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CS Odessa, developers of the cross-platform, OS X and Windows applications, ConceptDraw MINDMAP, ConceptDraw VI, ConceptDraw Project 2, ConceptDraw NetDiagrammer, and ConceptDraw WebWave, have opened an office in the silicon valley. ConceptDraw, from Odessa, Ukraine, makes products that are functional supersets of similar Microsoft products, like Visio, and Project, providing Microsoft data-file compatibility, and offering them on both OS X and Windows platforms, significantly less expensive compared to the Microsoft offering.
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Investors.com reports on IBM’s Eclipse development environment which uis intended to make cross platform development for OS X and Linux easier.
From the article, IBM Takes On Windows With Eclipse Programs:
Reviving an old feud with Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows, IBM (IBM) is launching Linux and Macintosh versions of its most popular software — and vowing to help other software makers do the same.
Following up on last month’s release of Linux and Mac* versions of its Lotus Notes calendar program, IBM this week plans to release compatible versions of Sametime, its instant-messaging software.
The new programs — developed on an open-source platform called Eclipse — is part of a bigger strategy to cash in on the growth of Linux and other open-source software.
“This is a huge business opportunity,” said Scott Handy, who heads up IBM’s open-source software efforts.
The Eclipse Rich-Client Platform lets software makers easily create programs that run equally well on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple Computer (AAPL) Macintoshes. IBM created Eclipse and remains a big supporter of the Eclipse Foundation, a trade group that promotes it.
Eclipse uses Sun Microsystems’ (SUNW) Java language, though the group has no formal ties to the IBM rival. After creating Eclipse to overshadow Sun, IBM ceded control of the platform in 2004.
*CrossOSS note: Lotus Notes client for Mac has existed for several years.
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In big news for the Mac community, InfoWorld’s Tom Yager reports that VMWare, maker of virtualization applications for the Windows and Linux platforms, is to release an Intel Mac version at Apple’s World Wide Web Developer’s Conference, which begins on August 7th.
From the Enterprise Mac | InfoWorld | VMWare for Mac to debut August 7 | August 3, 2006 04:27 PM | By Tom Yager :
VMWare will be launching a product on the opening day of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. The specific product is a secret, but the folks at VMWare were mightily torqued by my Parallels Desktop review’s unchallenged reference to Parallels’ claim of a hypervisor approach. That’s a debate for another day; probably tomorrow in a phone call with VMWare. But VMWare’s efforts to make sure I come to WWDC with a firm understanding of what a hypervisor is and is not takes some of the mystery out of the Monday announcement.
Parallels probably got wind of this before I did. They hurried to update me on enhancements planned for its Mac products “before the end of the year,” including support for USB 2.0 and the ACPI BIOS that Vista requires. VMWare is undoubtedly going to show Vista running as a guest under Tiger. That could be really interesting if VMWare’s engineers worked out the graphics driver bottleneck that slows down guests’ GUIs. Parallels might just be making sure they have something fresh out there to avoid getting buried by a VMWare PR onslaught. Or it might know some specifics of VMWare’s coming product, in which case we’ve been tipped on two more features VMWare may include in its first trip to the Mac
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Computerworld give their take on IBM’s recent release of Lotus Notes for Linux:
A full year ahead of schedule IBM has brought Lotus Notes to the Linux desktop. A Linux client for Notes wasn’t expected until the arrival of Hannover, the next major release of the Notes platform, in 2007. But Big Blue had a surprise up its sleeve and, earlier this month, it announced the availability of a Linux version of the current Notes 7 client.
According to company spokespeople, some 5,000 IBM employees have been using Notes on Linux as part of the IBM’s internal beta test programme. It’s no secret that IBM is planning a steady transition to the free OS for many of its corporate workstations.
Read the full article: Lotus and Linux – the powerful duo arrives early
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Filemaker just released verion 8.5 in Professional and Advanced versions.
This release extends the already robust capabilities of version 8, with a web viewer within records, and excellent web integration capabilities, along with OS X Universal Binaries.
From the web site: “FileMaker Pro is the #1-selling easy-to-use database software for Windows and Mac OS that helps you manage people, projects, assets and more — the easy way!
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The new beta of 1.5 for Mac OS X is now available.
Skype also has a promotion that, through year end, all calls to land lines are free, nationwide US.
From the web site: “Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world. Also, until the end of the year you can also make free calls to landlines and mobiles in the US and Canada from Skype. And even though the calls are free, they are really excellent quality. If you and your friends, family or business contacts are using webcams, you can also make free video calls. You can even call landlines and mobile phones at really cheap per minute rates (and there’s no setup or subscription fee).
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CNET reports that Adobe is working on a Linux version of Flash
Adobe returns attention to Flash for Linux | News.blog | CNET News.com
Adobe has resumed work on a Linux version of its Flash Player and plans to catch the software up to its Windows and Mac OS X equivalent, version 9, the company has said.
“Yes, Adobe is actively working on the Linux version of Flash Player 9,” said XXX in a May blog posting. “We expect to make a pre-release version available on Adobe Labs for early feedback and testing before the end of the year, with the full release expected in early 2007.” A better performance for the Linux version is one goal, as is a consistent experience across different operating systems.
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IBM announced recently that the Lotus Notes client will now be available for the Linux platform.
On 10 July 2006, IBM announced a new platform option for IBM Lotus Notes software: Lotus Notes for Linux. Beginning 24 July 2006, Lotus Notes licensees will be able to run Lotus Notes 7.0.1 software on select Linux client operating systems. The option will be available at no additional charge for Lotus Notes licensees on active maintenance.
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