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NEWS FROM THE OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY

The open source community is spread across the globe and uses a number of discussion forums and websites to exchange ideas.

Our main product, TravelObjects, makes extensive use of open source software (Zope and MySQL) and we therefore support freeware and shareware efforts.

Open Source Initiative

Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the wide community of developers. Their website www.opensource.org is very useful if you want to learn more about open source software projects.

Zope

Zope is an American product, that began life as an application server. The Zope community exchanges opinions on www.zope.org which site is supported by Zope Corporation, which is responsible for the system's maintenance and upkeep.

RedHat

One of the most widely distributed Linux versions. Redhat is available for servers big and small as well as a PC version.

All they have to do is point and click and select the output format, the software will take care of the rest. No formating with html, converting office files into pdf, TravelObjects is an all-in-one application that can do even more.

MySQL

The world's most popular open source database. MySQL has over five million installations and is used for very small applications up to mission critical systems with Fortune 500 companies. One of the fastest databases available in the market, it outperforms many other systems in terms of speed.

Munich goes Linux

The city of Munich decided to go ahead with Linux as platform for their entire administration in spite of licencing worries. Read more on ZDNet.

Image Manipulation

otherwise known as "Photoshop": an excellent, but rather expensive piece of software. There is a free alternative available, which is not quite as powerful as Photoshop, but can do most jobs that are commonly required: Gimp.

Looking for a way to reduce licencing cost for word processing, spreadsheets? Try OpenOffice, the shareware version of StarOffice.