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Linux 'not suitable for enterprise use'
Talkback Being a seasoned Linux and Windows user and programmer, I have no choice but to question the very merits of this research. Linux is not scalable? not secure? sounds nothing more than a sales pitch for the companies involved.
[March 16, 2005, 23:15]
The future is... Linux televisions
Talkback The guy who thinks Linux is all about the 'free' is a bit of a dumbass if you ask me. Linux is getting better for user friendliness, but it'll take a long long long time to get people of Windows. I think Lindows is going the right way by allowing...
[February 25, 2004, 12:46]
News Roundup: Linux Expo takes open source mainstream
News At Linux Expo in London companies showed off the latest additions to the open source arsenal, including tools designed to step up software development and software to make Linux more attractive for high-end servers and workstations.
[July 6, 2001, 12:57]
Linux penguin to make Comdex splash
News This year, the huge computing exhibition will feature a Linux Pavilion filled with Linux-related products. Its attendees will be treated to a series of symposia called Linux Global Summit. In addition, alter egos Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds will...
[April 15, 1999, 8:51]
Hollywood's war on open source: Linux in the cross hairs
News "Why is the Motion Picture Association and the DVD CCA going after us, the Linux users, instead of the massive infringers? Linux lovers have even taken the issue to the popcorn brigade by handing out flyers at movie theatres and selling T-shirts...
[February 28, 2000, 9:23]
Linux gains virus armour
Talkback There were no Linux worms/viruses for 2003/2004. Previous Linux worms/viruses were extremely ineffective. This is not very necessary but more security is always welcome.
[June 7, 2004, 20:33]
Linux geeks getting real, with pizza
News The idea -- which Linux operating system vendor Red Hat is turning into reality -- is certainly original. But these temporary stars will be devotees of Linux, the alternative operating system that has gathered a significant following within the...
[April 15, 1999, 9:52]
Linux Software Router: Data Plane Optimization and Performance Evaluation
White Papers In this contribution the paper reports the results of the in-depth optimization and testing carried out on a PC Open Router architecture based on Linux software and COTS hardware. The main focus of this paper was the forwarding performance...
[February 4, 2009, 23:00]
Linux kernel flaw could trigger DoS incidents
News Several versions of Linux from multiple vendors are reportedly vulnerable to a flaw in the Linux 2.4 kernel. According to the initial report from Secunia, the threat is related to a problem in the way the Linux kernel caches routing information...
[May 27, 2003, 13:55]
A Year Ago: Linux hijacks Windows NT show
News Under the counter Definite Linux sells like hot cakes A subversive open source element was in evidence at this year's Window's NT forum in London as Linux-advocates achieved the final insult in hijacking the show.
[October 28, 2000, 7:00]
Linux kernel: Moving closer to Windows?
Talkback VMS is nothing like Unix the kernel architecture between Linux and NT are so different that they literally, like apples and oranges, cannot be compared on a technical basis Linux and Minix have no technical overlap at all he clearly has no...
[July 2, 2004, 1:14]
Linux kernel: Moving closer to Windows?
Talkback Heck - Linux closer to windows? Linux is not "playing catching up windows". Linux is EVOLVING, just like windows does. And linux brights in some areas where windows does not and the reverse - did I mention that SGI is running linux in 512 CPU...
[July 2, 2004, 0:32]
Microsoft: 'Linux is more of a threat than before'
Talkback "PharmiWeb recently chose to use Visual Studio .Net rather than J2EE or Eclipse, the open-source, Linux-based tool, as the development environment for a portal it has build for the healthcare sector" You've printed a gross error when you call...
[June 11, 2004, 18:11]
CeBIT 2000: Linux International set for reorganisation
News Worldwide open-source association Linux International is about to go national, according to its executive director and most colourful representative, John "Maddog" Hall. Linux International, which coordinates the activities of open source...
[February 25, 2000, 16:27]
Linux-based PlayStation grid is no game
News A US research centre has clustered 70 Sony PlayStation 2 game consoles into a Linux supercomputer that ranks among the 500 most powerful in the world. NCSA's supercomputer runs on the Linux operating system which was included as part a Sony Linux...
[May 28, 2003, 8:52]
CeBIT 2000: Linux "better off" without Office
News Following speculation that Microsoft is intent to port its Office suite to Linux, the world's leading software company has flatly denied any involvement with the open source phenomenon. Openly proclaiming its distaste for the very idea of working...
[February 25, 2000, 16:07]
Linux's commercial destiny in doubt
News Over the last three years, Linux has metamorphosed from a cult phenomenon driven by thousands of programming enthusiasts around the world into an enterprise-ready operating system. This has become possible because control of Linux’s destiny has...
[September 25, 2003, 12:35]
Linux kernel: Moving closer to Windows?
Talkback I tend to agree with the idea that windows is moving towards Linux. For example, over the last year I have been increasingly using Russinovich's (coincidentally enough) tools in lieu of the built in functionality that comes with UNIX/Linux.
[July 2, 2004, 0:18]
Linux paves way for cheaper smartphones
News Several leading mobile technology players have cooperated on a project to explore Linux's potential as the major software component in future smartphones. At the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, Infineon Technologies, Samsung and embedded Linux...
[February 15, 2005, 16:30]
CeBIT 2000: "Consumer" Linux from Finland
News On Thursday, a new Linux distribution "from the homeland of Linux" joined the already crowded variety of distributors jostling for the attention of computer users at the CeBIT show in Hannover. Santeri Kannisto, managing director of SOT Finnish...
[February 25, 2000, 10:26]
