The week's most-read stories; A cynic rips open source

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by EMC Align Business with IT Discover the steps required to automate the management of IT environments to effectively respond to changing business demands. Click here to download this whitepaper today! Network World Daily News: PM, 05/24/07 NOTE: Network World Daily News will be taking a break Friday and Monday for Memorial Day. Have a happy and safe holiday. See you Tuesday. Breaking News Column: A cynic rips open source Howard Anderson is stirring up the Network World community with comments like this: "A cynic might suggest that the people writing open source software are the ones who are making their daytime living working for a proprietary-solutions vendor and spend their nights tearing down the very house they live in. And that if open source replaced proprietary solutions, these people would not be able to make a daytime living that supports their night time hobby." Make the most of your Mobile Gear Download our Free Executive Guide and learn how Network IT professionals are getting the most out of their mobile devices and improving mobile security. You'll also get the scoop on upcoming mobile tools and technologies and how they may impact your enterprise. Click Here to download today! Dell launches three Ubuntu Linux PCs Dell will officially launch its first three consumer PCs running the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux operating system on Thursday, two desktops and an Inspiron E1505n notebook PC. Web 2.0 meets the enterprise: complications ensue "Web 2.0 creep" going on inside the corporate firewall is challenging enterprise networks to handle the real-time demands and bursty nature of the latest collaboration and social networking software, according to IT executives attending Interop. The top 10 most-read NEWS STORIES this week 1. What Microsoft likes and dislikes about open source 1. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan: report 2. Mobile provider Alltel agrees to $27.5 billion buyout 3. Foundry readies monster Ethernet switch 4. Linux users say 'Sue me first, Microsoft' 5. Microsoft won't sue over Linux, for now 6. Amero school-scandal case raises questions 7. If it can protect bombs, why not commercial software? 8. IBM ISS announces its speediest IPS model 9. Wireless vendors target enterprise nets with 802.11n products 10. Millions disconnected by NTT broadband outage The top SLIDESHOWS this week 1. IT jargon you just love to hate 2. Top 15 controversial Microsoft quotes 3. Foundry's big Ethernet switch The top 5 most-read IN-DEPTH STORIES this week 1. Why Argonne has pulled the plug on VoIP - for now 2. Sorting through rubble after Microsoft's Linux patent bombshell 3. Cisco, Nortel weigh in on switches of the future 4. A day with the 'Can you hear me now?' guy 5. What you need to know about 4G The top 5 most-read BLOG ENTRIES this week 1. Gasoline prices increase teleworkers, attract congressional hearings 2. Five challenges for Cisco 3. FAA plan aims to make business flights easier 4. Whosarat.com: Two views of outing witnesses 5. New LEDs will dazzle handhelds, PC screens, TVs and more The most-read REVIEW this week Midtier management tools register high marks

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: 1. FAA aims to make business flights easier 2. Switches of the future 3. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi 4. Google builds own servers for efficiency 5. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan 6. Linux users say 'Sue me first, Microsoft' 7. 'American Idol' is popular, says Google's 'Hot Trends' 8. Amero school-scandal case raises questions 9. Microsoft further opens up identity platform 10. Don't sniff at used network gear MOST DOWNLOADED PODCAST: Why are we still getting spam?

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