Oracle's database software for Linux is being downloaded from Oracle Technology

Network at four times the rate of Oracle on Microsoft Windows 2000 and NT.

The device will arrive to market Linux-ready. Agenda Computing plans to ship both Linux and Windows versions of the Quicksync software used to transfer data between the VR3 and a desktop machine, making it one of the first handheld devices

to provide Linux connectivity out of the box.

Primary responsibilities include developing and executing Microsoft's Linux

strategy with other members of the Linux competitive team ... providing the necessary tools and resources to educate the field sales force on Linux.

SCO's CEO calls Unix sell-off, the right deal for the company.

With more companies making Open Source software a strategic part of their e-business infrastructure, it's essential that mission-critical applications such as Apache and Squid receive the support and service levels they deserve.

Caldera has posted an early version of its OpenLinux product designed for the Itanium chip, making it the fourth major Linux seller to do so.

IBM researchers have crammed Linux into a wristwatch to test the limits of the operating system and explore ways people can interact with tiny computing devices. In addition, the company is considering using Linux in its upcoming Blue Gene supercomputer.

Despite popular wisdom and the usually jubilant claims of open source folk, Linux and Apache do not dominate the Internet. In fact, they hold only a tenuous 1.67% market share lead over Windows-based web sites.

I think we should be thought of as the Linux for the People. Although a lot of people have said there's not really much of a market there, we've seen a good market there for ourselves up to this point and we've leveraged it into creating a good corporate product.

The marriage of SCO and Caldera breathes new life into the promise of open systems. The recent purchase by Linux distributor Caldera of SCO's Unix assets signifies, at the very least, a rebirth of Unix rather than a death.