecom blades, beginning with the PowerPC® processor-based KatanaQp AdvancedTCA blade. Wind River will provide validation services for the new BSPs. Both companies will work together to market the new products.

The UK government's school computing agency, Becta, has said schools could save costs by switching to what is known as open source software. In open source software (OSS), the underlying computer code is freely available so users can alter it and publish new versions, to benefit the community.

Red Hat, a leading provider of the Linux-based operating system, continues to see increasing acceptance of the open source technology. While the Microsoft faithful may be yawning at the latest results from its competitor, they nonetheless would have to grudgingly admit that the first quarter showed impressive growth.

Partnerships between the government and Microsoft announced on Thursday upon the visit of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates are worrying the open source community which wants to promote alternative open standard software.

Linux versus Windows isn't just servers and desktops anymore. Smart devices are showing up all over the place, and the embedded arena features fighting just as intense. This Smack-Down aims to sort it out once and for all, and find out which embedded OS is best.

Jonathan Schwartz's claim that the best thing about free and open source software is the price has raised hackles

Company announces new step in its plan to remake most of its mobile phone line with the open-source OS.