LINK: Linux in the Indian Press / March 11

[Frederick Noronha <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* LINUX CATCHES THE attention of SMEs (small and
  medium enterprises), says Express Computer in its
  issue dated March 12. Its article on Page 6 says
  Indian SMEs are beginning to see Linux as a 
  development platform "as it is both logical and
  commercially viable".
* SKOCH CONSULTANCY, a Delhi research agency, says
  nearly 80 percent of SME developers in India
  already have Linux as a platform.
* SKOCH'S director Sameer Kochhar says Linux is the
  "logical choice" for application development, due
  to the advantages it offers in terms of
  scalability, availability, openness and a low
  total cost of ownership.
* CRM solution providers like Global Groupware
  Solutions, Momentum Systems, Techspan India,
  Global Information Systems, Intelsoft Technologies,
  and Nucleus Software have already taken to Linux 
  with many more expected to jump in.
* "There is definitely a movement towards Linux
  because of its open source code which makes
  it less resource hungry. Not only does it offer
  almost negligible licensing costs, but also
  makes all the tools easily available anytime,"
  says Infoedge Solutions managing director
  Piyush Kumar.
  http://www.expresscomputeronline.com
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* LynuxWorks has announced SynergyWorks, a program
  for third-party solution providers working with
  LinuxWorks technology and services. SynergyWorks
  assists in developing and distributing systems
  compatible with LynuxWorks family of products,
  including Linux-compatible Lynxos real-time 
  operating system, and the open source BlueCat
  Linux. http://www.lynuxworks.com
* FEATURE-RICH DTP software from Chilliware.
  iceSculptor is a premium Linux desktop publishing
  system combining a robust feature set with powerful 
  wizards for ease of use. It makes it a breeze to
  create colourful, eyecatching flyers, newsletters,
  booklets and more on your desktop.
  http://www.chilliware.net
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* GIMP, comprehensive image-editing software.
  http://www.gimp.org
* TURBOLINUX'S WEB-CLUSTERING: Turbolinux'
  new Cluster Server 6 offers customers an afford-
  able and robust Web-clusering solution.
  http://www.turbolinux.com 
* CHIPMAKER WANTS TO REVIVE FREE PC OFFER: 
  ZF Linux Devices is attempting to rescue the 
  free PC movement by cutting costs like never
  before. The 5-yr firm, which makes a low-cost
  microprocessor called MachZ, has developed
  a blueprint for an inexpensive PC called
  the Z-Port (about $250). 
  By buying MachZ chips from the firm and 
  adopting the Z-Port blueprints, ISPs can 
  assemble a PC for $250, a cost that could
  be subsidised through contracts with 
  subscribers. The design will be totally 
  open source. 
  Feldman says the firm would succeed as the
  MachZ processor is an integrated "system
  on a chip" that combines input and output 
  controllers onto the same piece of silicon 
  as the microprocessor, thereby cutting costs.
  The Z-Port can also be configured with a 
  free version of Linux, rather than Windows.
  Although all of these concepts have been
  tried in the past, ZF Linux's twist is
  clubbing them all into a low-cost strategy.
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