How to avoid a Linux-migration disaster
Feature With the economy uncertain, it is more important than ever for IT departments to fully weigh up the pros and cons of migrating before moving to Linux [14 Nov 2008]
Various Thoughts and Experiences with Linux
Blog I've been going in circles for a while now, trying to get far enough along on something that I could write it up. Since I still haven't managed that, I think it is time to pass along a few notes... [13 Nov 2008]
Novell guns for Red Hat
Blog The open source world isn't all sweetness and light. Novell is trying to take business from the market leader in Linux servers, Red Hat - with a switchover campaign. As in many such campaigns,... [12 Nov 2008]
Re: True, for software which is commoditized
Talkback : Some much larger things have become near : commodities, like Linux, because the demand : huge so there's enough motivation for an open : source market to develop. You speak of Linux as if it is a... [07 Nov 2008]
Bursting the proprietary-software bubble
Comment Strip away all the bluster and jargon and you soon realise the end is nigh for proprietary software, says open-source expert Mark Taylor [05 Nov 2008]
The end of software patents?
Blog The open source community will be resting a bit easier - "abstract" patents, for business processes have been ruled out by the US authorities, at least for now. The US patent office rejected an... [05 Nov 2008]
OpenBSD update improves hardware support
News Version 4.4 of the popular BSD descendant promises support for new hardware, upgrade process changes and new applications [04 Nov 2008]
Ubuntu's Intrepid Ibex: A peek at what to expect 
Photo Canonical plans to release Ubuntu 8.10 on Thursday. It's striving for ease of use, a challenge given the complexities of Linux [30 Oct 2008]
Ibex server features could be key for Canonical
Blog Intrepid Ibex, the 8.10 release of Ubuntu due this Thursday, is not a milestone for servers, but it comes at a time when Canonical, the commercial backer of the operating system, is starting to... [28 Oct 2008]
Ubuntu 'Intrepid Ibex' due on Thursday
News Canonical will release Intrepid Ibex this week, improving wireless networking and sporting BBC content. However, profitability could still be three to five years away [28 Oct 2008]
On Your Mark... (Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex)
Blog Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) is due to be released on Thursday, 30 October. As they have hit every scheduled release data for Alpha, Beta and Release Candidates in this cycle, I'm quite sure... [28 Oct 2008]
Facebook open sources Scribe code
News The company has released as open-source code a product developed internally to help scale the social-networking site [27 Oct 2008]
Linux standards tool adds app testing
News The Linux Foundation has included an app-checker tool in the Linux Standard Base public test version, aiming to address an acknowledged shortcoming [21 Oct 2008]
Citrix: why open source virtualisation goes up from the clie...
Blog A year after buying XenSource, Citrix has evolved its marketing strategy for the Xen open source hypervisor. Virtualisation will be more about application delivery in the long term, and rival... [20 Oct 2008]
Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open source
News The global financial crisis will cause more companies to consider open-source software as an option, according to Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst [16 Oct 2008]
Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
News Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical [09 Oct 2008]
OpenOffice.org 3.0 Release Candidate 4 (RC4) Available
Blog RC4 is now available for download, and it looks really good. I mean really, really good. It has some nice new features, it has lots of small improvements in presentation and icons which add up to... [08 Oct 2008]
ISO's SC34: the Large Standard Collider
Blog Like that other Swiss science project, standards maker ISO has accelerated ODF and OOXML on two separate paths, and now it is colliding them, in a small space: the SC34 committee. What unknown... [07 Oct 2008]
ISO offers to take on ODF maintenance
News The move has been prompted by concerns ODF was not being properly maintained by its creator Oasis, says an ISO committee member, rejecting claims of a pro-Microsoft takeover [07 Oct 2008]
Red Hat simplifies platform for Linux supercomputing
News The Linux leader aims to make more of a dent in the high-performance-computing market with a platform it claims can be up and running in under an hour [03 Oct 2008]
