| Reader's Choice picks for the best Windows open source projects Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett has assembled a collection of readers all time favorite Windows open source tools for security, network management, graphics and more. Microsoft's Biggest Enemy Now: Apple, Linux or Itself? In a meeting with financial analysts last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laid out who he thinks are the biggest threats today to Windows on the client side. Surprisingly, Apple wasn't number one. It wasn't number two or three either. Symantec's Altiris 7 boosts Mac, Linux PC management Symantec Tuesday announced Version 7.0 of its Altiris client and server management suite. The upgrade, the first released since Symantec's acquisition of Altiris almost two years ago, includes new features for remotely deploying and managing Mac and Linux desktop PCs and, on the server side, improved performance monitoring of physical and virtual machines. How we tested the Exchange alternatives We invited 13 mail server vendors to participate in this test, and announced our test through the Internet Mail Consortium, an industry group of mail vendors and users.
Plus: Installation easier on Unix servers We installed each product according to the manufacturer's directions. Where both Unix and Windows were supported as the base server operating system, we chose to use RedHat Linux 5 (RHEL5). If the product only supported Windows, we used Windows 2008 server. KeePassX: Free password manager for Linux, Mac and Windows If you're finding it impossible to keep up with the multitude of passwords required to use computers and the Internet then why not try a password manager like KeePassX? It works with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and keeps login data and other sensitive information in an encrypted database. Job 1 for New Federal CIO: Balance Openness with Security President Barack Obama has repeatedly pledged to make the federal government more open, transparent and accountable to American citizens. After assuming office on January 20, 2009, he immediately took steps to act on his promise, which included issuing new, more open guidelines for the Freedom of Information Act, and more recently, ordering an overhaul of the federal government's contracting system. Microsoft tests option to allow Windows 7 to delete IE The anti-trust moves against Microsoft over IE are escalating, and Microsoft maybe about to give its rivals what they want. Exchange challenger integrates with Mac calendar Open-source Exchange competitor Zarafa is adding support for CalDAV to its groupware server, enabling integration with the Mac OS X calendar application iCal, for instance, it announced at Cebit in Hanover, Germany. 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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