| With SUSE Linux 11, Novell draws even closer to Microsoft The latest version of SUSE Linux Enterprise, Novell's commercial distribution of the open-source operating system, bears more fruit from Novell's controversial two-and-a-half-year-old interoperability alliance with Microsoft. Microsoft to present open source blueprint for down economy Microsoft plans to use this week's Open Source Business Conference to outline its move into the next phase of its open source strategy around building a business model for the down economy, according to company officials. IBM/Sun deal could benefit Java, says Google's open source chief Google's chief of open source believes an IBM acquisition of Sun could benefit the Java community, which has occasionally protested Sun’s leadership role over the technology. Java crowd has mixed views on potential Sun-IBM deal IBM's reported interest in buying Sun has Java and open-source community members expressing both hopes and worries about the implications of such a deal on the tools, applications and open-source projects they use every day. Sun unveils virtual desktop storage upgrades, but lacks offline access Sun is overhauling its virtual desktop software with new features that reduce storage needs by creating clones of virtual machines, and let users operate multiple virtual desktops on the same client. Analysts: Google Android Not a Netbook Threat to Windows 7 Google's Linux-based Android operating system was designed for cellphones, but excitement is building about the prospect of Google running Android on low-power netbooks. Firefox May Already Be Dead This is an exciting time for Web browsers. Google Chrome is now available in alpha for Linux, and I downloaded it for Ubuntu. Despite the fact that I was running it on my rather underpowered Dell Mini 9, it started in the blink of an eye. Additionally, any JavaScript-heavy sites like Gmail or Google Docs were so responsive that it's almost unbelievable. Sun begins new push into cloud services market Sun is making a fresh push into the cloud services market, starting with hosted computing and storage services that it will offer to developers later this year. OpenLogic revamps open-source support offerings OpenLogic is revamping its commercial support offerings for open-source projects with a new three-tier system that will be available starting next week. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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