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Microsoft targets Apache Web server

Tired of playing second fiddle in Web hosting, Microsoft is revamping its server software in an attempt to snatch market share away from the popular Apache-Linux combination. Read more »

Apache expands Web services reach

The Apache Software Foundation is expected to launch this week an open-source integration server project, which is part of a bigger effort to create a full suite of Web services infrastructure software. Read more »

Open-source firm SourceLabs partners with Oracle

Start-up SourceLabs announced a partnership on Thursday with Oracle to stress-test popular open-source infrastructure software components on Oracle's Java application server. Read more »

Open source: The newest competitive tool

A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line. Read more »

Open-source projects intertwine for integration

Three open-source projects are teaming up to create an alternative to software-integration products from IBM and other heavyweights. Read more »

Open-source LAMP a beacon to developers

For years, the business-software development world has been split largely between Microsoft's .Net toolset and Java. Get ready for a third option. Read more »

Red Hat targets server messaging market

Red Hat has plans for a new private beta test of open source messaging software to begin next month, with hopes to reinvent a section of the server market currently ruled by proprietary vendors. Read more »

Apache eyes open-source Java project

The Apache Foundation has proposed creating an open-source version of Java on the desktop, a plan that Sun Microsystems has initially welcomed. Read more »

Red Hat upgrades kernel to 2.6

Linux seller Red Hat is expected to announce the latest version of its premium Linux product this week, leapfrogging rival Novell and expanding an effort to coax customers away from Sun. Read more »

Novell introduces Linux thin client

Novell has launched a thin-client version of Suse Linux that comes with a tool third parties can use to build tailored sytems. Read more »

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Six barriers to open source adoption

The benefits of open source software are well known--lower TCO, more choice, and increasing quality and functionality of the code. Several barriers must be overcome before Linux and other open source projects are broadly accepted across enterprises, but they aren't insurmountable. Read more »

Linux hassle-free and enterprise-ready

Linux has come a long way with regard to ease of installation and use. In an interview, Robin Miller, author of Point & Click Linux, and chapter author Joe Barr, discuss Linux in the enterprise. Read more »

Insights into Linux Web site deployment

Peter Harrison, author of the Linux Quick Fix Notebook, discusses the Web site hosting decision making process and shares his thoughts concerning the future of Linux. Read more »

Red Hat's Fedora 5 boosts desktop features

Red Hat released its Fedora Core 5 version of Linux Monday, giving enthusiasts new graphics and virtualisation abilities, as well as some desktop utilities based on a software framework from Microsoft. Read more »

Would you use open source software?

Read this article to recognise some common OSS solutions, how they got introduced to your department, and what you should do about it. Read more »

How to make money from Open source

Ever pondered how companies make money from free and open source development projects? Could you open source your code and still make a profit? Con Zymaris puts forward the case. Read more »

Special coverage: Linux.conf.au 2004

Adelaide is set to host Linux.conf.au 2004 --one of the world's largest gatherings of open source developers--Builder AU takes you behind the scenes, in this exclusive coverage. Read more »

RIFE with possibilities

Developing a web-based application is never a small undertaking. At the very best it's a lot of work just to develop the code that does whatever it is your application is supposed to do but before you even get to the point of writing your application's code, you have to decide what you going to write it in. Read more »

VMware's US$200,000 virtualisation challenge

Fancy coding virtual appliances? Then you might be in with a chance... Read more »

Use Oracle 10g Single-Sign-On with .NET applications

Configure Oracle 10g Single Sign-On to work with Microsoft .NET applications and achieve better integration. Read more »

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