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MITRE Report - A Business Case Study of Open Source Software

The MITRE Corporation has published a report examining the business case for Open Source Software. This above link leads to an abstract of the report and a link to the 88 page report (PDF format). (Thanks to Rajesh Bhandari)

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Press Releases

Open Source Announcements

• Deersoft, Inc. (PALO ALTO, Calif.): Deersoft Emerges to Combat Spam.

• eclipse.org (SUNNYVALE, Calif.): MontaVista Software to Join the Board of Eclipse.org; Contributes Vast Experience in Developer Tools for Embedded Applications and Deep Commitment to Open Source.

• Guardian Digital and LinuxCertified: Guardian Digital Partners with LinuxCertified to Provide Key Open Source Security Skills to IT Professionals.

• Nemein (HELSINKI): Datex-Ohmeda chooses Nemein's Open Source -based project management solution.

• Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. (AUSTIN, Texas): OpenAccess Coalition Continues to Build Momentum As New Vendors Join the Initiative.

Distributions and Bundled Products

• HP, Oracle, Red Hat (PALO ALTO, Calif.): HP, Oracle and Red Hat Combine Engineering Expertise to Further Develop Linux Solutions for the Enterprise.

• LynuxWorks (SAN JOSE, Calif.): LynuxWorks Announces Availability of BlueCat RT.

• MontaVista Software, Inc. (SUNNYVALE, Calif.): MontaVista Selected to Upside "Hot 100".

• Oracle Corporation (REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.): Oracle to Provide Customers With Technical Support for Oracle Products On Red Hat Linux Advanced Server.

• Oracle Corporation (REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.): Dell, Oracle and Red Hat Deliver Business-Critical Linux Solutions For the Enterprise.

• SuSE Linux (Nuremberg, Germany): SuSE Linux Pro-Office CD with StarOffice 6 available from Mid-June.

Software for Linux

• Akuter, Inc. (SAN MATEO, Calif.): Akuter, Inc. Releases Updated eLearning Platform Software.

• Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NEW ORLEANS): New Cadence 5.0 Custom IC Software Release Expands Lead in Growing Digital/Mixed-Signal Market.

• DMTF (SAN JOSE, Calif.): Distributed Management Task Force Releases Final CIM Schema v2.6; Newest Version of the Common Information Model Standard Supports UNIX and Linux.

• Freshwater Software (Boulder, Colo.): Freshwater delivers native Linux version of SiteScope Web system monitoring software.

• IBM: IBM Speed-starts your Linux applications.

• Insightful Corporation (SEATTLE): Insightful Corporation Announces S+FinMetrics; Powerful Econometric Software for In-depth Financial Analysis.

• Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.): ICS Announces Powerful New GUI Development Tool.

• LumenVox (SAN DIEGO): LumenVox Announces Linux Supported Speech Recognition Engine v2.5.

• Oracle Corporation (REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.): Oracle Announces Broad Support for Oracle9i on Linux.

• PTC (Needham, Mass.): PTC and HP Plan to Offer Support for Linux Users.

• RLX Technologies Inc. (HOUSTON, TX): RLX Technologies Announces Advances in Serverblade Clustering and Management; RLX Unveils Control Tower 3 Industry-Leading Blade Management Solution.

• RLX Technologies Inc. (HOUSTON, TX): RLX Technologies Delivers Industry First: Preinstalled Web-hosting Automation Blade Server Solution.

• STARBAK (COLUMBUS, Ohio): STARBAK Revolutionary Streaming Middleware Provides Industry's Highest Performance Next-Generation Platforms.

• ScanSoft, Inc. (PEABODY, Mass.): ScanSoft's RealSpeak Text-to-Speech Engine to be Integrated into InfoSpace's TTS Server.

• Serena Software, Inc (SAN FRANCISCO, CA): Serena Extends Distributed Change Management Solutions to New Markets.

• Sistina Software, Inc. (MINNEAPOLIS, MN): Sistina Software Announces Comprehensive Support For Oracle9i; Sistina's Global File System Uniquely Optimizes Oracle 9i RAC for Scalability, Reliability, and Manageability.

• Trolltech (OSLO, Norway and SANTA CLARA, Calif.): Trolltech Announces TheKompany.com's Shawn Gordon Named Winner of Qtopia Worldwide Developers Contest.

• webwasher.com (PADERBORN, Germany): Webwasher.com Introduces 4.0 Version of its WebWasher(R) Enterprise Edition.

