Well, well, well, well, well. We have it on very good authority that
Novell just tried and failed to buy SUSE to add to its Ximian
acquisition. Apparently $120 million for such a thing is a little
rich for its taste.

//novell tried to buy suse!

but then again, they shouldnt have sold Unix TM to sco :-)

if novell wants to buy a distro //mandrake might be next. they are in need of //money and make a nice distro based on rpm.

what is the price of bashing gnu? forester found it out. they did some research sponsered by redmond and quess what? linux was more expensive than micro$oft.

Creating and maintaining a custom Web-based application with Java and Linux is almost 40% more expensive than using Microsoft Corp.'s software, according to a Microsoft-commissioned report from Forrester Research Inc

(see //computerworld)

So you think, nothing new? Yet another paid "independent" research showing prodct x is whiter than product y? Think again. forester changed its policy when finding out getting paid for crippled research doest pay off in the long run!

Forrester Research has changed its policy toward vendor-sponsored research following last month's publication of a controversial Microsoft-funded study that compared the cost of developing applications on Linux and Java to a Microsoft-based approach.

The policy change was announced in a letter written by George Colony, the CEO of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, company, and posted to the Forrester Web site late last week.

We will no longer accept paid for, publicized product comparisons," Colony said in an interview. "The best example of that would be the Microsoft report.

See //technewsworld.

Oops, this logo of Dirk looks weird in the light of //recent events.

so, i quess our beloved "krant van wakker nederland" reader prince bernard will pay:

• for a new home for all the homeless
• for all beer for the homeless
• for her funeral
• for the defense of the 5 boys hitting someone to death.

Google buys Kaltix - Google acquires innovative search engine company. [pandia searchworld]

at //picture exchange one can buy nice pics. browse through the gallerys, for example //these ones.