======================================================================== LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE REPORT http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Wednesday, November 17, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * Polish rejection may derail EU patent directive * SDForum: Open source becoming first option * ObjectWeb adds portal content management middleware * Sun takes page from Linux playbook with Solaris 10 ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE INVESTING IN BLADE SERVERS Buying Blade Servers? Get this free blade server buyer's guide written by the inventor of blade server technology: RLX. Use our Top 10 Blade Server Checklist to ensure that you choose the smartest, most manageable blade server solution that will save your company time, money and administrative headaches. Download now at: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9FC763:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- POLISH REJECTION MAY DERAIL EU PATENT DIRECTIVE ======================================================================== Posted November 17, 2004 8:52 AM Pacific Time The future of the controversial European Union (E.U.) software patent directive was thrown into doubt Wednesday after the Polish government indicated it could no longer support the legislation in its current form. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9FC75C:2B910B2 SDFORUM: OPEN SOURCE BECOMING FIRST OPTION ======================================================================== Posted November 16, 2004 2:30 PM Pacific Time SANTA CLARA, CALIF. - Enterprises that in the past may have been leery of open source alternatives to commercial software have opened up to the concept, panelists said here Tuesday at an SDForum conference entitled "Open Source - Entering the Mainstream." For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9FC75D:2B910B2 OBJECTWEB ADDS PORTAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT MIDDLEWARE ======================================================================== Posted November 16, 2004 8:48 AM Pacific Time The ObjectWeb Consortium added portal, content, and business process management elements to the stack of open source middleware projects it promotes, potentially providing businesses with access to cheaper technology, members of the group announced Tuesday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9FC75E:2B910B2 SUN TAKES PAGE FROM LINUX PLAYBOOK WITH SOLARIS 10 ======================================================================== Posted November 16, 2004 4:39 AM Pacific Time SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- Executives from Sun Microsystems Inc. outlined their response to the growing popularity of Linux, speaking at the launch on Monday of the most significant update of the Solaris operating system in over two years. Key to the effort is a plan to release Solaris under an open source license with a new subscription pricing model, as well as a software updating system similar to those used by Linux vendors Red Hat Inc. and Novell Inc. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9FC75B:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Ever wonder how others keep up with web services? Your peers will tell you, although your competitors probably won't. This is how more than 63,000 people keep up with the fast-moving news about web services: the Web Services Report newsletter. Scan its quick summaries of the week's biggest news in web services, then move on or click through for the full story. It may not be the only way to keep up with web services, but it's the easiest. Subscribe at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9FC75F:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9FC760:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9FC762:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9FC761:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
