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Virtual Iron updates its virtualization suite —
Dec. 10, 2007 —
Virtual Iron, which has been trying carve out a place for itself in a virtualization market that continues to grow in scope and importance, is updating its namesake software suite to better address disaster recovery and high availability concerns. ...
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First Linux phone standard ships —
Dec. 09, 2007 —
Weeks after Google revealed aspirations of creating a defacto standard operating system for mobile phones, via Android and the Open Handset Alliance, a lesser known, broad-based consortium has published what it hopes can serve as an actual standard for Linux-based phones. The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum was founded in ...
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Novell delays earnings report —
Dec. 06, 2007 —
Novell stockholders were unpleasantly surprised on Dec. 5, when instead of hearing from Novell on how the Linux distributor had done over the last quarter and the full 2007 fiscal year, they were presented with an earnings announcement postponement instead. ...
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SourceForge adopts eBay-like sales model for open-source software —
Dec. 06, 2007 —
One question that people who don't know how open-source businesses work is: "How do you make money from open-source software?" SourceForge.net has a new answer to that question: sell services and support to customers using an eBay-like market.
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EMF changes tune, hails embedded Linux —
Dec. 05, 2007 —
Embedded Market Forecasters has issued a report claiming that embedded Linux is just as dependable as other real-time operating systems (RTOSes). The independently funded report appears to recant EMF's controversial Microsoft-funded report in 2003 that claimed that embedded Windows OSes were far faster and cheaper than embedded Linux. Spread the ...
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Myths stymie Linux growth —
Nov. 30, 2007 —
Opinion -- Year after year, industry pundits state, "This is the year of Linux," and year after year, those same pundits say, "The market is just not ready yet." So the big question here is, "Where are the Linux desktops?" For the most part, they're not anywhere. ...
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Eaton announces UPS support for Ubuntu —
Nov. 29, 2007 —
On the face of it, it's hardly news worth noting. On Nov. 27, Eaton announced that its Personal Solution Pac for Linux and Network Shutdown Module v3 are the first UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) power management solutions to receive Ubuntu's IHV (independent hardware vendor) Certification. ...
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It's the directory, stupid —
Nov. 29, 2007 —
Opinion -- I've been covering Linux and open-source software closely since the dawn of this millennium, and over those seven or so years I've become a believer in the potency of the open-source development model. ...
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OpenSolaris soon to run on IBM mainframes —
Nov. 28, 2007 —
LAS VEGAS--IBM and Sun Microsystems are in the final stages of an 18-month-long project to adapt the OpenSolaris operating system to run optimally on Big Blue's z System mainframes. ...
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Novell ships first real-time SUSE Linux —
Nov. 28, 2007 —
LAS VEGAS—Novell is shipping the first real-time SUSE Linux enterprise data center operating system, SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10. ...
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Debate simmers on why ODF shuttered its doors —
Nov. 28, 2007 —
Did the OpenDocument Foundation recently shutter its doors for good because it was unable to convince Oasis to support its converter, known as Da Vinci? Or was it because OpenDocument Format was simply not designed for the conversion of Microsoft Office documents, applications, and processes? ...
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It's time for SCO to face the Novell music —
Nov. 27, 2007 —
When SCO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it was widely seen as a move to avoid the final steps in its case with Novell. On Nov. 27, however, the bankruptcy court lifted its stay on the Novell trial, and so the SCO/Novell court case is once again free to proceed. ...
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The best IT vendor of all? Red Hat —
Nov. 27, 2007 —
For the fifth year, CIO Insight polled IT executives on how well their major vendors deliver business value, reliability and quality. This year's winner? The No. 1 vendor? None other than Linux distributor Red Hat. ...
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Oracle joins virtual fray —
Nov. 21, 2007 —
Opinion -- At Oracle's recent OpenWorld megashow in San Francisco, the enterprise software behemoth threw its hat into the server virtualization ring with the release of Oracle VM. ...
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What happened to the SCO/York deal? —
Nov. 21, 2007 —
Earlier this week, it seemed that the only thing between York Capital buying SCO was the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware turning the proposed sale down. ...
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York proposes to take over SCO's Unix/Linux lawsuits —
Nov. 20, 2007 —
York Capital Management's proposed Asset Purchase Agreement and its associated credit agreement for SCO make it clear that if the bankruptcy court lets York buy SCO, that York will be bankrolling SCO's continued lawsuits against Novell, IBM and other Linux-using companies.
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Novell refocuses on its partners —
Nov. 19, 2007 —
Novell's channel partners have not been happy lately. Novell knows that, and on Nov. 19, the Linux power announced a new initiative to increase revenue and profitability for solution providers and consulting partners that specialize in selling Novell technologies. ...
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Last of the GPL licenses goes to Version 3 —
Nov. 19, 2007 —
The Free Software Foundation published the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 on Nov. 19. This new license, based on the GPLv3, enables those who use AGPLv3 software over a network to receive the source code for that software. ...
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