Open source in schools could save the taxpayer billions, Mar 05, 2008

So much has changed so quickly that a model of Open Source school computing is emerging which could save the UK taxpayer billions of pounds and provide enormous opportunities for the home-grown technology sector based around Open Source software.

The official 1.0 release of Adobe AIR last month attracted the attention of many software developers. The AIR platform is designed to facilitate rapid development of rich Internet applications (RIA) and provide programmers and designers with a simple glidepath between web applications and the desktop. We tested the Adobe AIR SDK to see if it lives up to the hype.

The SCO Group Inc.'s plan to emerge from bankruptcy calls for Darl McBride to step down as chief executive officer, and a new board of directors will be named.

When using open-source software, businesses usually choose between a free, community-supported version of an application or a fee-based enterprise version that includes support, service, updates and other features.

Intel has launched what it believes are the world's smallest processors, dubbed the Atom.

IBM is teaming up with partners in Austria and Poland to offer Microsoft-free PCs for the eastern European market.

Texas Instruments (TI) will join the Linux Foundation in order to "collaborate with industry leaders who define both technical and operational best practices around open source software," it announced. TI's open source strategic marketing manager, Eric Thomas, will join the Foundation's board alongside new members Larry Augustin and Chris Schlaeger.

While Canadian telcos are still dragging their feet in following the U.S. example of making cellphone data fees more competitive, the U.S. telcos are about to scratch each other’s eyes out after the arrival of Linux-based handsets.

SAP demonstrated a prototype of the ERP server, developed with Intel, at Germany's Cebit trade show on Tuesday.

2.6.25-rc4 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.

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