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Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to begin supporting the Debian distribution of Linux by the end of the year for customers worldwide, claiming that it is the first major vendor to provide full-fledged commercial support for the operating system.

IBM Corp. and Sybase Inc. have teamed to add support for Sybase's database software on IBM's eServer OpenPower Linux servers. The two companies said they will jointly sell and market their products.

Over the six months from July 2003, Debian has been the fastest growing Linux distribution according to Bath, England-based Internet researcher Netcraft Ltd. Netcraft counted active sites containing the name of a Linux distribution in the Apache Corp. server header.

Red Hat Inc. is adding some enterprise storage capabilities to its Linux. With Novell Inc. buying SuSE AG, enterprise Linux looks set to become a stronger offering.

Oracle Corp. is releasing the underlying code to software it developed to allow databases to be better managed on clusters of Linux servers.

SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle Corp. is releasing the underlying code to software it developed to allow databases to be better managed on clusters of Linux servers.

Under public criticism for promoting an oligopoly in the local software market, the Hong Kong government has for the first time outlined its stance towards the use of open-source technology in the support of public service provision.

Hewlett-Packard Co. Monday will unveil new hardware and support for the Linux operating system, aimed at moving telecommunication industry customers from Unix to the open source alternative.