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Enterprises shopping for a Java application server will soon have more reasons to look at open source software, with no less than three open source projects [Geronimo, Jonas, JBoss] expected to be certified compatible with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s enterprise Java standard by the end of the year.

Indian software services companies are looking at entering the open source software market. These companies plan to offer support, implementation and maintenance services to corporates who use or plan to use open source.

HP has unveiled its latest business desktop PC, which offers companies the choice of Mandrake Linux 9.2 and Microsoft Windows XP Home as the default operating system.

It has been a couple of years since the Linux kernel mailing list was debating the issues of Linus Torvalds' scalability and the use of a proprietary source management tool called Bitkeeper to handle kernel patches. Now that the dust has settled, and intrigued by a press release from Bitkeeper author Larry McVoy that claimed impressive productivity gains for Linus Torvalds and other kernel hackers using Bitkeeper, NewsForge decided it was time to talk with McVoy on the current state of affairs between the free software hackers and his proprietary code. This is part one of that interview; part two will appear tomorrow.

IBM envisions a greater role for mobile devices, thin clients, and other embedded systems in enterprise computing. It has announced a "client model" enabling customers to deploy, manage, and provision business applications and data to client devices such as shop-floor terminals, PDAs, and cell phones, and to traditional thick clients.

Victoria-based Remora Technologies has announced it will be offering a range of locally supported Linux and Solaris Notebooks in Australia, according to the company's media release.

While many Red Hat users progressed from Red Hat's versions 7 through 9 into Fedora or Enterprise Linux, some individuals and firms may have been too highly leveraged with production servers to just drop everything and migrate to new operating system installs.

Linux and open source acquisition costs are a fraction of comparable proprietary options, but those savings are often offset by high integration, maintenance and support costs. However, that shouldn't sway enterprise CIOs and CTOs from using open source, a recent Forrester Research Inc. report says.

Before we begin, here's what XFce's website has to say about itself: XFce is a lightweight desktop environment for unix-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use. It's based on the GTK+ toolkit version 2.

Robust D2D support, data protection on intermittently attached systems and "Synchronization Module" are key deliverables

Red Hat Linux’s enterprise desktop is already on the market and the announcement of the company’s return to the desktop was mostly spin. According to Lineox the enterprise desktop software is just a version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 with some program packages removed and some added.

Open source software represented by the Linux operating system still faces great difficulties in becoming a booming business in the next few years, despite its fast growth and support from the Chinese Government, said a senior industrial analyst.

Tony Yustein, CEO of SoftCom Technology Consulting Inc., outlined during a press conference Tuesday why the company chose to change its dedication from Microsoft technology. "Close to 70 per cent of all of the Web sites today are hosted on a Linux platform. Windows market share has eroded from a high 35 per cent in mid 2002 to the current level of 21 per cent," Yustein said. "It appears that Microsoft has lost their focus and drive specifically for this market."

Microsoft has filed a new complaint against Lindows, Inc. in Dutch courts, despite a product name change and corresponding website name change to Linspire. Microsoft has asked the court to levy a 100,000 Euro per day fine against the operating system competitor. A hearing on this request will be held on May 11, 2004.