Microsoft's Ballmer fights Linux battle in Munich, Apr 08, 2003

Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer paid a personal visit to Munich city mayor Christian Ude last month to drum up support for the company's operating system software.

"We can confirm that Steve Ballmer was in Munich at the end of last month to visit the mayor," said a spokesman from Microsoft's German office. "Their conversation was confidential, so there's nothing more we can say."

The second major Samba security flaw in a few weeks is already being exploited by attackers, a security firm has said. And accidentally released code makes an attack still easier

The best open-source projects are the ones that actually amplify a standard, increasing its acceptance in the marketplace and enhancing cross-platform compatibility. Which is why the company I work for, Sun Microsystems, has contributed more than 8 million lines of code to various projects, including those named above.

According to Gartner Group, 45 percent of midsized businesses are using or experimenting with Linux. IBM officials said these midmarket companies tend to view Linux as a "reliable and cost-effective operating system." And the growing support for Linux presents a major opportunity for developers to create Linux-based business applications for these customers, Jollans said.

Across the board, KDE seems designed to err on the side of complexity, and GNOME on that of simplicity. To this end, configuration options tend to be more bountiful and nearer the surface in KDE than in GNOME.

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