Articles by Timothy R. Butler

Timothy R. Butler is Editor-in-Chief of Open for Business. He also serves as a pastor at Little Hills Church and FaithTree Christian Fellowship.

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OEone announces HomeBase 1.5

By Timothy R. Butler | Jun 25, 2002 at 3:12 PM

OEone, the developer of the internet appliance-like HomeBase Linux distribution, announced that HomeBase 1.5 has been released. The new release adds a number of nice features on to the system we reviewed back in March.

Wal-Mart Starts Selling Linux-based PC's

By Timothy R. Butler | Jun 14, 2002 at 3:51 PM

In somewhat of surprise move, Wal-Mart, the United States largest retailer, has started selling PC's pre-loaded with a Linux distribution. The PC's, similar to the ones that Wal-Mart made news with earlier this year by selling them without any operating system, range from $300-$600.

CodeWeavers Announces CrossOver Office 1.1

By Timothy R. Butler | Jun 11, 2002 at 12:29 PM

CodeWeavers, a leading contributor to the WINE project, announced today that they had made available an update release to their CrossOver Office product. The new release adds official support of Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer to CO Office's repertoire.

Breaking Windows: CodeWeavers and NeTraverse Bring Office to Linux

By Timothy R. Butler | May 31, 2002 at 1:40 AM

Time and again, one of the most common excuses about moving to Linux is that it does not have Microsoft Office. Never mind that OpenOffice.org provides most everything one needs, people are use to Office, and are not interested in changing, thank-you very much.

Four Linux Vendors Launch ''UnitedLinux,'' Others May Join Soon

By Timothy R. Butler | May 30, 2002 at 12:24 PM

In an unprecedented move today, Caldera, Conectiva, SuSE, and Turbolinux announced a joint development program known as UnitedLinux. As was expected based on leaks from the companies earlier this week, the foursome will merge their R&D efforts to create one core Linux distribution.

RedHat Release Statement on Patent Usage

By Timothy R. Butler | May 29, 2002 at 10:50 PM

Leading Linux distributor RedHat, Inc. announced today a policy on its much publicized patent registrations. According to the company, “we are forced to live in the world as it is, and that world currently permits software patents. A relatively small number of very large companies have amassed large numbers of software patents. We believe such massive software patent portfolios are ripe for misuse because of the questionable nature of many software patents generally and because of the high cost of patent litigation.”

Mere Open Source

By Timothy R. Butler | May 16, 2002 at 2:26 PM

What is Open Source? It is a simple enough question, yet the answer has become so obscure that it is anything but simple. The phrase is undisputedly at the core of what drives the Linux community even while it eludes nearly everyone as to what its exact definition is.

OfB.biz: New Look, New Content

By Timothy R. Butler | May 13, 2002 at 10:12 PM

Those of you who regularly visit Open for Business, perhaps since its founding days at the LX-Talk mailing list last September, may have noticed some changes lately. While many of these changes are slight, we hope the end result will be to help you not only keep informed on the latest open source news, but to do so more efficiently.

RedHat Puts out a New Release and Offensive

By Timothy R. Butler | May 10, 2002 at 2:46 PM

RedHat, Inc., the leading Linux vendor, announced the
availability of RedHat Linux 7.3 earlier this week. The new
package looks very much like the latest Mandrake and SuSE Linux
releases in respect to the software included, save a few
surprises mentioned below. Interestingly enough, it seems that the most intriguing part
of the new release is not the distribution at all.

OpenOffice.org Office Suite Hits Version 1.0

By Timothy R. Butler | May 01, 2002 at 11:38 PM

OpenOffice.org, the open source foundation of Sun's StarOffice 6 office suite, announced the availability of its 1.0 release today. While the suite has been stable for a few months, this release no doubt symbolizes its readiness to move from the developer to the consumer.

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