Novell has put a survey asking people about th applications they want in linux.

They are as follows.

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Here�s an interesting web-based system, which allows you to access an online desktop from any location. You can upload files, create contacts, notes and files. If you install this in office, and get your collegues to use it, you can use EyeOS a messaging platform too.

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You can test drive EyeOS over at: http://www.eyeos.net/eyeOS/

Stored Procedures at last in version 5 of MySQL.

Often people from the SQL Server world would downplay MySQL saying that it lacks views and stored procedures which have been present in the MS world and the PostgreSQL world for a long time.

With the latest version of 5.0.18 MySQL has made a promising effort to bring these cool features into its feature set. I had blogged about Views in Mysql 5 here earlier.

Now got some time to write about the Stored Procedures feature in MySQL 5

Why Stored Procedures ?

• Stored procedures reduce the amount of code in your application be its PHP, ASP, JSP or .NET .
• Its also brings in a lot of security into your application coz most of the logic and decision making are handed over to the database.
• It also means that the database delivers in any kind of environment.
• Reduced Network Traffic

Links

Database Journal Article
I will post a part 2 of this article where i will take you through some examples

Open-source vendor SugarCRM has unveiled a new technical-collaboration partnership with Microsoft that will boost interoperability between SugarCRM products and Windows Server.

Announced at the Open Source Business Conference, the collaboration project is designed to help customers of both vendors take advantage of Windows administration for running SugarCRM.

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As open-source databases have grown in popularity among large enterprises and small and midsize businesses alike, many CIOs have taken a closer look at the savings associated with switching to these noncommercial alternatives.

Despite the attractive prices that are drawing more CIOs to open-source applications such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, traditional software vendors have not exactly thrown in the towel. Some — including Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM — are fighting back by releasing free, scaled-down versions of their fully featured database products in the hopes that customers might one day upgrade.

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In a new survey of I.T. organizations, respondents claim that recent developments in
Linux have eased management complexity and lowered the price associated with running the operating system and its related software.
The results contradict some Microsoft claims that Linux’s total cost of ownership is higher than Windows.

The report was sponsored by Open Source Development Labs and member company Levanta, and undertaken by Enterprise Management Associates.

In the survey, the majority of respondents noted that they spent less effort in managing and supporting Linux than they spent on Windows. Over half said that they could diagnose and repair problems in Linux environments in less than 30 minutes.

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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK: Memo to Google: Welcome to life as an everyday Internet stock.Shares of Google Inc. fell nearly 5 percent on Monday and have lost a quarter of their value this month as the Web search company that once could do no wrong faces up to the realities of a business that must face the bad with the good.

But despite several bouts of negative news that have knocked a stock once thought headed to $500 back below $350, the vast majority of Wall Street analysts remain sanguine over Google’s prospects and advise investors to buy the stock.

The latest drop follows a report in Barron’s, the financial weekly, that speculated the Web search company’s stock could drop 50 percent under a scenario in which it would fall well short of bullish analysts’ 2006 revenue estimates.

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