Free & Non-Free Documentation, Dec 17, 2001

... it seems clear we need an organization which would for example sort documentation between free (as "libre" or "freedom") and non free. After some discussions with people from the GNU project and the FSF, we came to the conclusion no such project already existed. I am please to announce that I am now starting the GNU Writing Movement with help from the GNU project.

According to market researcher IDC, Linux is the fastest-growing operating system for servers, the workhorse machines that handle computing tasks for businesses. Linux's worldwide market share of new and upgraded operating systems for servers was 27 percent in 2000. It was second only to Microsoft, which stood at 42 percent.

At the end of November Microsoft posted a document on its Web site comparing the Windows XP Embedded and embedded Linux operating systems, with the emphasis on the technical and business inferiority of Linux. Embedded Linux distributors argue that the document not only distorts the value of Linux, but contains inaccuracies.

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The latest step by IBM to build support behind its iSeries servers for the small business market, the new Linux Test Drive program will let software developers test Linux applications online.

``If you're an ISV (independent software vendor), it gives you a way to kick the tires and see how Linux and the iSeries is,'' IBM spokesman Tim Dallman said. ``It's all about trying to foster and stimulate the development of Linux applications for small and medium businesses.''

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