The alpha release of Internet C++, an open

alternative to Java and C-Sharp is available. It features a high-speed virtual machine that is fast enough to run Doom with no JIT compilation. Internet C++ provides several standard

libraries such as X and Motif.

The alpha release of Internet C++, an open

alternative to Java and C-Sharp is available. It features a high-speed virtual machine that is fast enough to run Doom with no JIT compilation. Internet C++ provides several standard

libraries such as X and Motif.

Hewlett Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina said she is backing the open source movement, challenging the chief executives of Microsoft and Sun Microsystems to clarify their strategy in this area.

Open Source systems aren't inherently more secure than propriety systems -- unless the designers make security a priority, according to several security experts.

Lineo has wooed three new executives from better-established companies in its effort to hasten the adoption of Linux in non-PC computing devices.

The little-operating-system-that-could still is not running its tracks into Microsoft's vast base of installed users in the enterprise computing, server and desktop marketplaces. And Linux holds little threat of derailing Windows anytime soon.

Unix and Linux will fight each other for supremacy over the next 18 months but only one can survive, according to Caldera Systems.

The statement follows the Linux distributor's decision to acquire SCO's Unix business which includes rights to SCO's Unix SVR5 source code and the UnixWare and OpenServer operating systems.

Linux is on a "slope of disillusionment" but it will become one of the three primary server environments by 2005, said industry researcher Gartner.

According to Ken Dulaney, research area director at Gartner, Handspring has already taken 25 per cent of Palm's share of the personal digital assistant market and would be an even stronger force if it created a cult following, based on Linux.

IDC's report indicates that the worldwide packaged software market is well positioned for strong expansion until 2004, with Linux to experience robust growth. As part of the forecast, IDC indicates that revenues will increase at a compound annual growth rate of more than 15 per cent during the proposed time.