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Working in IT isn't always pretty. After all, we can't all work on the cutting-edge technologies all the time. Some of us have to get dirty -- in some cases, literally.

You can try to avoid open source, but it's probably easier to get out of the IT business altogether. By 2011, at least 80% of commercial software will contain significant amounts of open source code, according to Gartner.

Commercial software giants such as Oracle and IBM are moving deeper into the open source community by snapping up the startups built to provide services around the free software, a trend that means corporate buyers should think carefully about future projects before making deployment decisions, experts say.

The European Parliament's legal affairs committee has voted in favor of proposed legislation to harmonize the rules for awarding patents across the 25-member European bloc, a result seen by some as favorable to big IT vendors.

A variety of open source projects allow developers to experiment with virtual hardware configurations.

In a move uncharacteristic for IBM Corp., the company's storage division today shared details of current research projects they hope to productize in the upcoming years.

Don't write off InfiniBand just yet, experts say, as momentum behind the high-speed bus transport has merely slowed, not stalled.

Reef, an Internet software company, announced on 15 January the launch of Internetware 2.1. The upgrade to the Internetware e-business package is designed to support emerging Internet protocols like wireless access protocol (WAP), and to increase compatibility with prevalent e-business platforms, including Linux.

Linux enthusiasts have long awaited the release of Linux kernel 2.4. The new kernel promises to bush Linux further into business computing circles with support for new architectures and hardware. With Linus Torvalds recently announcing that the release could be as soon as December, the long wait is nearly over.

Caldera Systems Inc. today announced that IBM will pre-load the OpenLinux eServer operating system on its Netfinity servers. Given that 29 per cent of all public Web servers run on Linux (according to NetCraft Inc. - www.netcraft.com), the support of two business and enterprise industry names will supplement this significantly.