Desktop Linux has a good article about Mepis Linux, a distribution that can run from a CD-ROM and be easily installed (while running) on your hard drive. Great introduction to the variety of applications freely available in the open source world! Check it out: The Best Free Desktop Linux . . . and how to make it better.
Just found this: SugarCRM - Commercial Open Source CRM Software . It looks like there’s finally a decent CRM application out there… This project looks complete enough to drop the RetrieverCRM project, before we even get going!
Finally, in the spirit of all the fact checking going on these days, here’s a report comparing the relative security of Linux vs. Windows, based on an analysis of the claims and the data that supports them. Excellent read. Windows v Linux security: the real facts | The Register
An open source time tracking program called Jobby has just been released. What’s cool about this is that it hooks into the SQL Ledger financial database. It also connects to dotProject.
Right now, it reads customers, vendors, and services directly from SQL Ledger. In its next phase, it will transfer hours directly into SQL Ledger invoices!
From the New Zealand Herald, a story that needs no further introduction: Trickle of interest in Linux starts to become a corporate flood
Here’s a helpful story that can introduce you to open source server components without leaving Windows. Get AMPed over Uniform Server and Build a Data-driven Web Site in Nothing Flat is now on DevX, and can help you get started…
Two articles on eWeek about Open Office: Office 2003 vs. Openoffice.Org compares Office 2003 to OpenOffice.org, and Open Source a Better Fit in Small Shops finds the sweet spot for OpenOffice deployments.
The July 2004 online version of Linux Magazine has a great overview of OS Commerce in E-Commerce Made Easy. OS Commerce is one of the applications described in the book, and it’s a great way to get an online storefront.