Apps Migrate To Open Source -->Sept. 5, 2005 As more companies move to open-source platforms, enterprise-application vendors adapt their software for the new environments By Laurie Sullivan InformationWeek
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700190&tid=5979 Siegenia-Aubi KG had to reboot its Compaq servers about every 14 days until it decided to chuck Windows for Linux. But that meant the German maker of sound-insulating ventilators, as well as windows, doors, and room-ventilation equipment, would run all its enterprise applications on a relatively new open-source platform. The open-source movement has increased dramatically in recent years. To keep up, enterprise-application vendors--Manhattan Associates, Oracle, SAP, Siebel Systems, SSA Global Technologies--are adapting their software to run in these environments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Fights Piracy In China, Linux Wins -->Sept. 6, 2005 As proprietary software vendors crack down on piracy, China looks to Linux as an alternative. By Maria Trombly Byte.com http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943 On virtually any street in Shanghai or Beijing, you can buy a Hollywood DVD or hot new CD for $1 or less. Vendors peddle Microsoft Office, Windows XP, and every other popular software applications out of cardboard boxes jammed full of discs. Entire markets in the major cities are dedicated to selling knock-offs of designer goods for pennies on the dollar. If you're interested in high finance, $200,000 worth of annual derivatives data is available from online vendors for $500 a year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Novell: Consumers will lead the way to desktop LinuxBy Mark Brunelli, News Editor 06 Sep 2005 | SearchEnterpriseLinux.com http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1122325,00.html Adoption of Linux on the desktop may begin in basements and bedrooms throughout the world, and gradually trickle up to large enterprises, says Matt Asay, a Novell Inc. technology evangelist and one of the people behind that company's Linux and open source strategy. SearchEnterpriseLinux.com recently spoke with Asay about his predictions for the path of Linux desktop adoption. Asay also offered some insights into Novell's desktop Linux strategy. Here are some excerpts from that conversation: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'No downsides' to Linux, says procurement official By Steven Deare, ZDNet Australia., 07 September 2005 05:16 PM http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/_No_downsides_to_Linux_says_procurement_official/0,2000061733,39210411,00.htm A New South Wales (NSW) government procurement official has publicly endorsed Linux, telling agencies the open source operating system has "no downsides". In an address to delegates at a NSW Department of Commerce exhibition on Wednesday, official Cameron Parle touted the benefits of open-source to state departments and agencies, at one stage referring to wearing his own metaphorical "red hat", a reference to the Linux vendor of the same name. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/hYOolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdlug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
