Linux is booming, but unpaid adoption may hurt vendors. IDC is projecting Linux revenue to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 16.9 percent from 2008 to 2013, but nonpaid usage abounds.
WineXS: a simple graphical environment to configure Wine. Wine is a well-liked compatibility layer for running Windows apps on Linux, and here is an easy way to get going with it.
SpringSource enables Java cloud apps. Cloud Foundry is an enterprise Java cloud where developers can sign in and deploy Spring, Grails, or other Java apps within a public cloud.
Report: OpenOffice doesn't infringe like MS Word. After the permanent injunction barring Microsoft from selling Word, many wondered if it would affect OpenOffice, and here are the details.
Larry Augustin: Open source fueling enterprise software shift. "Over time you will see Microsoft adopt more open source principles as they strive to continue to make Windows relevant," he says.