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Open source centre for Asia launched

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URL : www.asiaosc.org

Name of Site : Asian Open Source Centre

Short description : Promoting free software and open source use in Asia, especially related to localization.

Longer description : The centre focuses on open source issues specific to Asia, such as localization of software, open source for creating local content, and the use of open source to bridge the \'digital divide\'.

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Kernel Bug Database

This is a bug database developed specifically for tracking bugs in the Linux kernel. It allows users to submit bug reports, which can be linked to confirmed bugs, and to find bugs by uploading your .config file.

Red Hat: Debating enterprise Linux momentum futile

Red Hat executive Mark de Visser explains that most enterprise CIOs have either deployed Linux for mission-critical work, or at least have a strategy in place. He also covers inhibitors to Linux adoption in the enterprise, Red Hat\'s focus on certain vertical markets, customer demands and more in part one of this question-and-answer interview.

Open source centre for Asia launched

Email: 

URL : www.asiaosc.org

Name of Site : Asian Open Source Centre

Short description : Promoting free software and open source use in Asia, especially related to localization.

Longer description : The centre focuses on open source issues specific to Asia, such as localization of software, open source for creating local content, and the use of open source to bridge the \'digital divide\'.

SCO casts wider net for infringers

SCO Group has hired high-profile attorney David Boies to see whether Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and versions of BSD infringe on Unix intellectual property the company owns, Chief Executive Darl McBride said Wednesday.

Goldman Sachs: Fear the Penguin

According to the study, IT buyers will use Linux to take advantage of lower-cost, higher-performance Intel-based servers and to avoid \"premium-priced proprietary systems.\" Eventually, systems running Linux will displace systems based on Unix (news - web sites) and RISC processors.

IBM looks to arm more PDAs with Linux

IBM\'s Microelectronics division announced on Tuesday it will offer a PDA blueprint aimed at fostering the development of new versions of handhelds based on its PowerPC 405LP chip and MontaVista Software\'s Linux. The companies are exhibiting their wares at this week\'s LinuxWorld trade show in New York.

SCO casts wider net for infringers

SCO Group has hired high-profile attorney David Boies to see whether Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and versions of BSD infringe on Unix intellectual property the company owns, Chief Executive Darl McBride said Wednesday.

Linux continues desktop march

The good news for Linux as an operating system for the desktop--as opposed to the server--is that it is set to become No. 2 after Windows in the next year or so. The bad news is that its growth does not look to be as explosive as some advocates might have hoped.