Linux News

Updated: 1 year 12 weeks ago

Interview: Author and Ex-Microsoft Manager Scott Berkun

Sun, 08/19/2007 - 11:00
The Jem Report: "n preparing to read and review O'Reilly's The Myths of Innovation, I had the chance to interview its author, Scott Berkun..."

Virgin America Migrates to Red Hat Linux

Sun, 08/19/2007 - 07:00
ComputerWeekly: "New US airline Virgin America has migrated to Red Hat Linux to host its website..."

Tip: Leveraging Struts2 Type Conversion

Sun, 08/19/2007 - 03:00
Developer.com: "Type conversion is the process by which type-agnostic data is converted into more complex objects..."

If Everyone Differentiates With Open Source...

Sat, 08/18/2007 - 23:00
CNET News: "...then is there any differentiation in open source...?"

A Dumb Prediction: IBM will Buy HP's Unix Customers

Sat, 08/18/2007 - 19:00
ZDNet: "Just over a year ago Scott McNealy offered to have Sun extend support for HP-UX and begin a process to migrate HP's remaining Unix customers to Solaris..."

Selling Software that Sells Itself: An Interview with Matt Asay

Sat, 08/18/2007 - 15:00
LinuxWorld: "Open source is changing not just how companies make software, but how they sell it..."

MIT's '$100 Laptops' to Go to Pacific Islands

Sat, 08/18/2007 - 07:00
Computerworld NZ: "A small group of internet activists from New Zealand, Australia the Solomon Islands and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) plan to take the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative to the Pacific islands..."

What Happened to Firefox?

Sat, 08/18/2007 - 03:00
The Free Desktop: "Firefox... what happened to you? Consuming gross amounts of memory, slower and slower as releases go by..."

Linux Journal: The Last Idiot's Club

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 23:00
LinuxDevCenter: "Fast-forward a year or two, and what happens? Does LJ wise up? Why, no! Not at all! Instead they take a huge step backwards and run a full-page ad that insults both women and men..."

Could Linux Become the Dominant OS?

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 19:00
Channel Register: "It may have been frustrating for the open source activists, more vocal than numerous, who had been hoping for more instant gratification than the software market delivered..."

Debating The Welcome Mat for Redmond

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 17:30
Editor's Note: We are asked to respect Microsoft. I can buy that--but let me suggest to you what kind of respect it should be.

Sun Set on Server Business?

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 16:00
ZDNet: "This is part of Sun's exit strategy from the server business..."

Connecting Dots

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 15:15
Walking With Elephants "Sometimes events transpire in the software industry that, when tied with other events, take on a much bigger meaning..."

IBM to Acquire Wind River?

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 14:30
LinuxDevices: "IBM may acquire embedded software powerhouse Wind River, according to rumors originating in the blogosphere, and a statement issued by Wind River competitor Enea..."

If This is True SCO's Execs Are in BIG Trouble

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 13:45
Computer Business Review: "'If you go back to the press conferences that SCO repeatedly called back in 2003 and 2004, they never began those press conferences by making the standard disclaimers cautioning investors to take what they were saying with a grain of salt...'"

GNOME Turns 10

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 13:00
LWN: "A one month, world-wide celebration of GNOME's tenth anniversary begins this week, culminating in mid-September with Software Freedom Day and the release of GNOME 2.20..."

Opera Uses Mozilla Fuzzer Tool To Find 'Highly Severe' Bug

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 12:15
InformationWeek: "Despite having competing browsers, Opera used Mozilla's JavaScript security software tool, which was recently submitted to the general software community..."

3Com Banks on Open-Source Strategy

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 11:30
ZDNet UK: "Networking giant 3Com is banking on an open-source strategy to differentiate itself from the competition..."

Goals Lead to Dell Cooking the Books

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 10:45
CNET News: "Though Dell has finished an internal investigation into its accounting practices, there are still plenty of questions about the company, which not long ago could do no wrong in the minds of investors and customers..."

Stop Whining: Let's All Be (C)PALS

Fri, 08/17/2007 - 10:00
internetnews.com: "Apparently having an Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved license does matter..."