Terracotta Enters the Open Source Arena with JVM
Terracotta is planning to open source its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) clustering software. Open source software companies like Spring, Geronimo, Tomcat and others support this move. "Terracotta’s…
Australian Education Dept considers desktop Linux instead of Vista
The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) may increase the penetration of Linux on its 165,000 desktop fleet because open source is "clearly an industry trend".
In the fourth and…
Sony Adds PS3 Support to Linux Kernel
As part of the 2.6.20 development process, patches adding support for the 'PS3 game console and other devices' (built on top of the IBM Cell) have been merged. The code has been written by Sony.…
Ubuntu 7.04 Alpha Online for Download
The first development build of Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn", also known as "Herd CD", has been released for testing: "The Herd images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or…
Adobe Reader 8 Linux whoops
Some Linux users may already be on their way to download Version 8 of Adobe Reader, formerly Acrobat Reader, announced today by Adobe. Stop that download... there's just one "small" problem!
…Unbreakable Linux still unproven, analyst warns
IT managers running Red Hat Linux should think carefully before making the switch to Unbreakable Linux, the new Linux distribution that Oracle Corp. announced last month.
To date, there is…
Novell Supports Enterprise-Level Certification
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier vendor neutral Linux* certification and Novell, developer of the widely acclaimed Linux distribution, SUSE Linux Enterprise, today…
Asterisk saves call centre operator R4.5m
Metropolitan Health Group (MHG) had saved R4.5 million in the last two years by switching to open source software for its Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) call centre. This is according…
Sun's open-source chief rallies behind GPLv3
Sun's chief open-source officer has backed the third version of the General Public License.
On a company blog, Simon Phipps said that existing work towards GPLv3 had been "extraordinary and…
PostgreSQL 8.2 Released
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group is proud to announce the release of PostgreSQL 8.2, the world's most advanced open source database. View the release notes for more information.