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CBR is reporting that open source use in the workplace is continuing to grow at an astonishing rate. Up 26% since last year, businesses are using 94 different open source tools to get the job done.

It's not Oracle Linux, but Larry Ellison has announced that Oracle will be providing full enterprise support for Linux.

Dell and Oracle announce their partnership to deliver high-performance database solutions on Linux, with specific plans to build Oracle's next generation database software for Linux using Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell/EMC storage.

A core group of Filipino programmers belonging to European-based Linux programmers SuSE Linux is currently developing software applications for aircraft maker Lockheed Martin, which will use the programs to design fighter jets for the U.S. State Department's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.

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While we have strong experience on tailor-made application. We are now focusing on ready-to-use Product.

Yoric.com is under reconstruction. We are planning to put up more live demo and more. come back soon!

A NASA project run by a rocket scientist. NASA also has a page for FlightLinux.

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US Army is going use embedded version of Linux on portable vehicle diagnosis devices. Redhat got the contract. Here is an article at Red Hat's site.

During RoboCup 2000 in Melbourne, Linux is being used by most teams. LinuxWorld.com.au has an article on how Linux was used by different teams to optimise communications, hackup wavelan ethernet and build in sensory and visual intelligence to the Robots.

Linux running on IBM Netfinity servers will be replacing Sun Enterprise 450 servers at weather.com. You can read about it here at CNet.

News services all over the world reported today (14 April 2000) that Microsoft programmers had inserted a security-compromising back door in their FrontPage web server software. Thousands of websites worldwide may be affected. Representative coverage of this story can be found here

This article from slashdot makes some good points about Open Source. How can you trusts the security of closed-source software.

Yoric Network will provide Linux/Open Source Solutions only.

All of our supporting systems are fully operational, no glitches reported. The transition to 1 January 2000 has gone smoothly and we will continue to keep watch.

Mindcraft Inc., in a new study commissioned by Microsoft Corp., found that "Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 is 2.5 times faster than Linux as a File Server and 3.7 times faster as a Web Server." Notice that it's a Microsoft-backed test!

Here's a ZDNet story about the Mindcraft rematch.

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