Linux use doubles in financial organisations, Jan 28, 2005

Growing support for Linux has been the single biggest technology change in financial organisations over the past twelve months, say researchers

Users of the networking company's Netware and GroupWise products are concerned about future support

The New Zealand engineer who spear-headed development work on Firefox, the browser that is causing Microsoft quite a few headaches, has a new job.

Open Source Development Labs, a Linux consortium backed by many of the world's largest computing companies, has established a group to advance the open-source operating system for use in one type of supercomputing

In the last quarter of 2004, however, there was a slight decline in pay for Linux-certified employees. That doesn't mean that Linux is less popular; it means that more and more people have managed to persuade their employers that they have experience in Linux.

According to the latest numbers from IDC, Linux has moved into the fast lane. Linux server shipments grew at a respectable 15 percent annually four years ago, and now are growing at a rate of 40 percent.

Open-source provider Linspire Inc. is looking for volunteers to translate Linux applications into 78 different languages.

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