UK Agency Report Greenlights Linux, Oct 29, 2004

A day after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent out a missive pushing Redmond's message that "free software isn't free," the UK's Office of Government Commerce (OGC) said open source software is a viable desktop alternative for most government users.

Webmail.us, which provides hosted e-mail service for small and medium-size businesses, will announce next week a raft of improvements to its service, including a major migration of its core e-mail platform from Microsoft Windows to an open-source platform.

What kind of E-mail is landing in Martin Taylor’s in-box right about now? It’s probably not unlike some of the messages I’ve been getting in response to a story I wrote about Steve Ballmer’s Oct. 27 treatise comparing Windows to Linux

One of the minor ironies of the Linux world is the slight disconnect between the mantra of "choice" the most ardent advocates use to make the case for a multitude of graphical interfaces

Red Hat has released five Indian language fonts as open source, licensed under the General Public License.

Linux is gaining ground with companies but Windows will continue to dominate consumer PCs in the near future. That is the non-contentious conclusion of the latest IDC research.

Venerated software firm Novell is warning its SuSE users that there is a serious security hole in Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which could allow attackers to shut down systems.

Organisations want reliable, low-cost, scaleable IT solutions, so why are they still buying Microsoft server technology?

The Windows vs Linux security debate has been given a fresh lease of life following the publication of a study by well-known tech journalist Nicholas Petreley which predictably concludes that Microsoft "Get The Facts" campaign does not deal with the "real facts."

Many European local governments are thinking about ditching Windows, but Microsoft is fighting back

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