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Mandrake Delays Latest Linux
News Linux seller MandrakeSoft has had to delay shipment of its newest version of Linux because of problems in moving manufacturing to the United States. Mandrake Linux 8.1 is available as a download, but the first CDs of the product were supposed to...
[October 12, 2001, 11:36]
Sales Increase For US Linux Servers
News Sales in the United States of servers running Linux nearly doubled in last year's fourth quarter from a year earlier, according to new statistics from market researcher Gartner Dataquest. Linux servers made up more than 14 percent of all servers...
[February 12, 2003, 7:56]
Linux Groomed For Government Role
News I don't think even United Linux has enough money to get Linux certified. The Cyberspace Policy Institute, a decade-old technology policy think tank established at George Washington University, plans to push for Linux to be certified under the...
[August 16, 2002, 13:24]
SuSE Deal To Expand US Sales Effort
News German Linux seller SuSE will announce a partnership with technology distributor Arrow Electronics on Wednesday, an effort SuSE will use to extend its reach in the United States and exert more pressure on market leader Red Hat.
[November 20, 2002, 8:12]
Red Hat, Oracle To Certify Linux For Government
News Red Hat and Oracle plan to announce on Thursday that they have teamed to get Linux evaluated under the Common Criteria, a certification that could open doors for the broader use of open-source software by government agencies.
[February 13, 2003, 12:11]
Linux-based PDA Debuts In Japan
News Sharp has announced a new Linux-based handheld for the Japanese market. The Zaurus SL-A300 uses the Linux operating system and will be available in Japan starting on 12 July for 50,000 yen (about £290).
[June 25, 2002, 9:15]
New Linux Worm 'Adore' Arrives
News Known as the Adore worm, the program is designed to create so-called back doors in the security of Linux systems and send information identifying the compromised systems to four different email addresses hosted on servers in China and the United...
[April 5, 2001, 9:06]
Red Hat And Caldera Get In The Ring
News In the United States, Red Hat and Caldera are the Linux distributions we hear about most. More than 100 Linux distributions litter the worldwide landscape. There are a lot of different [Linux] distributions out there," adds Michael Danzinger...
[August 14, 2000, 13:40]
Casio Puts Windows And Linux On A Laptop
News Casio will release on Wednesday in the United States its Fiva MPC-206E notebook, which contains a copy of Windows Me and a subset of Linux. Users can run Windows ME to power most applications, but can switch to Linux to play MP3 tunes or read...
[May 9, 2001, 15:16]
IBM Makes A Patent Offering To Open Source
News The move follows that of Linux seller Red Hat, a comparatively small company that objects to software patents but allows unfettered use of its own smaller portfolio in open source software. And Novell, the second-largest Linux seller, has vowed to...
[January 11, 2005, 8:15]
UK Govt Investigates Linux Savings
News The British government and IBM are kicking off nine Linux test programs in an effort to see how much money government agencies can save by switching to open-source software. IBM also announced that it is setting up a Linux competency centre in...
[October 9, 2003, 10:40]
IBM, Dell Win In Losing Server Market
News Big Blue, which holds 31.1 percent of the overall market, made gains in Unix servers, Intel servers and Linux servers. Intel and Linux rising Sales of Linux servers increased 63 percent from 2001 to 2002, from $1.3bn to $2bn, Gartner said.
[February 25, 2003, 8:06]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback I think its you who has been drnking the Linux cool aid pal. Illegally cheat so that the inferior Linux software gets all their goverment contracts andthen watch as Peru lose access to their biggest and most important export market (the USA) , or...
[January 30, 2004, 11:16]
Cheap Linux PCs Targeted At Home Users
News A start-up located near Microsoft's headquarters unveiled an effort to sell super-cheap Linux computers to home users. The 30-person company, Linare, on Monday began selling systems with its own version of Linux for $199 (£119.42), company chief...
[June 24, 2003, 8:32]
Sharp Unleashes Linux Handheld
News However, the device it unveiled Monday at a press conference here is an entirely new beast, running a version of the Linux operating system. As previously reported, Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 handheld uses Lineo's version of Linux, is powered by Intel...
[December 4, 2001, 8:58]
LinuxWorld: Gadgets Draw The Crowds
News The crowds are down at this year's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, but there has still been a mob surrounding the Sharp Electronics booth showing the Linux-powered Zaurus handheld computer. Show attendance dropped from about 24,000 last year to 18...
[February 1, 2002, 11:22]
IDC Finds Optimism In 2004's Crystal Ball
News In 2004, x86 servers will account for more revenue overall, and Linux will account for 10 percent of the servers sold in the United States. Servers running so-called x86 processors and Windows or Linux will continue to grow at the expense of RISC...
[December 5, 2003, 8:25]
Big Blue And Dell Reap Server Growth While Others Fall
News The "other" category, made up of second-tier manufacturers, also did well, experiencing year-over-year revenue growth of 25.3 percent for the overall market and 71.9 percent for the Linux market -- faster than the market as a whole.
[May 25, 2004, 9:20]
Sun Scores Key Victory In Unix Sales
News In Linux servers, IBM moved up to the No.spot, gaining 19 percent to 34.4 percent of the $236m market. IBM can take some consolation from the overall market share figures as well as sales in two categories of lower-end machines, Linux servers and...
[May 14, 2002, 15:33]
Sun Aiming StarOffice At Mainstream
News StarOffice runs on Linux, Windows and Sun's Solaris operating system. The real opportunity for Linux is against (Windows) NT.We are going to be the only company to go after the NT systems," Zander said, arguing that companies such as Compaq can't...
[March 28, 2002, 9:55]
