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MS, Sun, Linux vendors sell to power users
News The Linux vendors aren't conceding the high-end space to the big boys. Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and other operating system vendors will try to impress the high-powered financial services industry this week with top-of-the-line offerings.
[June 22, 2000, 9:12]
Linux vendors hit back at analyst report
News Linux vendors Debian, Red Hat, SuSE and Mandrakesoft have attacked a recent Forrester report that compared Microsoft's security with that of Linux. But Linux vendors are unhappy with the results. The best performing Linux vendors -- Red Hat and...
[April 7, 2004, 16:40]
Linux vendors move to standard platform
News Several Linux vendors have moved to standardise their customised operating environments on a single platform, the companies announced on Thursday. Major software vendors such as Borland, Computer Associates, IBM and SAP, as well as hardware vendors...
[May 30, 2002, 9:43]
Linux vendors ready Asianux 2.0
News Software vendors in China and South Korea are expected to release the Asianux 2.0, an Asian Linux distribution, later this week. They also hope to get Linux vendors from other Asian companies involved in the distribution, which is already being...
[August 24, 2005, 16:30]
Linux vendors hope to ride PC upgrade wave
News Linux vendors are salivating at the prospect of taking market share away from Microsoft's Windows in the PC desktop market as enterprises embark on the biggest desktop refresh since Y2K. However, the use of Linux in enterprise servers has grown...
[May 21, 2004, 13:10]
Linux vendors to unify efforts
News However, the implementation of the LSB will be slow, and it may not necessarily give smaller Linux vendors a leg up in competition with Red Hat. Several major companies are to announce "significant developments" in the Linux world on Thursday...
[May 29, 2002, 15:36]
Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's email
News In the aftermath of Ballmer's mail, ZDNet UK sought out a reaction from the various Linux vendors to Microsoft's allegations that the open-source OS is expensive and untrustworthy. He claims the study concludes that upgrading Windows was cheaper...
[October 28, 2004, 15:54]
Linux vendors release security patches
News Linux vendors Red Hat, Novell and Mandrakesoft on Wednesday released patches for several vulnerabilities, ranging from flaws that could allow denial-of-service (DoS) attacks to buffer overflows. The vulnerabilities would affect most SuSE Linux...
[January 14, 2005, 7:50]
Microsoft takes swipe at Linux vendors' legal story
News Microsoft has criticised the IP indemnification offered by Novell, Red Hat, HP and IBM -- the main vendors of the Linux operating system. It claims that Microsoft offers better indemnification than any Linux vendor and has highlighted specific...
[November 5, 2004, 13:28]
Linux on desktop will be 'cheaper and more secure', claim vendors
Talkback Linux allows things like sharing a single machine for many light users, virtualising servers, breaking the one machine-one application NT model. Linux comes with technologies unheard off in the Windows world : USB memory key booting (with encrypted...
[October 11, 2004, 13:15]
Linux on desktop will be 'cheaper and more secure', claim vendors
Talkback A linux desktop if not setup correctly will be just as insecure as a windows desktop. If people shift over to linux viruses will start to appear then linux users will be stuck with little protection!
[September 28, 2004, 18:09]
Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's email
Talkback I have had several computer novices give different pieces of open source software, commonly OOo and Mozilla offerings but also Linux, a shot. The last comments sound like something that someone who either works for Microsoft or has never tried open...
[October 28, 2004, 21:20]
Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's email
Talkback My boss just bought an WinXP powered laptop, and tried to install antivirus software on it. The time he established the connection and downloaded the updates, the laptop was infected with Sasser. Gasp.
[November 3, 2004, 12:29]
Linux vendors update their wares
Talkback On what basis do you say that Ubuntu is second tier, second to whom? It is fairly new but has sparked the greatest interest of any new distro for a very long time. Are you just prejudiced because it is free (in all senses of the word)?
[October 14, 2005, 10:59]
Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's email
Talkback In response to Anonymous and his remark that you can spend 50% of your time trying to figure out Linux: God forbid that you would actually have learn something in order to be secure and productive. This argument is usually put forth by incompetant...
[January 14, 2005, 20:39]
Linux vendors update their wares
Talkback They base "Second Tier" on the fact that Ubuntu is based on Debian. That is where the core code came from. Slow down with your accusations. There is a difference between "Second Tier" and "Second Rate".
[October 14, 2005, 20:14]
Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's email
Talkback When I first started using Linux, I had to get used to root passwords, and account passwords(very annoying). With Linux I have found that the TPM(Total Peace of Mind) during the mydoom attacks and other attacks too numerous to remember when my co...
[October 31, 2004, 2:37]
Linux vendors hit back at analyst report
Talkback Where on earth did they dig out this bunch what do they call themselfs Forresters i thought they chopped trees down all day not commented on software mind you they probably been paid by M$ any how so what differance does it make just like any...
[April 8, 2004, 11:34]
Linux vendors hit back at analyst report
Talkback so, linux takes twice the time, at best, on average, to fix a vulnerability.never heard of people saying whether windows vulnerabilities are "Serious" or not.i'd assume if sth is a vulnerability, it would be serious.bravo on this report, though i...
[April 8, 2004, 6:58]
Linux vendors hit back at analyst report
Talkback just a note for p.nikolic and other readers, forrester is a large, NASDAQ listed, independent research agency.now now, can't you take a little flak for linux's deficiencies? no one claims windows is perfect, no one claims linux is perfect.so chill...
[April 9, 2004, 4:54]
