Ximian releases latest version of Evolution, Mar 26, 2002

Ximian Evolution™ version 1.0.3 is now available. Evolution 1.0.3 resolves a number of smaller issues discovered in the previous release, and includes enhanced compatibility with the forthcoming Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange. You can expect to see improved performance and stability in this release, especially for addressbook functions over LDAP.

The bout between Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft with their video game consoles could become even more heated when Linux enters the fray this spring. Sony will sell online the "Linux (for PlayStation 2)" Release 1.0 in the U.S. in May 2002. (A European version will come out that month, too, and the Japanese version earlier in April.)

Microsoft sent a letter to Gateway dated Dec. 12, explaining that Microsoft would soon be changing to a uniform licensing mechanism as required by the settlement. The new terms would affect contracts written after Dec. 16 for the top 20 PC makers.

The new license "contained provisions that were more favorable to Microsoft than the previous versions of the corresponding agreements Gateway had negotiated," Fama testified.

For instance, under the two-strikes provision, Microsoft could terminate any PC maker's Windows licenses without notice after sending two default notices. The notices would not need to be for serious offenses, either, Fama said. Under its previous license, Gateway had a three-strike provision.

The company on Tuesday announced a new eServer based on the Linux operating system for the telecommunications industry. At the same time, Big Blue introduced a new Linux Service Provider Lab to test Linux software for telecommunications companies.

IBM hopes the new eServer will increase sales in a market that has traditionally been dominated by Sun Microsystems. IBM's latest product is priced lower than its current telecom servers in a move to attract telecommunications companies, which have been cutting capital spending.

Under questioning from Microsoft trial attorney Stephanie Wheeler, Michael Tiemann, chief technology officer of Linux distributor Red Hat Inc., acknowledged in U.S. District Court that his company had spent less money than rivals on research and development.

However, Red Hat markets only PC operating system software and, unlike its bigger rivals, does not have to spend money researching such products as keyboards, monitors, game consoles and specialized software products. What's more, Linux is known as an "open source software," which is intended to be largely created by unpaid volunteers.

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