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Information Builders pushes Linux on IBM mid-range
Information Builders Inc has strengthened its ties to IBM Corp's mid-range server platforms through an expanded alliance program for resellers aimed at bringing enterprise business intelligence onto Linux platforms
Bloated Exchange 12 Begs For The Atkins Diet
Reviews of Microsoft's porky new Exchange 12 uniformly miss a key point. More processes make slower and buggier mail servers.
Linux News Responds to Washington Technology on OpenDocument
LXer Feature LXer editor, Don Parris, responds to a confusing and misleading Washington Technology article focused on OpenDocument.
DiggablePostx Receives Three Nods for SC Magazine 2006 Awards
CUPERTINO, Calif., Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- PostX, the leader in the delivery of encrypted email communications for businesses and consumers, today announced that SC Magazine and its readers have nominated the PostX Messaging Application Platform (MAP) as a finalist for Best Email Security Solution and Best Email Encryption in this year's Reader's Trust Awards in addition to Best Security Solution for Health Care in the Excellence Awards. Finalists will be selected in each product category based on SC Magazine judge's deliberations, reader votes and vote validation exercises.
Estonian elections illustrate limitations of Internet voting
Estonia's latest local elections, held online nationwide, included the use of open source software in electronic voting. However, experts caution that the use of Linux on Web servers does not equate to publicly viewable voting code, and the system's reliance on the Internet raises red flags.
Comment of the Day - November 23, 2005 - The Sky is not Falling
jayrfink writes: Things are not as bad as you might think.
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Linux News: Does Microsoft's Monopoly Power Extend to Government and Media?"
Related to:
Linux News: Does Microsoft's Monopoly Power Extend to Government and Media?"
The Biggest Threat to Microsoft Might Not Be Those G-men at All, but Apple
Here's where I go out on a limb, but I think Microsoft's clearest threat still comes from Apple, though not the way most people expect. Yes, Apple is about to take Microsoft to the woodshed when it comes to Internet movie distribution. Yes, Apple already super-dominates the music player market where Microsoft doesn't even really exist. But the real jewel is one Microsoft has to lose, not gain -- the PC platform, itself.
ThinkFree's Newest Microsoft-Compatible Office Suite Now Available for Linspire Desktop Linux
ThinkFree's Newest Microsoft-Compatible Office Suite Now Available for Linspire Desktop Linux.
ThinkFree Office 3 Offers Linux Users Cross-Platform Productivity Tools for Home and Business
ThinkFree Office 3 Offers Linux Users Cross-Platform Productivity Tools for Home and Business
Open source gains momentum
Experts claim adoption is not a matter of if, but when When Red Hat Inc.'s Tom Rabon was in Malaysia recently, talking with government officials about open-source technology, he was surprised by one of the first questions he was asked by the media there: What's going on with Massachusetts' state government's decision to adopt the OpenDocument format?
[Ed: This article is more about OpenDocument than about Open Source. And call me crazy, but it seems pretty lopsided in its presentation of the issues. - dcparris]
[Ed: This article is more about OpenDocument than about Open Source. And call me crazy, but it seems pretty lopsided in its presentation of the issues. - dcparris]
Writely warms to OpenDocument
The company behind Web-based word processor Writely announced on Monday that it will handle documents saved in the OpenDocument format.
Firefox plans mass marketing drive
The Mozilla Corporation is gearing up to launch a large-scale marketing drive when Firefox 1.5 is released. Christopher Beard, the vice-president of products at Mozilla Corporation, told ZDNet UK on Monday that there is a "strong likelihood" that Firefox 1.5, the next major version of the open source browser, will be released on 29 November.
Firefox RC3 and other news
Mozilla released Firefox Release Candidate 3, a final step on the path to the release of Firefox 1.5 around November 29th. Along with the RC3 release, some other news is surfacing regarding the up-and-coming Open Source browser.
Ufficio Zero 0.6 Screenshot Tour
DistroWatch reports - Ufficio Zero is an Italian Linux distribution optimised for use in office environments. Version 0.6 is a brand new release - now based on Ubuntu instead of Arch Linux which was used as the base for all previous versions. Other changes included the following: added simple scripts for downloading and installing non-distributable software, e.g. media codecs, Flash player, Java; included a graphical network configuration dialog; added scanner support; automatic hardware detection and configuration.
OSDir has some nice shots of Ufficio Zero 0.6.
From the Outside Looking In: Analysts, Developers on Microsoft, Open Standards
News Analysis: Analysts and developers speak out about Microsoft's recent Office open standard announcement.
rPath Linux 0.99.0 Screenshot Tour
DistroWatch reports - rPath Linux is shifting closer towards its first stable release: rPath Linux 0.99.0 (Beta) available. rPath Linux 0.99.0 is a lot like rPath Linux 0.70, only with fewer bugs. In particular, automount works with GNOME; OpenOffice.org has working dependencies; and firstboot, GIMP, and GDM runtime requirements have been fixed so that they will work even if group-gnome is not installed.
OSDir has put together some nice screenshots of rPath Linux 0.99.0.
Test drive: EnGarde Secure Linux
EnGarde Secure Linux is a server-based distribution developed with security in mind. It comes with a minimal set of services so that the server is not unnecessarily exposed, and no superfluous software -- including no X Window-based window manager. Even compilers, such as GCC, are not included. Yet EnGarde enables you to run any sort of Web presence, from a simple mail server to a complete e-commerce site.
SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 RC1 Screenshot Tour
DistroWatch reports - The first release candidate of SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 is ready for testing: Yes, it's the third birthday of the MEPIS Project and SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 rc1 is available in the testing subdirectory at the MEPIS Subscriber's Site and public mirrors. SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 is expected to be final in one to two weeks. Some of the applications included in SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 are X.Org 6.8.2, KDE 3.4.2, OpenOffice.org 2.0, Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.0.7, and Skype 1.2.0.18.
OSDir has some nice screenshots of SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 RC1.
Damn Small Linux 2.0 Screenshot Tour
DistroWatch reports - A new major version of Damn Small Linux has been released. From the changelog: new kernel 2.4.31 and modules; new 64 cloops; new prism2 support; updated ndiswrapper support; new autodetected LT winmodems;
OSDir has put together some nice screenshots of Damn Small Linux 2.0.
Ingres CTO fights back
The head honcho of newly formed Ingres Corp. is defending the viability of his firm's open source database management system in the face critics who say the product is falling into obscurity. The ink had yet to dry on the deal that saw CA spin off the newly open sourced database into its own firm, and critics were already talking.
A Linux User's perspective in installing FreeBSD 6.0
I have been a Linux user way back from the first time I was introduced to an alternate OS than windows. Even though I was aware of other Unices like FreeBSD and Solaris, I hadn't come around to installing them on my machine. Two days back, things changed when I downloaded the latest FreeBSD version 6.0 from their official website.
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