Showing all newswire headlines

Building on its contributions to the open source community and commitment to interoperability, Novell is sponsoring the Openswan project, a Linux* implementation of the IPsec (IP Security) standard that provides a common approach to securing Internet-based communications.

Microsoft is being accused of a plan to sink Linux using the US Patent system. So claims Eben Moglen, a Columbia University law professor, the general counsel for the Free Software Foundation and a board member of the Public Patent Foundation (PubPat).

Today the Eclipse Foundation announced general availability of the royalty-free 3.0 release of the Eclipse Platform, adding enhancements that improve flexibility, scalability, interoperability and responsiveness. Eclipse is an award-winning universal platform for tools integration, software modeling and testing that has been broadly adopted by commercial vendors, academic institutions and open technology developers. With release 3.0, Eclipse now extends its sophisticated object-oriented development technologies to support a rich-client platform (RCP) that enables construction of desktop applications.

LinuxQuestions.org is proud to announce that on June 19th, 2004 its Linux forum surpassed one million posts.

Eugene, Ore.-based GarageGames doesn't just benefit from the open source philosophy, it embraces it -- an odd thing for a company in an industry that traditionally thrives on closed technology and secrets, and where marketers often dictate development. On April 20 GarageGames released the Torque Network Library (TNL) technology behind the Torque Game Engine's multiplayer network code under the GPL license.

Linux has been seen as saviour software or a much-hyped alternative. Whatever your take, you would like to know if, and how, it saves you money. Here's a clearer picture.

The burgeoning Linux market in China now has a new star in Xteam Software, which is set to be a leader in the open-source community in China. Founded in 1999, Xteam is the world’s first Chinese Linux OS provider. The company recently acquired the software unit of a state-owned enterprise, Beijing Development, for HK$424.27 million (US$54.4 million), instantly making it the software giant in the local Linux industry.

In Malaysia, where the government openly supports open source software (OSS) and is drafting a National Open Source Policy, Microsoft has made it clear it will oppose any guidelines that institutionalise a procurement preference for the open source platform.

Worries over intellectual property can make for strange bedfellows. In the case of Microsoft Corp.'s nearly ubiquitous FAT (file allocation table) file system, it's Microsoft and the Linux community.

Linux adoption in EMEA, and in the Public Sector in particular, continues to gather steam as Novell has announced that the second largest city in Norway, the City of Bergen, has chosen Novell's Linux technology to underpin its technology infrastructure, moving away from its proprietary UNIX and Microsoft Windows applications platform. The City of Bergen's two phased implementation of SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 will impact 50,000 users of the City of Bergen's administrative and educational networks.

The now AOL independent Foundation seems instead focused on Firefox - the "lightweight" browser - and I'm convinced that some within the foundation wishes the Browser Suite formerly known just as "Mozilla" would just go away.

Linux Solutions, a Uganda-based FOSS (free and open source software) support company has joined forces with SchoolNet Uganda to build capacity to provide schools in the country with Linux-based thin-client solutions.

The Google supercomputer is changing how we think about Internet-scale software.

The Group Policy Task Force (GPTF) was launched today, with ten leading technology companies joining forces to show support for the Microsoft Group Policy standard for Windows Management. Each founding member of the GPTF adds value to the group with its technical knowledge of how to best leverage Group Policy within Windows. The GPTF members all offer complementary solutions that leverage the manageability already present in the Windows / Active Directory platform.

"Sun has used open source as tactical weapon with OpenOffice and StarOffice," said John Koenig, an open source SIG moderator with the non-profit Software Development Forum and president of RiseForth, a consultancy. "They're looking at it as not a moneymaker but as a way to try to commoditize that part of Microsoft's business."