Firefox 1.0 Released, Nov 09, 2004

The Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving choice and promoting innovation on the Internet, today announced the worldwide availability of the Mozilla Firefox 1.0 web browser.

By the end of the week, Novell Inc.'s new Linux desktop for enterprise customers, Novell Linux Desktop 9, Powered by SuSE Linux, will be available for purchase through Novell channel partners for a suggested price of $50 per system.

According to a Novell press release, today's settlement is "related to Novell's NetWare operating system". It's actually around a specific product, NDS for Windows NT, which Novell introduced several years ago, and which Microsoft effectively killed.

Proprietary software vendors are driving IT managers towards the open-source community through their high prices and restrictive licences, according to attendees at this week's Cal-IT conference.

Linux distributor SUSE has warned of one of the most serious security holes to date in version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which could allow attackers to shut down a system running 2.6-based software.

In the first of a two-part interview, Open Systems Development Labs chief Stuart Cohen outlines the group's recent successes and plans for Linux and open source, and the challenges that lie ahead

According to Open Source company Cybersource, which has had a chat with a few lawyers, users are just as safely protected signed up with Linux.

Big Blue is following its supercomputing success with Blue Gene/L by adding a Blue Gene model to its server range, with prices starting at a mere $1.5m

Linux experts slam a report naming the OS as a favorite hacker target, citing methodology flaws and "suspicious" conclusions

In this interview by Preston St. Pierre, Alan Nugent, Novell's CTO, speaks on behalf of Novell on their Linux strategy.

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