[NTLUG:Discuss] OpenSource articles glore...

[Terry]

Linus on the front page of Business Week:
"Linus Torvalds once led a ragtag band of software geeks. Not anymore.
Here's an inside look at how the unusual Linux business model
increasingly threatens Microsoft"
See:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_05/b3918001_mz001.htm

Linux in Government:
Another Look at Linux in the MS Infrastructure
By Tom Adelstein on Mon, 2005-01-31 00:00.
Considering the capabilities of Samba 3 and what they could mean for
your workplace network.
See:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8069

The Firefox Explosion 
It's fast, secure, open source - and super popular. The hot new
browser called Firefox is rocking the software world. (Watch your
back, Bill Gates.)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/firefox.html?pg=1&topic=firefox&topic_set=

Big Blue has announced an agreement with Brazil [Brazil is dumping MS for Linux]
IBM is teaming up with the government of Brazil to develop the
country's expertise in open-source software, such as Linux, the
technology giant announced on Friday.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39117098,00.htm
IBM moves Linux beat to Brazil
http://news.com.com/IBM+moves+Linux+beat+to+Brazil/2100-7344_3-5233011.html

IBM's chief information officer has directed the company to begin an
internal project to evaluate Linux for use on desktop computers, a
further endorsement of the open-source operating system.
http://news.com.com/IBM+turns+inward+with+Linux+desktop+project/2100-7344_3-5137815.html?tag=st.rn