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Research from Cutter Consortium's Benchmark Review shows that momentum is growing for green IT at firms that don't yet have eco-friendly policies in place.

This article at Greener Computing makes an interesting point that will probably become more popular over time. Certainly the idea of using virtualization to allow one computer to do the work of many is a step in the greener direction.

Sustainable procurement policy in New Zealand to be mandatory for central government agencies

This article was first published in July 1998 on my website.

The rapid growth of Linux, which has come out of nowhere to become the fastest growing non-Microsoft operating system, has taken many by surprise:

• Journalists, who are supposed to keep their eye on the industry, have to cope with an OS that lacks a PR firm, yet boasts an army of articulate and zealous advocates who will eagerly pounce on a writer's ignorance.
  
• Software vendors looking for markets to sell to, have no idea whether Linux is as good a market as some say, or as bad as others claim.