IDC analyst's profess to a strong sense of disquiet and predict a slow decline for UnixWare and the accompanying services division that Caldera acquired.

Dell credited Linux servers and notebook sales for fuelling its revenue growth last quarter which shows increases in revenue and earnings of 25 per cent and 5 per cent respectively for the quarter ending July 28th.

To what extent are Fortune 500 companies already using Linux? US open source champions Oracle, IBM and VA Linux have differing opinions.

The Linux version of Oracle iAS is available for order today. Its Windows NT/2000 brother won't be out until September. Oracle is dead serious about supporting Linux as an enterprise platform.

TurboLinux announced the general availability of TurboLinux DataServer optimized for Oracle8i. TurboLinux DataServer is fully tested and supported by TurboLinux and Oracle to ensure a stable and reliable database server for work groups and as a database application deployment platform.

Oracle's database software for Linux is being downloaded from Oracle Technology

Network at four times the rate of Oracle on Microsoft Windows 2000 and NT.

The device will arrive to market Linux-ready. Agenda Computing plans to ship both Linux and Windows versions of the Quicksync software used to transfer data between the VR3 and a desktop machine, making it one of the first handheld devices

to provide Linux connectivity out of the box.

Primary responsibilities include developing and executing Microsoft's Linux

strategy with other members of the Linux competitive team ... providing the necessary tools and resources to educate the field sales force on Linux.

SCO's CEO calls Unix sell-off, the right deal for the company.

With more companies making Open Source software a strategic part of their e-business infrastructure, it's essential that mission-critical applications such as Apache and Squid receive the support and service levels they deserve.