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Escaping the Java Trap: A practical road map to the Free Software and Open Source alternatives
This document, created colaboratively by many open source Java developers from meetings initiated by SouJava and edited by Mark Wielaard, presents the current state of Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS) projects that aim to deliver a complete Java stack. It provides an overview about runtimes, compilers, libraries, applications, packaging into Linux distributions and Java SE / EE coverage and certification initiatives. It's a great place to start learning about the effort to have compatible F/OSS Java implementations.

JamVM 1.4.0
From Mark Wielaard:
Robert never pushes JamVM very hard. But he really should! His latest JamVM 1.4.0 release adds impressive new features (Soft/Weak/Phantom References, optimized garbage collector, language and reflection type access checks, GNU Classpath 0.19 and CVS support plus improved/added support for PPC-32/64, AMD64 and kfreebsd) and feels really stable. Go Robert!

ZDNet UK: UK Financial Organisations Offer Firefox Support
'We recognise that more and more people are using Firefox, so it's something we want to support,' says one high-street bank...

MadPenguin: Ubuntu On The Business Desktop
I managed to work for a month and a half before the Boss noticed I was using Linux --and that was only because he happened to glance at my screen...

The What, Why and When of Free Software in India
Talking with one of the organizers of FSF-India about the role of free software as both technology and philosophy.

ZDNet: Approach and Appearance in Relation to Open Source
Marten Mickos, CEO of open source database company MySQL AB, was motivated by the recent controversy over SAP executive Shai Agassi's remarks about open source to write the following perspective piece...

Linux Journal: Saving the Net: How to Keep the Carriers from Flushing the Net Down the Tubes
We're hearing tales of two scenarios--one pessimistic, one optimistic--for the future of the Net. If the paranoids are right, the Net's toast. If they're not, it will be because we fought to save it, perhaps in a new way we haven't talked about before. Davids, meet your Goliaths...

eWeek: New Linux Study Suggests Fundamental Microsoft Creditability Problems
Another day, another lame attempt by Microsoft to show that Windows is better than Linux...

An interview with Brian Koontz, creator of the Open Source Technology program at North Lake College

Open Source for college credit? Yes, it's true! Daniel interviews Brian Koontz, Computer Science program coordinator and OSS zealot at North Lake College. Brian created a certificate program for Open Source Technology at North Lake College in Texas. Daniel Brookshier interviews Brian about the certificate and the open source impact of open source.

SearchOpenSource: Open Source Developers Bag Bugs Faster, Survey Says
Open source software (OSS) developers find and fix software bugs quickly, according to new analyst research released this week...

ZDNet UK: Why Governments Really Choose Open Source
Discovering why some public sector organisations are so enthusiastic about community developed software often means looking beyond a balance sheet...

Sun Announces Support for Postgres Database on Solaris 10

SearchOpenSource: Samba's Terpstra Shoots Down Open Source Misinformation
"In this interview, Terpstra shoots down some pernicious misunderstandings about Linux and open source and explains how IT organizations often end up shunning their IT planning duties...

SearchOpenSource: Why and When Open Source Products Best Microsoft [Parts 1 & 2]
There are good reasons for using open source software, and I've learned those reasons through 15 years of experience with more traditional, commercial or closed source applications...

internetnews.com: Linux, Supercomputing And The Mid-Range
The importance of Linux in the world of supercomputers is difficult to understate...

ZDNet UK: OSDL Says Patent Threat to Linux is Receding
The Patent Commons has launched, but one activist has hit out at the idea that pledging a few hundred patents will prevent IP warfare...

Linux Professional Institute exceeds 100,000 exams

Asterisk 1.2 released

DesktopLinux: The Desktop Linux Book Roundup
There has been a spate of good Linux books published lately, so we thought it might be a good idea to put together a little pre-holidays roundup...

NewsForge: IBM's Validation of Ubuntu is a Victory for Debian
IBM's validation comes on the heels of the release of Ubuntu's server version in October and in advance of the enterprise edition planned for release next April...

Linux continues supercomputer domination (NewsForge)

Mercury and Terra Soft Offer Linux for Cell-based Products

Classpath 0.19 with Generics
The latest release of GNU Classpath, the F/OSS Java2 SE Class Library, implements 95% of all the JDK 1.4.2 API. Better yet, this release features a preview of generics support, which works out-of-the box using ECJ and JamVM, so brave developers could use Eclipse to develop Java 5.0 applications on a 100%-free environment.
  (Nov 04, 2005)