Big Game Hunt: Can 3D Graphics Give Linux An Edge On The Desktop?, Sep 20, 2005

Despite a very limited commercial market for Linux as a game platform, the top two companies in the 3D graphics chipset market, ATI and NVIDIA, officially support the operating system.

The Lower Saxony police force use Red Hat Linux to deploy a new, Web-based case tracking tool.

The IT world may be an insecure place, but don't blame Linux. In fact, very few IT pros participating in InformationWeek Research's Linux and open-source survey say Linux has introduced security problems into their IT environments.

Maureen O'Gara's big expose of Groklaw author Pamela Jones was sleazy and mean-spirited.

Last week, a group of Open Source pioneers joined a running battle over the future of software patents in the European Union. Over the next several weeks, Europe may adopt the same legal framework that has allowed a bunch of con artists to wreak havoc on the U.S. software industry.

As companies ramp up open-source deployments, expertise is in high demand and short supply. The costs of developing talent can add up.

A recent study of Linux usage found overwhelming support and user satisfaction. The study of computer-using organizations looked at 281 sites and found that 90 percent were using Linux, with a high degree of customer satisfaction.

What I find most interesting about the study is the source: Our button-down pals at InformationWeek magazine. This wasn't a study sponsored by long-haired hippy-dippy Grateful-Dead-listening, tree-hugging Birkenstock-wearing, smelling-of-patchouli, Ben-&-Jerry-eating, Phish-following open-source idealists. No, InformationWeek is all business. They're very corporate over there. They wear three-piece suits even to company softball games.