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LWN: Debugging Free Java with SableVM and Eclipse
"The SableVM Project involves the development of a liberally-licensed free virtual machine for Java..."

OSGalaxy: GNOME Language Debates
In two articles on OSGalaxy, Havoc Pennington and Miguel de Icaza debate what will be the future development language for GNOME: Java 5 or Mono.

eWeek: OpenOffice, Free-Software Supporters Make Peace over Java
"A conflict between free-software supporters and OpenOffice.org over the use of Sun's proprietary implementation of Java in the forthcoming OpenOffice.org 2.0 is on its way to being resolved..."

NewsFactor: Head to Head: Linux vs. Windows on 64-Bit Chips
"For the first time in history, there are more Linux software choices than Windows choices--in the 64-bit arena--but it is likely that the situation will not remain that way for long..."

MIT Technology Review: How Linux Could Overthrow Microsoft
"But 'Lintel,' or the Linux operating system and Intel, is now encroaching on this empire, and behind it is the entire open-source software movement, which threatens to overthrow the Windows industry..."

The next GCJ - GNU Compiler for the Java language
Scroll down a little after following the link to see the nice article from Mark Wielaard about the about-to-be-released GCJ 4 (as part of GCC 4.0). This new release, alongside efforts from projects like JPackage will for the first time deliver a workable F/OSS plataform for many, if not most, Java projects, availabe out of the box on F/OSS Linux distros. Besides that, GCJ is availabe for Windows and most plataforms supported by previous releases of GCC, that means many more plataforms than you can run Sun Java or their licensees.

Builder UK: Wine Development Stifled by Software Patent
"Developers on the Windows compatibility project Wine have been forced to abandon an important feature due to the existence of a Borland patent..."

eWeek: New Members to 'Enrich' ObjectWeb
"ObjectWeb, the French open-source software consortium, showed Monday why it is truly an international entity, announcing new members and agreements from members in countries in Europe and Asia..."

TechWeb/Yahoo!: Sun Blesses Open-Source Java Effort
"A group of developers last week proposed an Apache Foundation project that would create an open-source version of Sun Microsystems' desktop Java software--a project Sun has already endorsed and in which it may even participate..."

Parsing command line options in JDK 5.0 style: args4j
Parsing command line options in your program has always been a boring work; you loop through String[] and write a whole bunch of arg.equals("-foo") and arg.equals("-bar"). There are some libraries that attempt to solve this, such as Apache Commons CLI. I tried many of those, but I didn't quite like any of those. I felt that I can write a better one by taking advantanges of JDK 5.0 features. That eventually became args4j.

PR: Fedora Core 4 Test 3 Available
"The Fedora Project would like to announce the release of Fedora Core 4 test 3; currently scheduled to be the final test release before Fedora Core 4..."

Silicon.com: IBM: 'Firefox Is In Da House'
"IBM is encouraging its employees to use Firefox, aiding the open source web browser's quest to chip away at Microsoft's Internet Explorer..."

LinuxWorld Australia: What is Cisco Doing with Linux?
"Cisco has long used open source and Linux internally as a tool for supporting its own network..."

NewsForge: Making Plans with GanttProject
"Think that project management software belongs only in the realm of big corporations with huge budgets? In reality, anyone can benefit from using a project management tool..."

developerWorks: Create, Deploy, and Debug Apache Geronimo Applications
"Get a head start in using the new Eclipse plug-in to develop and deploy Web applications to the Apache Geromimo server..."

TechWorld: Open Source is Widespread But Much is Invisible
"The survey recently undertaken by SocITM to determine just how much open source software (OSS) was being used found that 34 per cent use OS applications and 39 per cent use OS infrastructure software such as Linux..."

Wind River's Linux transformation (ZDNet)

Computer Economics: Key Advantage of Open Source is Not Cost Savings
"Computer Economics recently conducted a survey of visitors to its website regarding the perceived advantages in the use of open source software. Although not a scientific sample, the results are nevertheless startling..."

eWeek: Dell's Investment Shows Red Hat Is Red Hot
"While it's too soon to determine the full impact of Dell's nearly $100 million investment in Linux vendor Red Hat, the move makes one thing perfectly clear..."

Really Linux: 25 Years After DOS: Lessons Learned for Linux
"But what can the Linux world learn from Microsoft's past 25 years of unique experiences and domination? I think we can uncover a lot simply going back to that first fateful year when Microsoft released PC-DOS for IBM PCs..."

Seven Criteria for Evaluating Open-Source Content Management Systems
If you're new to open-source CMSes, here are some guidelines to help you find the best one for your project.

Groklaw: Why Free Software Really Matters
"Groklaw's Shawn Boyette has written an article for Groklaw on why Free Software really matters..."

eWeek: 64-Bit Linux Is Already Here
"While 64-bit Windows is taking its first baby steps, 64-bit Linux has been running in the enterprise for years. To which would you rather entrust your business...?"

ZDNet: Depoliticizing Open Source
"Much of the commentary on John Carroll’s piece about Third World open source movements was political..."

Enterprise Storage Forum: Linux's Growing Role in Storage
"SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel or iSCSI, it all sits on an operating system. Sometimes that OS is UNIX, other times it's Windows, and in a growing number of cases it's now Linux as well..."

Techworld: Open-Source Solaris Within 45 Days
"Company remains unsure what users want to do with it though..."

CNET News: Qualcomm Lines Up with Linux
"Cell phone chipmaker Qualcomm said Thursday that it will support Linux, marking another key company to back the open-source software on handsets..."

The Register: Insiders Reveal SCO's Monterey Disarray
"First the sideshow, then the scoop. A former SCO insider puts the relationship with IBM over Project Monterey in an entirely new light..."

TechNewsWorld: Apple's Tiger vs. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition vs. Linux
"With a good balance of ease of use, performance, and reliability, Tiger would seem to be the OS of choice for [most] users over a Linux distribution..."