Products and Services Using Linux

• J.D. Edwards (DENVER): J.D. Edwards Announces Direction to Deliver CRM On Linux; Integrated J.D. Edwards CRM Offering Includes DB2 and WebSphere Software from IBM.

Hardware with Linux support

• AEP INC. (CAMPBELL, Calif. & DUBLIN): AEP Announces Their AEP Secure Delivering the Best Price/ Performance HSM on The Market; Solutions to Provide Dramatic Improvements in Secure Web Server and Network Appliance Performance.

• Egenera Inc. (MARLBORO, Mass.): Egenera Inc. to Exhibit at Securities Industry Association Technology Management Conference & Exposition.

• Eurologic Systems (BOXBOROUGH, Mass.): Eurologic Systems Announces High Performance SANbloc 2Gb RAID; Raises the Bar for Price/Performance.

• RackSaver Inc. (SAN DIEGO): RackSaver Leaps Forward in Supercomputing Technology Introducing the New BladeRack RS-1200V Featuring the AMD Athlon XP 2200+ Processor.

• Seiko Instruments USA Inc. (TORRANCE, Calif.): Seiko Instruments Software Engineering Team Shortens Product Design Cycle and Time-to-Market as Integral Part of ''Seiko Secure'' Value-Added Customer Support.

• SynTest (NEW ORLEANS): SynTest Expands Its Electronic Design Debugging Product Line, Introduces TurboDebug for SOC Memory-BIST Debug.

• TROY Group (SANTA ANA, Calif): TROY Wireless' EtherWind 802.11b Print Server Receives Winning Reviews by PC Magazine.

Linux at Work

• 1mage Software, Inc. (ENGLEWOOD, Colo.): 1mage Software Forms ASP Alliance To Bring Integrated Document Management To Healthcare Groups.

• IBM and Molecular Mining Corporation (SOMERS, N.Y. & KINGSTON, Ontario): IBM and Molecular Mining Team to Advance Drug Discovery.

• Institute for Systems Biology (SOMERS, N.Y. & SEATTLE): Institute for Systems Biology Turns to IBM for Linux Solutions; IBM eServer and DiscoveryLink Systems to Help Researchers Study Interactions Among Proteins.

• Xerox and MandrakeSoft (Paris): Xerox chooses MandrakeLinux/Caldera Graphics to optimize enterprise production.

Books and Documentation

• O'Reilly (Sebastopol, CA): "MySQL Reference Manual" Released by O'Reilly Community Press.

Partnerships

• Gibraltar Software (SUNNYVALE, Calif.): Gibraltar Software, Inc., Signs Strategic Relationship Agreement With Wide Area Management Services -- WAMS -- to Expand Sales.

• HP (NEW ORLEANS): HP and Cadence Advance Alliance to Bring Electronic Design Automation on Linux.

• Horizon Companies, Inc. (EDISON, N.J. & PUNE, India): C-DAC and Horizon Companies Announce Joint Development Agreement to Develop U.S.-India Telecom Products Strategy.

• MSC.Software (SANTA ANA, Calif. & WESTWOOD, Mass.): MSC.Software and Precise Software Solutions Partner To Improve US Customers' Application Performance Management.

• Trolltech and Chinasoft (BEIJING, China): Trolltech, Chinasoft Bring Qt and Qtopia to the Chinese Market.

• Trolltech and Red Flag Linux (BEIJING, China): Trolltech, Redflag Linux to provide eLinux platform for China.

Financial Results

• AltaVista Company (PALO ALTO, Calif.): AltaVista Momentum Mounts as Key Milestones are Met; Focused Search Leader Makes Significant Product Improvements, Secures Important Customer Wins and Adds Chief Marketing Officer.

Personnel and New Offices

• Cyclades (FREMONT, Calif.): Cyclades Names Joe Millares Chief Financial Officer; Console Port Management Company Experiences Strong Growth Despite Tough Economic and Technology Markets.

Miscellaneous

• Mentor Graphics (NEW ORLEANS): Synopsys Recognizes Mentor Graphics with Tenzing Norgay EDA Interoperability Achievement Award.

• OKENA (WALTHAM, Mass.): Leading Security Expert from OKENA Available to Discuss New 'Heap' Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities; Web Server Protection Critical to Thwart Attacks.

• PICMG (WAKEFIELD, Mass.): PICMG Revises Two CompactPCI Specifications to Include New System Availability and Management Features.

• StarGen (Marlborough, Massachusetts): ADVISORY/ Stephen Christo of StarGen to Present At Embedded Linux Expo & Conference, as Part of the RTC Summit Dallas.

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