LWN.net has the new issue: “Testing has entered the main Debian archive. Testing is a new branch
of Debian to complement stable and unstable. New uploads enter
unstable, and if no bad bugs are found in two weeks time, flow into
testing. Thus, testing is always in an ‘essentially releasable state’.
Testing is sure to have
far-ranging implications throughout Debian, from package release
frequency and everyday development, to porting and security fixes, to
release timing and management. Interesting times lie ahead.

From Upside.com: “Call it the open source business paradox. At
a time when public and private investors
seem to be turning up their noses at open
source companies and the notion of selling
software with freely available source code,
large and small businesses alike can’t seem
to get enough of it.

Slowly but surely, companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard (HWP)
and even Oracle (ORCL) have re-positioned themselves as the best
friends of the open source community, while former starlets such as
Red Hat (RHAT) and VA Linux (LNUX) scramble to earn their first
profitable dollar.” (VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

From SearchEnterpriseLinux.techtarget.com:
It is now possible to take a test drive version of the OpenNMS open source management solution. The new version is a single-server solution with features appropriate for Internet service providers to small and medium-sized companies. Submiited by an Anonymous Reader

“Steve Giles, cofounder of the OpenNMS. org project, believes OpenNMS will show that old management solutions are as relevant to today?s enterprise Web environment as the manual typewriter.He talks about OpenNMS in a question and answer interview at searchEnterpriseLinux.-Anonymous Reader“

From searchEnterpriseLinux: ”
Five years ago, open source databases were not on most IT professionals’ radar but today they are making enough blips to keep a full staff of flight controllers busy.

-Anonymous Reader“

Newsforge reader Max Kincora sends us this link: “The lack of right-sized, right-priced systems management solutions for Linux has been a problem for many IT managers. Here is a look at new systems management solutions being offered by Caldera Systems, Red Hat, and Acrylis.”

Linux Planet has this opinion piece entitled, “On being a citizen of the Web.”

The ever-familiar Anonymous Reader drops in to say, “This article over @ ctnow.com (also the business section of the Hartford Courant) talks about the Connecticut defendant in the case: MPAA Vs. Hughes. ‘Jeraimee Hughes fits the Hollywood image of a computer hacker.
His long hair is dyed purple. His dress is schoolyard casual. And he displays an easy familiarity with software programming, computer hardware and telecommunications.
But let the talk turn to bootlegging copyrighted movies or breaking into someone else’s computer system, and Hughes belies the stereotype.’”

From PRNewswire: “Collaborative software
development is more than just the new buzz word — it’s the hot trend that has
something critical to offer businesses and developers alike. The E-Business
Network takes a close look at collaborative software development in “Burning
Issues: Collaborative Software Development,” the latest show in the new
“Burning Issues” series.”

From ZDCOUK: “The chiefs of Oracle and Microsoft discussed
interoperability when the two met face to face earlier this
month. Was anything else on the agenda?

It’s not every day that Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer and
Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison sit down and chat about
interoperability of their respective product lines.”