Two companies will attempt to change the face of Linux forever, or at least the

interface, at LinuxWorld in San Jose.

Trying to capitalize on what it sees as a growing trend among both small and large companies, IBM will unwrap its first set of prepackaged Linux clusters for use on its PC-based line of Netfinity servers.

Just a few weeks after Caldera Systems detailed plans to acquire the server software division and professional services arm of Unix vendor SCO, two other Unix operating system vendors are weighing in with Linux support.

Linuxcare has responded to its sea of troubles by sailing its way into an unexpected harbor of good business.

Computing giant Hewlett-Packard will designate Linux as one of its three strategic operating systems and add new products and services to support it.

IDC analyst's profess to a strong sense of disquiet and predict a slow decline for UnixWare and the accompanying services division that Caldera acquired.

Dell credited Linux servers and notebook sales for fuelling its revenue growth last quarter which shows increases in revenue and earnings of 25 per cent and 5 per cent respectively for the quarter ending July 28th.

To what extent are Fortune 500 companies already using Linux? US open source champions Oracle, IBM and VA Linux have differing opinions.

The Linux version of Oracle iAS is available for order today. Its Windows NT/2000 brother won't be out until September. Oracle is dead serious about supporting Linux as an enterprise platform.

TurboLinux announced the general availability of TurboLinux DataServer optimized for Oracle8i. TurboLinux DataServer is fully tested and supported by TurboLinux and Oracle to ensure a stable and reliable database server for work groups and as a database application deployment platform.