IBM dumps Microsoft Office; reports from ODF Workshop arrive; the Microsoft crowd still tries to capture ODF seats
IBM and Lotus

Indie game developer Koonsolo just revealed some surprising sales statistics on the Linux version of their game. 7 months ago they released their game 'Mystic Mine', and in that time the Linux version sold more copies than the version for Windows. Yet they get plenty more website visits from Windows users.

There's nothing like kicking a rival when he's down. And just like a pair of hardened soccer hooligans, IBM and HP certainly haven't been slow to stick the boot into Sun as it lies in the mud waiting for Larry Ellison's Oracle to rescue it.

Managing projects is hard work at the best of times, but there are a number of free and open source (FOSS) applications available that can help CIOs and other managers streamline the administrative aspects of project management.

When I first saw this article I thought virus writers were creating malware for open source OS. However it s more like a new business model to bring more functionalities in their trojan. Interestingly, it also give the opportunity for security experts to look at it.

Perhaps they are concerned about staying in Microsoft’s good graces, they have been slow about adopting Linux as an alternative on the computers that they sell to the public. But their has been some progress.

If you would be willing to help a fellow techie out, I need a job.

Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, has made it clear that he is not prepared to spin off Sun's MySQL business in an attempt to placate the European Commission investigation of competition issues with Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun.