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This fall, IBM will ship its first cluster server based on Advanced Micro Devices' 64-bit Opteron microprocessor, according to IBM officials at the ClusterWorld Conference & Expo in San Jose on Tuesday.

Analysts are balking at The SCO Group's offer to view its proof that there is illegal Unix code in Linux, with one calling the move a publicity stunt. Meanwhile, Linux creator Linus Torvalds last Friday said that he has no plans to look at the code and that the battle between SCO, IBM Corp. and Novell Inc. is on par with a rancorous episode of the Jerry Springer Show.

Mainframe Linux can boost application uptime and reduce support costs. But users and analysts recommend acting carefully when choosing which applications to move to the open-source operating system and when training staff in the required skills.

Amid the convergence of technologies across the IT stack, a host of products emerging from the world of open source, XML, and Web services are challenging traditional notions of open solutions.

The improving scalability of Linux, the low cost and increasingly high power of Intel Corp. hardware, and the license-free nature of open source software could add up to big savings for large corporations looking to bolster their data centers.

Software vendor CodeWeavers has released a new CrossOver Office Server edition that will allow thin-client users to run Microsoft Office and several other popular applications under Linux or Sun Solaris without having to run Microsoft Windows.

IBM is shipping a server with 16 of Intel's Xeon processors that fits into an 8U (14-inch) rack space, it announced Wednesday.

Looking to strengthen its position in the software development tools market, IBM announced Monday that an additional 13 vendors have agreed to join its open source project Eclipse, and will offer tools that plug into the development environment.

Oracle Tuesday announced that its attempt to establish a standards-based way for vendors to get their Java development tools to work together.

Looking to boost NetWare as a Web services platform, the MySQL database is to be included with NetWare 6, providing a data management platform for applications running on Novell's core platform. The database also is being bundled with Hyperion Essbase, according to MySQL.

Hewlett Packard (HP) on Monday will announce plans to bundle a trial version of BEA Systems's application server software with all of its servers, starting with those running HP-UX, company officials said. The move fills an important gap in HP's own software line-up and could help BEA to gain some market share against its chief rival IBM, according to one industry analyst.