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Red Hat Opens Service & Support Office in B'lore (India)

Linux and Open Source provider Red Hat India today announced the opening of its sales and support office in Bangalore. The new office will provide its customers in southern India with the entire range of products and services on a local basis.

MySQL, Sleepycat, and Trolltech Say they Prove Strength of Dual-License Model

Open Source and Software Industry Experts Endorse Dual-License as Good for Business -- Three Companies Show Average of 65% Revenue Growth in 2003.

Xandros Business Desktop and Operating System Now Shipping

Part of a new line of Xandros business solutions designed to meet the demanding needs of enterprise customers, Xandros Business Desktop is first in the Linux market to deliver seamless compatibility with Windows Active Directory servers and Primary Domain Controllers, providing a secure, plug-in replacement of costly Windows desktops.

Tsunami Debuts HiveCreator Clustering for Linux

  • Computer Business Review (Posted by dave on Mar 16, 2004 4:44 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Tsunami Research, a relatively unknown software company with a new twist on clustering that was formed two years ago, has announced that its HiveCreator clustering software now supports the Linux 2.4 kernel and has been certified to run Red Hat 8.0.

The Morality of Open Source

  • InternetWeek.com (Posted by dave on Mar 16, 2004 4:38 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
If we follow my boss's line of thinking, open source, or "free software," might be considered communism. But to business and IT managers, open source isn't about code we don't have to pay for. In this case, free means freedom, as in the freedom to choose and use software as we wish, with no proprietary barriers.

Oracle: Malaysia's open source expertise good for grid ...

Malaysia has a vibrant open source community that is considered an innovator this area, according to enterprise software maker Oracle Corp. "Linux is very strong here in Malaysia," said Robert Shimp, its vice-president of technology marketing.

Open Source software for UK e-Government: Have your say till 11th ...

  • PublicTechnology.net (Posted by dave on Mar 16, 2004 3:26 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Open Source Software debate will be hotting up in the coming months. The office of the e-envoy has published a consultation document whch has far-reaching implications for UK e-Government usage of OSS.

Hewlett-packard may launch of Linux PCs in Asia

  • Forbes (Posted by dave on Mar 16, 2004 3:23 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: HP
Hewlett-Packard Co, the world's top personal computer maker, said on Tuesday it may launch Linux-based PCs in Asia, in a potential blow to dominant operating system provider Microsoft Corp.

Turbolinux to Ship With HP Commercial Desktop PC Systems

  • Press release (Posted by dave on Mar 16, 2004 3:22 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Press Release
...the Turbolinux operating system will be distributed on HP Compaq business desktop PCs in 12 countries throughout Asia.

Explosive Cold War Trojan has lessons for Open Source exporters

  • The Register (Posted by dave on Mar 16, 2004 3:21 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Until the closed source vendors open up the toolchain, and use that toolchain for verifiable builds, this is one area where software libre will have a lasting advantage.

Firm to Offer Open Source Insurance

  • InternetNews.com (Posted by dave on Mar 16, 2004 3:19 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
A New York-based startup is preparing to offer "open source insurance" to some of the largest corporations in the world in response to legal concerns like the one being played out by SCO Group.

XML guru joins Sun software

  • CNET News.com (Posted by dave on Mar 15, 2004 10:10 PM EDT)
Extensible Markup Language guru Tim Bray has joined Sun Microsystems' software group to work on XML-based syndication technologies and advanced search.

Open Source Opens New Doors

  • My High School Journalism (Posted by dave on Mar 15, 2004 9:51 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: MySQL
When software and technology are finally open to the public, everyone will win.

Giant internal combustion-powered Robot runs on RTLinux

  • LinuxDevices.com (Posted by dave on Mar 15, 2004 7:49 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Retired Mini Cooper engineer Colin Mayhew and his wife -- "an analog power circuit guru" -- have worked for several years on a giant internal combustion-powered robot based on a Mini Cooper and controlled by six commodity PCs running RTLinux. Mayhew's robot incorporates many sophisticated robotic technologies, and is designed to direct traffic and repair cars.

Federal CIOs tout benefits of 'open source' software

  • GovExec.com (Posted by dave on Mar 15, 2004 6:46 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Federal agencies increasingly are using "open source" software, which allows program users to access and modify code, and officials are exploring new ways to incorporate the technology into e-government initiatives, senior government technology officers said Monday.

Howto: Fedora Core 1 Kernel 2.6 Upgrade

Upgrading to the 2.6.X series of kernels offers several layers of enhancements for the Linux user. If your hardware is more than three years old, chances are, you will probably only benefit in a performance increase and possibly get some power management features, depending on your BIOS.

Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 11

With the release of Gentoo Linux 2004.0 at the end of February, planning and work on release 2004.1 have already begun. The goals for this release include:

IBM to unveil Opteron workstation

  • CNET News.com (Posted by dave on Mar 15, 2004 4:41 PM EDT)
  • Groups: IBM; Story Type: News Story
IBM felt that there would be sizable demand for the IntelliStation A Pro from customers who use the Unix operating system and wish to migrate to cheaper Linux hardware as well as those who seek to step up from inexpensive 32-bit hardware to more capable 64-bit gear.

Hewlett-packard to sell Linux-based PCs in Asia: report

  • Channel News Asia (Posted by dave on Mar 15, 2004 4:39 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: HP
Because the PCs will use Linux instead of the more costly Windows platform, they will likely be priced around 400 dollars to 1,500 dollars -- or 44,000 yen to 165,000 yen -- making them 20,000 yen to 40,000 yen (180 to 360 dollars) cheaper than comparable Windows-based PCs, the newspaper said.

Review: Xandros Business Edition 2.0

  • OSnews (Posted by dave on Mar 15, 2004 2:34 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Xandros is preparing to release the business edition of their popular Linux desktop distribution. Here's what we found out so far about this new product.

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