Previous
Beowulf Cluster Man Becomes A Penguin
News Scyld was founded by Donald Becker, who will become Penguin's chief technology officer under the deal. Penguin Computing, a server maker specialising in machines running Linux, has signed an agreement to acquire Scyld Computing, the company founded...
[June 10, 2003, 12:44]
HP Loses Exec To Linux Firm
News At Penguin, Nist will report to chief executive Enrico Pesatori, a familiar boss: He also was chief executive of Tandem and ran the Compaq division that bought it. Penguin Computing plans to announce on Monday that Pauline Nist, for years a leader...
[January 16, 2006, 8:50]
Red Hat Chief Takes Stand
News Speaking to attendees during a late afternoon keynote, the head penguin of Red Hat likened critics of Linux to those who have been wrong in the past about new technologies, adding that it's time for the disparate open-source community to come...
[August 6, 2003, 9:35]
Linux-loving McNealy Dons Penguin Outfit
News In a move to erase doubts about the sincerity of Sun Microsystems' move to embrace the Linux operating system, chief executive Scott McNealy took the stage on Thursday wearing a penguin suit. We love Linux, and I hope there isn't any doubt about it...
[February 8, 2002, 12:48]
IBM's Future Lies In Grids, Says New Chief Exec
News He pointed out that Sun chief executive Scott McNealy wore a penguin suit to deliver a keynote speech in London recently. Naturally, Palmisano, who will take over as IBM's chief executive on 1 March, predicted that IBM will thrive in this environment.
[February 21, 2002, 11:30]
Low-end 'Enchilada' Spices Up Sun Server Line
News Indeed, McNealy expressed admiration for Jobs' stage panache in a 2002 keynote during which the Sun chief executive dressed in a penguin suit to express his newfound love for Linux. Chief executive Scott McNealy is trying to coax customers to focus...
[April 8, 2003, 8:22]
Sun Makes Peace With The Linux World
News Sun started out cool on Linux but warmed dramatically in February 2002, when chief executive Scott McNealy donned a penguin suit, dressing up as the Linux mascot to demonstrate his company's new embrace.
[September 13, 2005, 9:45]
Debian Founder Joins Sun
News Initially disparaging, chairman and then-chief executive Scott McNealy donned a penguin mascot outfit in an about-face to show support. At Sun, Murdock now holds the title of chief operating platforms officer.
[March 20, 2007, 8:40]
LinuxWorld Expo Roundup
News Linux credit cards in Britain by June British Linux enthusiasts will soon be able to help further the cause, get complimentary Open Source software and a penguin-enhanced credit card thanks to US-based organisation, the Linux Fund.
[February 1, 2000, 14:06]
Fiorina Will Not Be Drawn On Dunn
News A year and a half later, Fiorina is the author of an about-to-be-published memoir, "Tough Choices", that will delve into her tenure at HP and that publisher Penguin Group promises has been written with "brutal honesty.
[September 18, 2006, 10:35]
Linux Credit Cards In Britain By June
News Benjamin Cox, who describes himself as chief penguin at the Linux Fund, tells ZDNet UK that his organisation is currently in talks with a number of British banks and reckons that penguin credit cards will be available in the UK by June 1.
[February 7, 2000, 11:22]
MandrakeSoft Ordered To Drop Trademark
News MandrakeSoft previously used a company logo featuring a Linux penguin wearing a magician's garb, but the company has removed the image from its packaging and advertising materials. By appealing the case, we suspend these prohibitions and can...
[February 20, 2004, 13:50]
Palm Gets A Boost From Linux
News Access is betting that the Palm community could use a little push from a penguin. At the recent LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, ZDNet UK's sister site, CNET News.com, sat down with Kamada, who is Access' chief technology officer, and Diaz...
[September 4, 2006, 17:35]
Save The Last Dance For SCO
Leader Even if SCO had never embarked on its wild penguin chase, there'd be lots to see and do on the road to sustainable growth. And controversial chief executive Darl McBride has moved on from his "If we lose, we're screwed" stance to "even if we lose...
[August 10, 2005, 14:35]
Photos: The Battle For The Golden Penguin Bowl
News It's the Oracle nerds versus the MySQL geeks in the LinuxWorld quiz, where the prize was a gold glass penguin. This unflattering photo of Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison kept popping up all over the place, and Google was criticised for giving...
[April 6, 2006, 10:05]
Exclusive: Linus Torvalds Tells His Story
News If you do want to know the story of how Linux got its name, and how Tux the Penguin with its unnatural orange Daffy-Duck bill came to be the mascot, you'll have to read the book. Anyone reading this column would assume the mounting pressures of my...
[April 10, 2001, 7:40]
Jane Wakefield: Naked In Vegas
News The threat of the penguin and the Department of Justice were nowhere to be seen as the king of Microsoft bared his soul to his audience. According to one of the glossy American business magazines being distributed at the conference, Fiorina is the...
[November 16, 2000, 9:16]
In Linux Land, The Battle Is On For Survival
News Penguin Computing tried to take on VA by selling servers, while Linux Networx and Atipa specialized in connecting numerous computers together to make cheap supercomputers. Few doubt there is a future for Linux itself: It is the second-most popular...
[March 13, 2001, 13:47]
Linux Cluster Firms Win Financial Backing
News Penguin's new funding will let it improve the Scyld software, marketing, sales force and professional services, chief executive Enrico Pesatori said in an interview. San Francisco-based Penguin Computing raised $10m, while Linux Networx in Salt...
[November 5, 2004, 7:38]
Net Research Start-up Stacks Its Shelves
News The company expects to announce a similar agreement with Penguin Putnam in the next few weeks. We always viewed this as a long-term business," said Christopher Warnock, chief executive of Ebrary and son of Adobe's Warnock.
[November 19, 2001, 10:18]
