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    The database company is working on a project to let Mozilla's open-source desktop software work better with Oracle's business applications.

  • OS Wars: Microsoft vs Open Source

    Can one operating system fit all your needs? Or is it a matter of mixing and matching to the tasks at hand? ZDNet Australia assembled a panel of IT experts to find out which OS fits best.

  • Linux racks up corporate credentials

    Ahead of LinuxWorld next week, IBM and HP announce more big corporate customers for the relatively young operating system.

  • Penguins: Power to the enterprise

    It started as a small rebellion--a warning shot fired at the Windows monopoly by independent-minded programmers. But the open-source movement traditionally associated with the happy penguin and the pierced, tattooed crowd is increasingly moving into the enterprise, mingling peacefully with commercial and proprietary code.

  • Survey: Linux growing; CRM in doubt

    Integrating applications and buying security software are in, and CRM software and new hardware purchases are out, according to a survey of chief information officers.

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    A consulting group has found that a key networking component of Linux is of higher quality in several ways than that of competing closed-source software.

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    The database company is working on a project to let Mozilla's open-source desktop software work better with Oracle's business applications.

  • Oracle Linux vs. Oracle Windows

    Each OS claims superiority based on benchmarks. Examine the benchmarks before you decide to purchase your next server.

  • OS Wars: Microsoft vs Open Source

    Can one operating system fit all your needs? Or is it a matter of mixing and matching to the tasks at hand? ZDNet Australia assembled a panel of IT experts to find out which OS fits best.

  • Linux racks up corporate credentials

    Ahead of LinuxWorld next week, IBM and HP announce more big corporate customers for the relatively young operating system.

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  • Is Linux taking over the enterprise?

    These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • Duelling databases: Four apps tested

    Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or "light" versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task -- as we found out.

  • Exchange targeted by open-source group

    OpenGroupware.org has been launched with plans to create applications that compete with Microsoft Exchange server products.

  • Comparing four major Linux distributions

    With dozens of Linux distributions to choose from, it can be difficult to select the distribution that’s right for a particular environment. How do Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SuSE measure up?

  • Microsoft's migration plan

    A deal cinched Wednesday could help Microsoft tackle a long-standing problem: How to sell new software to customers reluctant to give up a 7-year-old version of Windows.

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