Part II: Corporate Desktop Linux - The Hard Truth, Feb 12, 2005

We know that Windows costs money, and we believe that overall, a Linux desktop must cost less. If this is so, why is the cost benefit analysis unable to sway more migration on the desktop?

After Dominating the Technology Industry for Years, is Microsoft Poised to Collapse?

When SCO finally goes down in flames, what will happen to Linux and SCO's Unix products and IP? I have a few ideas and a lot of questions.

Aspiration and Blue Oxen Associates will host a "Software Usability Sprint" at J. Fairchild in San Francisco, from the 18th through 20th of February. The event aims to assemble a diverse group of programmers, usability experts, project managers, and end users, in order to explore ways of improving the usability of Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS), and to begin to apply those ideas to specific software projects.

At the OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit a few weeks ago in Burlingame, Calif., the focus was on the theory of taking Linux into the future. This coming week, here at LinuxWorld Boston, the attendees' focus will be on the practical details of moving Linux forward in the market.

Shannon Taulbee works at Savannah's newest computer store, building computers. But unlike in most computer shops, you won't find any Microsoft products at the Open Store on Abercorn and 33rd Streets. The store deals exclusively in Linux, an alternative operating system users say is easier than the dominant Microsoft Windows.

If you're a Windows or Linux user and love the idea of a Mac mini then you might consider Stealth Computer's new LPC-401FS, the latest in their little PC line.

Red Hat and Tally will be working jointly to make Tally, a popular accounting software package available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, according to an announcement made by Red Hat today.

A flaw in the popular open source mailing list management application Mailman has led to the theft of the passwords of the users of a well-known security discussion group

In an instant, all the screens went black and the steady hum from the servers' cooling fans ceased, and with each passing second their precious data was unaccounted for, Peter Dominguez faced the potential loss of money and clientele.

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