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  • Red Hat launches open-source Exchange

    Red Hat has launched its Red Hat Exchange, a site where customers can buy a range of open-source applications from the company's business partners.

  • Oracle claims Yahoo as Linux convert

    Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison announced the company's first prominent Linux customer Tuesday: Yahoo. But Red Hat hasn't been pushed aside at the Internet company.

  • Open-source fans try to outflank .Net

    Open-source fans--historically opposed to Microsoft--appear fond of its Internet strategy. ven as Microsoft touts the open availability of the underpinnings of its .Net initiative, open-source advocates are working to make sure .Net isn't a Microsoft-only technology.

  • Betfair claims J2EE a better bet than .NET

    United Kingdom online gambling exchange Betfair has chosen to base a major Web site overhaul around Sun's J2EE platform rather than Microsoft's .NET software, claiming the Java product comes with a "proven enterprise track record".

  • Red Hat bands with open-source allies

    Red Hat, planning a new expansion beyond its core Linux operating system business, will launch a service later this year called the Red Hat Exchange to sell partners' open-source software.

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  • Exchange targeted by open-source group

    OpenGroupware.org has been launched with plans to create applications that compete with Microsoft Exchange server products.

  • Duelling databases: Four apps tested

    Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or "light" versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task -- as we found out.

  • Open source threatens Java servers

    Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.

  • Microsoft's migration plan

    A deal cinched Wednesday could help Microsoft tackle a long-standing problem: How to sell new software to customers reluctant to give up a 7-year-old version of Windows.

  • Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

    Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop computers, the companies' chief executives said Tuesday.

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