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Software's big fight over small business (CNN Money) - The software that runs businesses' sales, finance, and operations, has never been the most exciting field - but lately, it's been downright sleepy. Thanks to a merger frenzy over the last few years, Oracle, SAP, and to a lesser extent Microsoft dominate enterprise software sales to the world's largest companies, and annual sales growth in this arena has slowed to a 3 percent trickle.

IBM deal to expand Linux software for Power (CNET) - Partnership to increase the software available for customers running Linux on servers using Big Blue's Power processors.

Linspire Launches Freespire Linux Software Suite (ExtremeTech) - Linspire launched Freespire ahead of schedule Tuesday, hoping to eliminate the complexities of Linux with a simple software suite designed to do the tasks users want.

Open Source Packs More Potential Than Proprietary Culture, Free Software Icon Says (ChannelWeb) - The "read-write" culture of open source will generate greater economic prosperity than the proprietary culture that has dominated the computer industry, free software icon Lawrence Lessig said Tuesday at LinuxWorld.

CACI awarded $14.4 million Army software contract (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - CACI International has received a $14.4 million contract from the U.S. Army National Guard to continue developing software that supports military construction projects.

Court Fines Software Firm For Not Registering With CFTC (Compliance Reporter) - A U.S. District Court in Texas has ordered a now-defunct software company and its president, John Novak , to pay $20,000 for failing to register with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity trading adviser.

SEC Issues Proposal To Develop Software (Compliance Reporter) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a request for proposal for the development of Web-based analysis software that will enable investors and analysts to use interactive data encoded in the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format.

Software Maker, Struggling With Turnaround, to Cut 1,700 Jobs (New York Times) - CA Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of mainframe computer software, said that it would cut about 11 percent of its work force, after first-quarter profit tumbled.

Canada firm buys Qube! software (Pacific Business News) - Canada's largest digital effects company has bought Honolulu-based PipelineFX's Qube! software.

The Greatest Software Ever (Slashdot) - soldack writes "Information Week has an piece on the 12 greatest pieces of software ever. It also notes some that didn't make the cut and why. Their weblog covers 5 others that didn't make the cut."