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• Red Hat works to make virtualisation into reality

  Red Hat announced several moves on Tuesday to bring virtualisation technology to the mainstream Linux market by the end of the year, a move that the company promises will dramatically increase server efficiency.

• OpenBSD: The most secure OS around

  Move over, Windows and Linux: OpenBSD is the most secure server operating system now available.

• Sun reluctant to make Java open source

  Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.

• Battered Sun maps strategy for comeback

  These days, any news about Sun Microsystems seems decidedly glum.

• Trial: Sun warns of Microsoft .Net threat

  Sun's chief strategy officer, Jonathan Schwartz, testifies that Microsoft could use its .Net strategy to thwart competition and extend its monopoly power to the Internet.

Features and Case Studies (21)

• Sun reluctant to make Java open source

  Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.

• Red Hat looks under Linux's hood

  Trying to take a more active role in open-source programming, Red Hat has created a team of 34 programmers to work on nothing but next-generation software.

• Security with bite: 15 technologies tested

  In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market.

• Six office suites reviewed

  Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to dethrone Microsoft. We test six office suites in the market.

• Browser battle shakes Net apps

  They're used in everything from Google searches to Web tax filings. But standards struggle is rattling W3C and confounding developers.

Reviews (26)

• Not as thick as some: 7 thin clients tested

  Thin clients seem to be a perennial runner-up to full-featured desktops, but we think the time is right to stop thinking "what if?" and to get rid of those clunky desktop PCs.

• Servers of a higher order: 4 high-end platforms tested

  With such a wide variety of server platforms available, we take a look at some beefy servers sporting some very impressive processing grunt.

• Office politics: Microsoft Office XP vs Sun StarOffice 6

  Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed­â€"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity marketâ€"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?

• Thin, but no flakes: 4 thin-clients reviewed

  Last month we looked at thin-client terminals. This month RMIT examines the back end for thin-client setups.

• Six thin clients reviewed

  In the first instalment of a two-part review on thin clients, we look at thin-client terminals.

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