Microsoft-Funded Report Had "Big Influence" on Decision Against Linux, Admits UK Official, Aug 19, 2004

A report carried out by Capgemini SA was the clincher in the decision by the London Borough of Newham to scrap its plans last year to switch to Linux on the desktop.

It was funded by Microsoft, though, giving rise to considerable concern

As Canadian banks cautiously evaluate Linux, several counterparts in Europe are forging ahead with projects that embrace the open-source operating system.

Although there are arguments over the total cost of ownership of Linux against Windows over the long term, IT managers at some European banks are being drawn by the lower up-front cost of open-source software.

Who said .NET only runs on Windows? In this article we take a look at DotGNU and how you can get .NET applications running on Linux and other flavours of Unix.

Lindows, the Linux-based software developer best known for its legal battles with Microsoft Corp., has indefinitely shelved its plans to become a publicly traded company due to "current adverse market conditions," it announced Wednesday.

Lindows, based in San Diego, has not withdrawn its registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and hopes to proceed with the initial public offering (IPO) at an unidentified future date once market conditions and public company valuations improve, the company said in a statement.

Lycoris has announced the immediate availability of Desktop/LX 1.4, the fifth release of its Linux desktop. The release is based on KDE 3.2.3, Bitstream's btX2 font rendering engine, and other new features.

Place too much luggage on a plane and it won't fly. File too many people into an elevator and it might not go up. But if an organization that grants open source software licenses gives out too many approvals, will quality suffer?

Open Source Initiative president Eric Raymond said in the future there will be fewer licenses, but one industry analyst believes licenses help organizations optimize their open source goals.

Customer demand is the reason Unisys has made SuSE Linux directly available on its ES7000 servers, says Mike Dooner, Unisys Australia-New Zealand systems and technology marketing director.

"As we see organisations moving towards standardisation, we've seen some demand for enterprise Linux where people have RISC versions of Unix, are looking for better TCO and believe Linux offers that.

"Our strategy is to move people to Windows, but there are some clients with significant Unix skills, especially in the public sector, who want to go to Linux."

IBM is offering at no charge to mail its Linux Software Evaluation Kit DVD set to those who wish to obtain the latest of its middleware that has been ported to Linux - including WebSphere Studio application Developer v5.1.2, DB2 Universal Database v8.1.6, Tivoli Access Manager v5.1, and Tivoli Directory Server v5.2.

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