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With more than 200,000 downloads in just over a year, the Zend Framework for writing Web applications in PHP has emerged as an enterprise challenger to Java and .NET.

Company plans to ship its next major version of the operating system on February 28, two months after its earlier deadline.

Companies such as Deutsche Bank AG, Credit Suisse and AIG Technologies have been taking advantage of Microsoft's recent agreement with Novell.

[Aren't these the same companies that have been taking advantage for a couple months now? Is this really news? - dcparris]

Suggestion: First, I've mailed the WAS CE product team asking for a short developerWorks article to address this configuration question. In the interim, you should know:

Medsphere's open-source efforts has become mired in a lawsuit over the issue of whether the company's founders had the right to release some of its code under the GPL.

Opinion: Fresh from his positive experience of installing Sarge on an old home server, the editor of DesktopLinux.com attempts to install an Etch desktop on an old Thinkpad. How does it turn out? Surprisingly well!

BaseTen is a new, open-source Cocoa database framework for working with PostgreSQL databases. BaseTen has been designed with familiar, Core Data-like semantics and application program interfaces. To get the word out about the development environment, and to build a library of applications that show off its capabilities, BaseTen is running a competition for the coolest OSS app for its framework.

Latest version endows virtual machines with a graphical interface, an essential feature for personal computers.

"Relax. I believe Microsoft has no intention of enforcing this patent against anyone," says Microsoft executive Don Dodge

[Sounds like a 'dodge' to me. Microsoft consistently threatens lawsuits pertaining to their patents - and they want us to believe this? - dcparris]

Microsoft has two years in which to convince Amsterdam city authorities that it can offer better value for money on the desktop than open source alternatives.

LXer Feature: 28-Dec-2006

Peking University recently released a program to convert office documents between OpenDocument Format and the Specification for the Chinese office file format based on XML (UOF for short).

Moving from Windows to Linux may not be the quick fix that some envision, according to Bob O'Dell, president and CEO of SecurityCoverage. Linux proponents "have been living in a bubble, but that bubble could burst if the hacking world decides to go after them with the ferocity they've used in attacking Microsoft," he warned.

This tutorial is about wardriving using GPS. It explains how to install Garmin Etrex on Ubuntu and how to configure it. It also shows how to use Garmin with GPSDrive and how to convert the data to an xml file which can be imported by Google Earth.

Following the trend of open source adaptation in major cities worldwide, one of the major Korean cities, Gwangju Metropolitan City, successfully jumped onto the open source transition, receiving spotlight from related industry.

This year in IT has been anything but dull as industry titans Bill Gates and Scott McNealy prepared to exit stage right, long-time bitter foes Novell and Microsoft cuddled up and Hewlett-Packard saw a spying scandal shred its reputation. There was plenty of commentary to accompany all that activity, so let's check out some of the most quote-worthy artefacts from PC Advisor stories.

The FCC just approved Motorola’s new Linux-based A910 cellphone for GSM networks (Cingular, T-Mobile, etc). The A910 comes with GPRS and UMA for connecting over WLAN networks, a Linux-Java based platform, 1.3-megapixel camera with external display, video capability, streaming video, MP3 player, a microSD expansion slot, Bluetooth, and more.

DBAs take great pride in providing reliable database services to their organizations. It comes as no surprise they are very stressed when the database is blamed for performance issues or application outages. This article shows you how to provide a real-time graph of database status to reduce false accusations, identify problems for rapid resolution, and avoiding the political blame game.

Get an overview of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol- (LDAP) related enhancements in the AIX 5L operating system V5.3 TL5 update. This lets clients configure and manage multiple systems with a single set of user identity configuration information, and it simplifies system administration.

Opinion: So, that's why people are saying nice things about Vista.

France-based Mandriva Linux and a local partner, Datacomms-Genesys, on Dec. 21 established a subsidiary company -- Mandriva Mexico -- to market its desktop and server operating systems in the Central American country. The office will be located at Datacomms-Genesys' complex in Mexico City.