IBM's angle http://www-1.ibm.com/grid/ ORACLE's angle http://www.oracle.com/technologies/grid/ http://otn.oracle.com/tech/grid/index.html SUN's angle http://wwws.sun.com/software/grid/

ZDNet reports that Sun, as it shuts down the Cobalt server line, is doing the right thing with the code. http://lwn.net/Articles/64876/ "The release means that all the custom user interface and back-end code for the Qube 3 and RaQ 550 server appliances is now available under a BSD-style licence. Also, the custom BIOS for all x86-based RaQ/Qube products -- which, among other things, let an administrator tap in the device's network settings without having to plug in a keyboard and monitor -...

Developers who deploy Java applications on Mac OS X gain advantages from automatic support of multiprocessor hardware; native support for the Java Accessibility API; and the native Aqua look and feel, layered on top of the object-oriented Cocoa framework.

Topics discussed will include "Network Computing 04Q1 - Unleashing Innovation," "Disruptive Software Innovations for Network Computing," and "Innovations: Driving the Future of Network Computing," as well as in-depth chalk talks on topics ranging from "Sun's x86 strategies" to "Management for the Enterprise - N1 to Managed Services."

NC04-Q1 keynote webcast and live press conference Q&A featuring: * Scott McNealy, Chairman, President and CEO * Mark Tolliver, Executive Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Chief Strategy Officer * Neil Knox, Executive Vice President, Volume Systems Products, Computer Systems

Sun just shipped StarOffice 7, an acclaimed office productivity solution, that directly reads, edits and writes Microsoft Office documents (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Excel), and also runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. The new version is available from Sun now at www.sun.com/staroffice.

Nagios® is a host and service monitor designed to inform you of network problems before your clients, end-users or managers do. It has been designed to run under the Linux operating system, but works fine under most *NIX variants as well. The monitoring daemon runs intermittent checks on hosts and services you specify using external "plugins" which return status information to Nagios. When problems are encountered, the daemon can send notifications out to administrative contacts in a v...

OpenOffice.org is both an open-source application and project. It is free. The product is a multi-platform office productivity suite compatible with all major file formats.

Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.0.4) Database Developer's Release for Power/Linux. This product release was built on SLES8 (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8)and is capable of running on Linux for IBM iSeries and pSeries servers.

IBM can provide solutions for the Linux cluster requirements of small and medium business, departments, workgroups, and organizations that seek smaller, well-engineered, robust cluster solutions. Whether you seek a Linux cluster solution for analytics, modeling, database, Web serving, or any of dozens of other uses or applications. IBM has a solution for you.

Linux has brought open standards along with maximum availability and flexibility to e-business solutions. Now the entire IBM product line has been Linux enabled to provide the Linux e-business advantage..

Use Linux/FreeBSD for your desktop - see the overview at OSDE.INFO or have a look at the following providers sites APPLE OS/X : www.apple.com KNOPPER.NET : www.knoppix.org SUN JAVA DESKTOP : www.sun.com

StarOffice software is easy to use and based on open standards. It offers word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database capabilities. Its familiar interface enables quick productivity and results for the business user, and elegant output for the consumer.