Rational Tester for SOA Quality
Download a free trial version of Rational Tester for SOA Quality, a functional and regression testing tool that enables the creation, comprehension, modification and execution of testing GUI-less…
IcedTea free Java in Fedora 8
"Java is a popular programming language used both on the desktop and the net. Until recently users who wanted to use just free software have had to struggle with partial support for Java, but now…
Cheap Laptops Bad for Vista, Good for Linux
The good news for everyone is that you can get a good, solid laptop for under a grand these days. The bad news for Vista users is that many of those laptops, even though they're sold with Vista,…
Q&A: Pamela Jones of Groklaw
Groklaw is the blog that has made a difference. Created as a personal project by Pamela Jones, better known as PJ, in 2003, its stated purpose was to increase understanding of the law as it is…
Novell Ships SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10
Novell today announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10, the latest version of Novell's enterprise-class, open source real-time operating system for running high-performance…
ASUS eeePC: First impressions and GPL violations
"ASUS is bound by the GPL to make the sources for the software they’re distributing available, even if they have not modified them. (Check the license if you don’t believe me.) ASUS has posted a 1…
Public Beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Red Hat announced the public beta availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), a web service that provides resizeable compute capacity in the cloud and…
Microsoft FUDwatch: Windows vs. Linux security
It's been at least a week since the last bout of Microsoft FUD hit the wires, so I guess it was time for a new wave. Today's FUD comes from an article Microsoft released on how its security…
Open source management tools gaining traction
Open source management software has become a viable alternative to commercial products, and a recent rash of partnerships proves it, one analyst says.
Red Hat and Hyperic have announced…
The emergence of enterprise class open source
Steve Bale, general manager of EnterpriseDB International, discusses the amalgam of open source and private enterprise and the new opportunities this trend offers VARs.
Now more than ever,…