In today's technology roundup: Microsoft confirms Xbox plan, Microsoft bankrolls Novell, and Disney on Nintendo.
No doubt Novell thinks that this new era of co-operation will give it a much-needed boost.
SITA aims to better manage its relationship with the private sector.
SA must focus its efforts on growing ICT skills using open source in education, says Mark Shuttleworth.
Most of the money paid locally for software licences gets repatriated abroad, widening the country's current account deficit, and not necessarily boosting the local economy.
Red Hat will provide the local channel with resources to help it leverage the company`s recent JBoss acquisition.
Ubuntu 6.10, code-named Edgy Eft, has been released with features for desktop and server users.
The Linux Competency Centres that IBM established last year are bearing fruit, it says.
In today`s technology roundup: Oracle targets Red Hat, Vista to go to PC makers late, Seattle gets dual-mode wireless, Big Blue becomes cool, and hacker cracks iTunes protection.
Novell has introduced SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time, enabling customers to realise the benefits of Linux for real-time applications.
Software developer GlobeTOM has sold 51% of its shares in a BEE deal, with the majority going to Don Ncube and Bheki Nkomo.
This week on the open source front we see the next version of Edgy moving closer to release, Novell shifting to the same Linux file-system as Red hat, and Scalix releasing its e-mail and calendaring software as open source.