Tuesday, November 04, 2003

PHP 4.3.4 released!. The PHP developers are proud to announce the immediate availability of PHP 4.3.4. This release contains a fair number of bug fixes and we recommend that all users of PHP upgrade to this version. Full list of fixes can be found in the NEWS file. [PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor] 9:51:54 AM

This morning Novell and Suse Linux each announced that Novell had agreed to acquire Suse Linux for $210 million in cash.  This comes on the heels of Novell's recent acquisition of Linux desktop vendor Ximian.  With this acquisition Novell now has it all: top-flight network operating system, superior network services, and a viable desktop. The big question: Can they compete against the MSFT juggernaut? From the press release: Novell expands its open source commitment and will become the first to offer comprehensive Linux solutions for the enterprise from the desktop to the server Novell will be the only $1 billion software company with a Linux distribution and the worldwide technical staff to support it Novell/SUSE LINUX to become the world’s largest supplier of desktop-to-server Linux solutions and technical support Customers to gain worldwide technical support for enterprise Linux solutions from a company with more than 20 years of operating system experience IBM and Novell to negotiate extensions to commercial agreement with Novell/SUSE LINUX to support the IBM eServer line 9:48:05 AM