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OpenPDA" based on PowerPC platform; eWeek recommends Apple for enterprise; more

OpenPDA" based on PowerPC platform; eWeek recommends Apple for enterprise; more

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"OpenPDA" based on PowerPC platform IBM has recently unveiled a PDA reference design, to be based on embedded Linux, and sporting a PowerPC processor (specifically the PowerPC 405LP). Motorola and Metrowerks have followed suit by also announcing a software reference design for what they call 'OpenPDA'. One MacFixIt reader writes "It doesn't take a whole lot of rocket science to figure out that between those two announcements, it's become pretty darn easy to come up with a PDA that runs a modified version of Mac OS X (with a custom PDA-optimized GUI), as the architecture lends itself to easy porting." More.

eWeek recommends Apple for enterprise eWeek has published a glowing endorsement of Apple's enterprise offerings - the Xserve in particular - exclaiming "To those who gripe about having only one real end-user IT choice, we have a suggestion: Stop complaining and look at Apple." More.

Keynote bugs reported CNET has published a brief article re-hashing some of the bugs in Apple's Keynote presentation software previously published on MacFixIt, including the VRAM recognition issue. More.

Microsoft appeals Java ruling ZDNN reportes that Microsoft asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to shelve a lower court order that would force it to start incorporating Sun Microsystems' Java programming language into its Windows operating system. "The software heavyweight filed an emergency motion with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., seeking a stay of the Java must-carry order until the court considers its challenge of the order." More.

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