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Linux vendor Collax wants to use the Web interface it has built for managing small-business servers to manage applications from other vendors too.

Open-source database vendor MySQL AB and business intelligence (BI) software provider JasperSoft have announced a joint reselling agreement.

A tiny provider of open-source e-mail exchange software is using a disruptive pricing model to compete against Microsoft and other large providers of proprietary e-mail service technology.

Since beginning as a one-person project over ten years ago, the fourth generation of the K Desktop Environment (KDE) is poised to be the most business-friendly open source desktop to date with a host of new features ideal for enterprises.

Open-source players MySQL and Open-Xchange are teaming up so Open-Xchange can embed MySQL's database into its Linux-based collaboration server.

Open-source collaboration software vendor Zimbra is adopting an intriguing approach to taking on proprietary titans like Microsoft and Google, using its channel partners as its competitive muscle.

Open source has plenty of supporters -- among them venture capitalists who view the software as a disruptive technology with huge potential. But that doesn't mean they're about to throw cash at open-source startups as they did at new companies during the dot-com rush.

SpikeSource, the open-source services company, has launched itself in Europe, offering customers a range of software applications.

Open source tools and e-mail share a long history. Mail servers such as Exim, Postfix, and Sendmail enjoy widespread use, to say nothing of a healthy assortment of open source mail clients, from Mozilla Thunderbird to Pine. But e-mail isn't the be-all and end-all of enterprise messaging. For advanced features such as group calendaring, shared address books, and IM integration, enterprise customers typically have had just two options: IBM's Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange.

A pair of Silicon Valley-based open-source collaboration vendors has released new versions of their software at LinuxWorld, renewing their challenge to the dominance of Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes by offering what they claim are cheaper, more flexible alternatives.

Juergen Geck, former chief technology officer at Suse Linux, will leave the company at the end of this week, parent company Novell has confirmed. His departure follows on those of several other former Suse executives.