Managing content the open source way (ZDnet UK 19/4) "The APLAWS (Accessible and Personalised Local Authority Web sites, pronounced "applause") content-management system (CMS) is a stand out example of the flexibility that community built software can provide. The four-year-old initiative, backed by the British government, has resulted in [..] an Open Source Content Management System developed to assist UK local authorities deliver services online" http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020463,39195518,00.htm http://www.aplaws.org.uk/home/index.php Companies buy open source because it's better, not cheaper (Techworld.com 21/4) European enterprises are adopting open source software on the grounds of quality and flexibility, rather than merely considering it "good enough" because it is inexpensive, according to a new survey from research firm IDC. The [..] Western European End-User Survey: 2005 Spending Priorities, Outsourcing, Open Source, and Impact of Compliance, found substantial levels of "significant" open source deployment in the 625 companies surveyed, all of which had more than 100 employees. Twenty-five percent said they had significant open-source operating system (Linux) deployments - the other three options were limited deployments, running pilots or having the software under consideration. http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsid=3535 http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=LC01M -- Asteris Masouras Software Developer - Translator Blog: http://avaton.meng.auth.gr/blogentis/Oneiros No software patents in Europe: http://epatents.hellug.gr/ "Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit"