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The only reason most companies buy Microsoft Office is because they've convinced themselves that they can't live without it. More should try that—and in the process, force Microsoft to do a better job of earning its money.

As Canadian banks cautiously evaluate Linux, several counterparts in Europe are forging ahead with projects that embrace the open-source operating system.

IBM has announced a new Eclipse development package for Linux. This is based on the most recent Eclipse software developers kit from Eclipse.org and the latest IBM Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Linux. IBM says this will make it easier to test and deploy Java applications on the Linux platform.

IBM on Thursday announced the release of a new Eclipse development package for the Linux platform.

The KDE Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of KDE 3.3, the fourth major release of the award-winning KDE3 desktop platform. Over the past six months, hundreds of applications and desktop components have been enhanced by a community of developers, with a particular focus on integration of components.

Red Hat and Black Duck Software, a provider of services to manage software intellectual property, are teaming up to help companies protect for Linux and open source software developments.

LAMP is at the heart of Emergency Response Network Systems and is saving lives.

You've heard that Debian is hard to install. This is just not true. With the release of Debian-Installer release candidate 1, installation is a snap. LinuxBeta.com walks you through the installation process step by step in this slideshow presentation.

This well tested network backup tool depends on standard tools such as dump, cron and GNU tar. Find out how to set up regular backups for your whole network.