The company is building a bridge from its NetWare server operating system to its open source offerings from SUSE Linux and Ximian.

Groupwise 6.5 Beta is playing to good reviews among analysts and administrators. Jacqueline Emigh reports on the highlights, including enhanced administrative controls and junk-mail filtering.

In a move seen by some as a threat to Microsoft, VA Software plans to release a Project Management Console for Solaris and Linux servers within the next 30 to 45 days.