Open source software benefits professionals in all industries: government, Internet, business, education, and even health care. Expensive software and subscriptions for anti virus systems, supporting electronic medical records and even phone or e-mail communications can put on a strain on small clinics as well as larger hospitals.

The last openSUSE install I tried for any real length of time was 10.1. I installed 10.3 a month or two back to try some things, and found, though it's really usable, there wasn't anything that made me want to say, "Screw Ubuntu."

Red Hat's Mark Webbink and Alan Cox explain why Red Hat have a patent portfolio and what it means relating to the "Red Hat Patent Promise" and the Open Invention Network.

Nine out of ten software-as-a-service providers will rely on open source software by 2010 to save money, but the cost savings likely won't be passed onto customers, Gartner says in a new research note.

"On Friday I had the privilege of attending the first ever European Licensing & Legal Workshop of Free Software Foundation Europe. Thanks and congratulations to the FSFE Freedom Task Force (FTF) for organising such a successful event..."

The first time I ever wrote about the Asterisk open source VoIP PBX was nearly four years ago when the 1.0 milestone was released. I met Asterisk creator Mark Spencer a few months later in Toronto where he delivered a keynote at the VON (Voice on the Net event) of that year.

ReviewLinux.com reviews the Mandriva Flash USB key edition of Mandriva. "Mandriva Flash 2008 Mobile USB Key is a great extra tool to have in your Linux toolbox. Fun to use and easy to manage this key is a cut above the more open source versions of Linux on USB Key. Support from Mandriva is proven and available for all who purchase the key.

LinuxSeekers.com has printed one of the first reviews of the new Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring. They were impressed with the new artwork, the simplicity of the installer, and the wide range of hardware support.