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Finally, in the spirit of all the fact checking going on these days, here's a report comparing the relative security of Linux vs. Windows, based on an analysis of the claims and the data that supports them. Excellent read.

An open source time tracking program called Jobby has just been released. What's cool about this is that it hooks into the SQL Ledger financial database. It also connects to dotProject.

From the New Zealand Herald, a story that needs no further introduction: Trickle of interest in Linux starts to become a corporate flood

Here's a helpful story that can introduce you to open source server components without leaving Windows. Get AMPed over Uniform Server and Build a Data-driven Web Site in Nothing Flat is now on DevX, and can help you get started...

Two articles on eWeek about Open Office: Office 2003 vs.

The July 2004 online version of Linux Magazine has a great overview of OS Commerce in E-Commerce Made Easy. OS Commerce is one of the applications described in the book, and it's a great way to get an online storefront.

The Scribus program is making great strides in becoming a solid desktop publishing application. If you're stuck using Windows because of PageMaker or Quark, check it out! Interview with Scribus Team.

Frank Neugebauer has written a step-by-step set of instructions to install OpenExchange in Mandrake Linux. OpenExchange is a groupware server providing similar functionality to Microsoft Exchange, only with many more features.

The CRM software mentioned in the book, currently in use by the author, is now uploaded to a Subversion repository. It's mostly the Anteil CRM package modified to strip out the C database abstraction library.

Con Zymaris has written a cogent essay about What the open source industry stands for. A particularly clear passage: "Open source licenses are not anti-commercial; they are anti lock-in."

Doc Searls, co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto, has started a community message board around the idea of "Do-It-Yourself IT" (DIY-IT), specifically comparing in-house software development with the DIY home improvement trends.

Dave Fancella's Stupid Website has an anecdote about the ease of installation of Mandrake LInux 9.2, compared to Windows 2000.