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Torvalds appears at Aust conference

Linux.conf.au delegates can expect a high-profile surprise with the revelation that Linux pioneer Linus Torvalds is attending their conference in Perth this week. Read more »

Andreessen: PHP succeeding where Java isn't

The simplicity of scripting language PHP means it will be more popular than Java for building Web-based applications, Internet browser pioneer Marc Andreessen predicted Wednesday in a speech here at the Zend/PHP Conference. Read more »

Sun wrestles with open-source Java

Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not. But some experts are suggesting a middle ground. Read more »

Legal summits to tackle Linux

The Linux Foundation, custodians of the Linux trademark, have announced two legal summits to deal with legal issues surrounding Linux and open-source software. Read more »

ISVs to jump-start Tivoli's autonomic engine

IBM has announced that it will be making software development kits available to independent software vendors worldwide who choose to use the new Tivoli Autonomic Monitoring Engine. Read more »

Sun to launch first MySQL update

The next version of MySQL won't contain bugs of the past, according to Sun execs who have promised not to change the culture of the open-source database organisation that was acquired by Sun for US$1bn in January. Read more »

Oracle touts 11g, hopes for rapid upgrade cycle

Oracle has been talking up its latest database offering -- but the signs are that Oracle customers will wait a few years before moving to 11g. Read more »

KDE developers focus on accessibility

Developers behind the next version of KDE, an open-source Linux desktop environment, are trying to make their software more accessible to people with disabilities, a conference has heard. Accessibility is a major theme at the KDE Community World Summit, currently taking place in Ludwigsburg, Germany. On 22 and 23 August the summit held a Unix Accessibility Forum, bringing together developers and people with disabilities. Read more »

Intel reclaims spot in Sun servers

Sun Microsystems announced Monday that it will resume selling servers with Intel's Xeon processor, restoring a hardware partnership and extending it to software collaboration. Read more »

Java community wants more from Sun

Sun Microsystems may have streamlined its Java development process and intensified its marketing around the programming language, but some smaller partners are still not happy. Read more »

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Linux.conf.au day one: Less hype more code

A sold out Linux.conf.au 2003 started with the cheering of Linux users, hacks and hobbyists when Linus Torvalds was introduced suited up as none other than Tux, the famous Linux icon. Read more »

Who's liable for Linux?

It's the next big Linux controversy: Who should be liable if customers wind up using software that was created from misappropriated intellectual property? Read more »

What if? an alternative history of tech

Michael Kanellos imagines a world where Apple licenced the Mac and wrestling is a corporate sport. Read more »

The beginning of the end of Java as we know it?

Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated. Read more »

Study: Linux developers unfazed by SCO suit

New research indicates that SCO Group's lawsuit over the use of Unix source code in the Linux operating system has not discouraged developers from implementing Linux-oriented software. Read more »

Australian open source winners announced

The winners of the annual Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group's open source awards were announced in Sydney this week. Read more »

Who is Godot in the Java world?

Sun's increasingly isolated position in the industry must leave the Java community wondering what will happen if the standard eventually has to stand on its own . Read more »

Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates

The world's richest man on web apps, ultramobile PCs, dirt cheap PCs and the 'G' word. Read more »

Investigating open source

The proprietary/open source dilemma confronts governments and businesses everywhere--it's only a matter of scale. Read more »

Raise your external profile

The payoff of raising your external profile can be huge in terms of future career opportunities. Follow these tips from Builder.com to get you started. Read more »

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Drop in on Builder AU at Open CeBiT 2008

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Got a question on open source you need answered? Need a way to help convince your boss that open source is the way to go? Or just curious to learn what all the fuss is about? Then drop in to the Builder AU Open Source Afternoon on Wednesday May 21. Read more »

LinuxWorld Conference

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- The LinuxWorld Conference and Expo is bearing down upon us! Read more »

The best news Linux could ever receive: LinuxWorld's a bust

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- The latest proof that Linux has conquered the corporate data center crowd: LinuxWorld is a dud. Read more »

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