Zend Framework has attracted contributions from 230 active contributors, both individual developers and company-sponsored committers, including from Google, IBM and Zend Technologies. Pre-release versions of Zend Framework have been downloaded more than one million times.

Zend Framework is designed to help software companies speed up their Web application development. It provides developers with a Windows-based platform. "The philosophy that existing with the pre-release versions is the same as we follow now. But there is a lot more functionality in the version 1.0," said Kent Mitchell, director of product marketing.

PHP developers will have new ways to easily connect their PHP applications to the cloud, thanks to the latest version of the open source Zend Framework.

Zend Technologies has announced the latest version of its open-source framework for PHP, offering improved support for Microsoft and Novell environments. The changes are part of what Zend called more of a business focus, which encompasses updates to help those building and plumbing web services and enterprise applications into PHP.

Zend Technologies has announced that it is working with Oracle to deliver an integrated and optimized enterprise-class Linux and PHP solution for deploying and managing business-critical Web applications. Zend's Web application server is now available through the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN). Zend Server also includes out-of-the-box enterprise-grade connectivity to Oracle Database.

With today's release of Zend Studio for Eclipse, Zend has made Zend Studio, which we reviewed last year, even better.

AbiWord 2.6 is a multi-platform word processor that combines state-of-the-art usability, powerful features, and excellent interoperability. Furthermore, it features a powerful framework for supporting custom extensions. AbiWord 2.6 is the most stable and capable AbiWord release ever. In addition to fixing hundreds of bugs reported by our users, it contains several exciting new features.

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is the most popular and powerful image editor on the Linux platform. It benefits from detailed official documentation, as well as a huge number of community-made tutorials and dedicated websites. The latest stable series, 2.6.x, include several UI improvements, new filters, and the introduction of the GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) framework.

PatientOS is an Open Source GPLv3 Helathcare Information System in the making. PatientOS version 0.82 brings together Acute Care Documentation, a rewrite of the Scheduling UI and the introduction of user defined Order States.

The documentation includes editable flowsheets, image uploads, graphs and charts as well as inked forms.