Topic: Linux

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 05:27 AM

For some time now, deciding what operating system to run enterprise applications on has been a fairly simple exercise, with most companies' choices limited to UNIX or Windows.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 05:25 AM

The Meadowbrook Farms Coop is doing exactly what the brain trust at Sun Microsystems envisioned when it introduced StarOffice, an alternative to the ubiquitous Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications, roughly three years ago.

Posted by : Anonymous on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 01:00 PM

Linux users have been advised to upgrade to the latest stable kernel, after the discovery of a critical vulnerability in the core code.

Posted by : Anonymous on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 12:56 PM

Security concerns are prompting chief information officers (CIOs) to consider moving from Microsoft to open source on the desktop, according to a report from investment house Merrill Lynch.

Posted by : trraju on Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 11:23 AM

REGISTERING about 20,000 students who are geographically dispersed in four different campuses of the same university can be an arduous task. This was what the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) faced in the mid-1990s until it decided in 1995 to develop an online student registration database, using Oracle's 8i technology and running on Unix.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 04:01 AM

Car giant Fiat is deploying Linux running on Intel Itanium 2-based servers to support its European sales and support network, which will link 17 countries by 2005. The system will allow Fiat's sales outlets to provide continuously updated product and market information, and let sales staff check stock availability and examine payment and financing options.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 03:59 AM

For the past decade, consumer computing has been at the mercy of a near monopoly. Few Americans outside of a few wonks working on university or military Unix systems are even aware a choice exists besides the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows operating system and the wanna-be hep Apple Macintosh.

Posted by : trraju on Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 05:17 AM

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) is looking to raise awareness about the processes behind the Linux kernel's development.
The pro-Linux consortium of technology companies hopes that by demystifying the kernel's development process it can increase customer confidence in Linux.

Posted by : trraju on Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 05:13 AM

Novell will be shipping Linux Services 1.0 "very, very soon" and Version 7 of NetWare will also be available on a Linux kernel when it is launched in 18 months to two years time, according to Novell NetWare global product manager Rob Seely.

Posted by : trraju on Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 04:57 AM

Red Hat's decision to change the way it charges customers has some Linux fans questioning whether the Raleigh software company's business model is starting to resemble archrival Microsoft. Red Hat has slowly been implementing a new price model for the past year. This month, Red Hat reminded customers that as of April 30, 2004, the company will no longer provide support for Red Hat Linux 9, its older and less expensive software. Instead, it is encouraging people to buy new, costlier versions.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 11:10 AM

Two Linux cluster systems are among the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world, according to rankings.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 11:09 AM

Chip maker Intel Corp has announced that its Itanium 2 processors have been chosen by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for use in a supercomputer.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 11:08 AM

ADVANTAGES: * It's free or inexpensive. Linux can be downloaded off the Internet, or you can purchase a CD-ROM for about $2 from some Linux vendors. Or you can buy a boxed software package ($40 to $150).

Posted by : bpburnwal on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 11:08 AM

SCO is to launch legal action within the next 90 days against a major company for using Linux without its licence.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 11:04 AM

When the operating system on Matthew P. Frye's home computer crashed and died a year ago, he had two choices: spend hundreds of dollars to rebuild his desktop using Microsoft programs, or try the less expensive alternative of switching to the Linux computer operating system. Frye chose Linux.

Posted by : meshy on Thursday, November 13, 2003 - 09:41 AM

Information solutions provider Novell Inc has released its Ximian Red Carpet Enterprise 2 product for automating the central management of software on Linux servers and workstations.

Posted by : meshy on Thursday, November 13, 2003 - 09:32 AM

Linux is a rising star in the geeky, back office of computing. Its gains have come as an operating system for the data-serving computers that run corporate PC networks and serve up Web pages. On the desktop, Microsoft's Windows, which is perceived by many as easier to use, still reigns supreme.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Monday, November 10, 2003 - 12:11 PM

Novell's agreement to acquire SuSE Linux for $210m is good news for the Linux community and shows that the firm is unconcerned about the fear, uncertainty and doubt surrounding Linux following SCO Group's legal action against IBM.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Monday, November 10, 2003 - 11:58 AM

Novell's agreement to acquire SuSE Linux for $210m is good news for the Linux community and shows that the firm is unconcerned about the fear, uncertainty and doubt surrounding Linux following SCO Group's legal action against IBM.

Posted by : meshy on Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 05:07 PM

Red Hat's No. 1 competitor just got bigger. In a deal announced Tuesday, Suse, the world's second-largest supplier of the free Linux computer-operating software, agreed to be acquired by Novell, a business software maker based in Provo, Utah.
With Novell's backing, Germany's Suse will now have better resources, including a larger sales force and the support staff it needs to broaden its reach into the U.S. market, which is dominated by Red Hat.