New OSI President Steps Down, Mar 07, 2005

The open-source world was caught by surprise this week when Russ Nelson, the newly elected president of the Open Source Initiative, resigned his office retroactively to Feb. 23.

IT company Wipro Infotech on Monday announced a tie-up with Red Hat to offer Linux services in India.

SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 will include Beagle, an open source desktop search tool that makes it easier for users to find various types of files, including documents, emails, IM conversations and code.

Its faltering courtroom challenge to IBM "will define how we end up in this game," says CEO Darl McBride, a man with a lot on his mind

Linux is thriving, not just on the college campuses where it emerged, but in companies and institutions. An analyst for International Data Corp. in Framingham said surveys show that Linux is used by 24 percent of computer servers, those dedicated computers used for managing files or Web sites.

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