released for both the desktop and the server, bringing quite some changes with it, cinludin a new installer and major updates in the package management. Downloads are available.

Alfresco published a press-release announcing their OEM agreement with Adobe. Adobe will embed Alfresco's ECM software in its own LifeCycle Enterprise Suite.

Firefox 3 has been release and is available for download, bringing not only big performance enhancements, but also UI changes as better fullscreen and the Awesome bar, and internal changes as well(new bookmarks system, malware protection, and more).

Wine, the Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix, has finally reached version 1.0, after 15 years of development. It eases porting windows applications to unix platforms, or helps running windows applications unchanged on unix. A list of applications running on wine is available on Wine's AppDB.

Microsoft has become a sponsor of the Open Source Census Project. Announced in december, and officially launched earlier this year, the project seems to be gathering steam at the sponsoring level. And as expected, this announcement as been followed by some reactions and coverage.

About the data collection: you can already access to the census reports, which currently are based on 1,316 machines scanned. Which is quite limited to be statistically representative.

As read on OStatic.

OpenQRM, the open source data-center management platform, announced the availability of a beta version of release 4.0. This is a significant release as it is a complete rewrite and port frmo the Java platform to PHP, focusing on several design specifications:

• KIS (keep it simple)
• run everywhere (support for every linux distribution, especially Debian+Ubuntu)
• clean up (remove all not needed code)
• reduce code base (less code = less bugs)
• using existing components (instead of providing own binaries/libs)
• better packaging and dependencies
• enabling/disabling plugins via the GUI
• support for multiple databases (DB2, Mysql, Oracle, Postgres)
• porting from java to PHP
• focus on rapid-, appliance-based deployment, virtualization- and storage-management
• ease-up installation
• and more...

OpenQRM has seen quite some changes recently, including becoming independent from Qlusters. Those changes don't seem to have had impact on the dynamic of the project though.

A recent IDC report mentioned that 2007 revenue for stand-alone FOSS was $1.7 billion, and that it was projected to reach $4.8 billion by 2012.

One year ago, RedHat unveiled RedHat Exchange (RHX), a market place "focused on helping organizations of all sizes access the benefits of software solutions that are powered by open source".

RHX has changed a lot in one year, initially focusing on SMEs, but changing focus after less than stellar interest.

RedHat has just published "RHX: Lessons learned", mentioning some interesting points if you plan to launch a new product.

RedHat announced today that it settled a patent suit brought by Firestar Software Inc. and DataTern, Inc.

And RedHat confirms is not distanciating itself from its roots as it included protection not only for itself or its customers, but also for the community of open source developers.

Nuxeo and Smile announced a partnership. From the announcement, Nuxeo wants to ensure their customers get to find trained, qualified and certified engineers. Smile selected Nuxeo based on their technology choice and their open source approach.

OpenERP, previously known as TinyERP, signed a partnership agreement with Smile. Smile considers OpenERP as a product with great maturity, and abroad set of modules available (all under the GPL).

As seen on Toolinux