SkyOS Beta Giveaway, New Screenshots

  Submitted by Kelly SkyOS 34 Comments
Head over to the SkyOS website to see the latest screen captures of the WindUI interface, as well as to sign up for your chance to win a copy of an upcoming internal beta release of SkyOS 5.0. All you need to do is fill out a short questionnaire. In other news, a large bug in the SkyFS has been fixed, and a few new features such as customizable viewer backgrounds and a new "flag" option to call attention to important files have been added.
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WordPerfect for Linux Available from Corel

  Submitted by Daniel de Kok Office 22 Comments
On April 1, it was announced that Corel would start selling WordPerfect for Linux as a pilot project to assess customer demand. It is now available from the Corel store. This version is based on the WP8 for Linux series, which was alot more stable than the later winelib based versions. Linux Journal recently reviewed the updated WordPerfect for Linux. Editor's Note: The Corel site is a little misleading - as noted above, this is NOT Word Perfect Office 12 - it is an updated version of WordPerfect for Linux.
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Xsan: 64-bit Cluster FS for Mac OS X; Apple Unveils More Products

Apple 111 Comments
Apple today introduced Xsan, a high-performance enterprise-class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system priced at US$999. Xsan is a 64-bit cluster file system for Mac OS X that enables organizations to consolidate storage resources and provide multiple computers with concurrent file-level read/write access to shared volumes over Fibre Channel. A beta version of Xsan is available immediately to qualified customers. The final version of Xsan is expected to be available this fall. On other news, Apple introduced Shake 3.5, Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio PRO 3 and a new application named Motion. Go to MacMinute.com for up to the minute updates on the new products unveiled as we write this.
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Will Sun Adopt the Itanium?

  Submitted by Usman Latif Oracle and SUN 80 Comments
Sun's recent cancellation of many UltraSparc chips is clear evidence that Sun is finding UltraSparc a huge resource drain. But, the company is still averse to porting Solaris over to Itanium (however they did port it to AMD's 64bit architectures). This article is an analysis of the rationale behind such bizarre moves, according to the author, and Sun's alternatives to this self-destructive strategy.
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Novell’s Linux Gamble is Paying Off

Novell and Ximian 48 Comments
Underscoring Novell's commitment to the Linux operating system, the company's chief financial officer on Friday hinted at further acquisitions. Joseph Tibbetts, pointing to Novell's purchase late last year of two leading Linux companies -- Boston's Ximian and Germany's SuSE -- said the networking giant is on its way to becoming the world's leading Linux solutions provider. Elsewhere, alternative to Windows should play to its own strengths, says Novell Linux guru.
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Spatial Finders and Abstract Interfaces

Graphics 25 Comments
"Once we break the metaphor that each window needs to belong to one particular application and instead rely on the idea that an object is self contained, free to be embedded in drawers and tabs, rows and columns, docks and icons, or even inside other objects. A new user interface environment could be created, enabling our independent objects to be represented in the best layout according to the user's needs and desires." Read the editorial at TheMacMind.
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Preview of QT 4

  Submitted by Joseph Kowalski Qt 70 Comments
Trolltech made available online an article from their print publication "QT Quarterly" (usually only made available to Trolltech customers only) previewing the new features, optimizations, and improvments that QT 4 will have to offer.
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More balls through Windows

Rumors 62 Comments
For years, hope has ebbed and flowed among many in the computer business that Linux, a freely available computer operating system which uses a penguin as its symbol, would become a viable alternative to Microsoft's Windows, the near universal standard for the world's personal computers. The industry—excluding Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, of course—is currently riding another wave of hope. Will disappointment follow?
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