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An update on Brazil's nationwide move to free software, from the government on out.

Mono is an open source project to create a free implementation of Microsoft's .Net Development Framework as an alternative to Microsoft's Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE). Mono takes advantage of the command line versions of the C# and Visual Basic .Net compilers freely available as part of Microsoft's .Net Software Development Kit. MonoDevelop (MD) is an offshoot from the Mono project that aims to port SharpDevelop (#Develop) to Gtk#. If it's new to you now, you'll find it's easy to set up and work with.

In an article about increased availability of Linux anti-virus software, Vnunet.com reports that Symantec CEO John Thompson said that his company would "deliver a Linux desktop antivirus solution to the market" this year.

Nokia has funded a cell phone browser project at the Mozilla Foundation, breathing new life into the open-source effort once written off as Microsoft roadkill.

Starting with a release of some anti-Linux case studies, the company has now embarked upon its latest plan of action against Linux--a worldwide “Get Your Facts Right” campaign (PPT - 1.0MB), through which it aims to expose the inherent dangers of going the Open Source way.

Many users of NT 4.0 have rejected Microsoft's recently announced product support extension and are planning a migration path to Linux. The backlash was revealed in an online Computerworld poll published earlier this month asking respondents if they will benefit from Microsoft's support extension.

Bergen, Norway, has opted to replace Windows and Unix machines with Linux on servers for its schools and city databases and could later put the open-source operating system on desktop machines.

A Microsoft-commissioned study was recently released comparing the cost of buying licenses and direct vendor support between Microsoft Windows Enterprise Server 2003, Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 and SuSE Enterprise Linux 8.

Today we features a mini-Q&A with Alex Roedling, MySQL's Senior Product Manager, about all things MySQL, the competition, technology, licensing and more.

Caught up in the tangle of manually installing and updating software, enterprises can find a tip or two in the open source community’s book on how to streamline the process, according to Google senior system administrator Marc Merlin. Merlin’s platform of choice is Debian GNU/Linux, which he said has the most comprehensive software library available for Linux.

Hot on the heels of the Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 release is the first big review of Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7, which is now up over at O'Reilly's Open Source Directory (or OSDir.com). The review provides a good balanced look at Thunderbird as a customisable lightweight email client, and pays particular attention to its main strength: its extension system. You can read the review here.

Mozilla 1.7 final has been released. This is a big update.