SCO Group, inheritor of the intellectual property for the Unix operating system, has sued IBM for more than $1 billion, alleging Big Blue misappropriated SCO's Unix technology and built it into Linux.
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A survey of IT managers in the Asia-Pacific region has found that the use of Linux on servers is set to grow at double the rate of its closest rival
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Voting for the 2002 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards is now closed. Winners include Red Hat as Distribution of the Year, KDE as Desktop Environment of the Year, Open Office as Office Suite of the Year and many more. You can view the announcement including all of the winners or the complete results.
A consortium devoted to improving Linux for high-end servers will announce on Monday a suite of tools designed to make widely used speed tests available to Linux programmers.
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Open source software is gaining ground in local government and could be the key to overcoming integration issues, say experts.The technology may be on the brink of its first big central government win.
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There is no technical reason for companies to mistrust Linux, according to one of Unilever's most senior IT executives.
Last week AMR Research claimed that Linux is still not suited to mission-critical applications.
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Last week AMR Research claimed that Linux is still not suited to mission-critical applications.
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New software from CodeWeavers will allow Linux servers to host Microsoft Office applications, which can then be accessed through a Web browser, the company said on Monday.
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Thanks Ford for this one:
Rational's open, industry-standard tools for developers can improve the speed, quality, and predictability of application development on J2EE, .NET, Linux, and other platforms, for a range of applications, including embedded software for devices such as cell phones and medical systems. IBM's new Resource Center for Rational Software provides access to a white papers, product information, and information on community resources and discussions. Rational Software is a founding member of Eclipse and has taken a leadership role in the growth of Eclipse as the open source standard.
Rational's open, industry-standard tools for developers can improve the speed, quality, and predictability of application development on J2EE, .NET, Linux, and other platforms, for a range of applications, including embedded software for devices such as cell phones and medical systems. IBM's new Resource Center for Rational Software provides access to a white papers, product information, and information on community resources and discussions. Rational Software is a founding member of Eclipse and has taken a leadership role in the growth of Eclipse as the open source standard.
Thanks John for this one:
If you are lucky enough to be able to get to one conference this year, plan to get to the IBM developerWorks Live. Its in New Orleans this year so you can have lots of fun after the BOFs. Here are just a few of the 27 sessions available for Linux developers. DB2 - Linux at its Best, DB2 and Borland Kylix: Cross-platform Development on Windows AND Linux using C++, Developing PHP and Open Source, Database Applications for DB2 on Linux, Hands-on: Speed Start Your Linux Application, Lotus & Linux - Domino 6 for Linux, Grid Toolbox for Linux - Architecture and APIs, System Automation for OS/390 and Linux, Linux and the Mainframe. Learn more about all the sessions here, and sign-up before by March 16 and save $400 - that should keep you going for awhile on Bourbon street.
If you are lucky enough to be able to get to one conference this year, plan to get to the IBM developerWorks Live. Its in New Orleans this year so you can have lots of fun after the BOFs. Here are just a few of the 27 sessions available for Linux developers. DB2 - Linux at its Best, DB2 and Borland Kylix: Cross-platform Development on Windows AND Linux using C++, Developing PHP and Open Source, Database Applications for DB2 on Linux, Hands-on: Speed Start Your Linux Application, Lotus & Linux - Domino 6 for Linux, Grid Toolbox for Linux - Architecture and APIs, System Automation for OS/390 and Linux, Linux and the Mainframe. Learn more about all the sessions here, and sign-up before by March 16 and save $400 - that should keep you going for awhile on Bourbon street.
Lindows.com on Thursday unwrapped an inexpensive and lightweight notebook PC based on its version of the Linux operating system. The San Diego, Calif., software maker's new Lindows Mobile PC will sell for $799. It includes a 12.1-inch screen and a 933MHz Via Technologies C3 processor, along with LindowsOS, a version of the freely available Linux.
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The UK government is seriously considering the use of open source software in a major Whitehall IT project for the first time. Central buying arm the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) plans to develop a single platform to share purchasing information between government departments.
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A consulting group that scrutinizes the source code underlying several operating systems has found that a key networking component of Linux is of higher quality in several ways than that of competing closed-source software.
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The group of programmers working to run Linux on Microsoft's Xbox video game console is seeking the software giant's seal of approval.
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Leading Linux seller Red Hat quietly released an updated version of its Advanced Server product last week that adds support for IBM's x440 server, an important expansion for both companies.
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Thanks Jake. Here's some new Grid computting resources just released by IBM: The IBM Grid toolbox, includes Globus Toolkit 2.2 with additional documentation and custom installation scripts for Linux and AIX. The GAF4J provides a simpler programming model that enables the development of maintainable Java applications uncluttered with calls to grid services, and this interview with Grid guru Argonne's Steve Tuecke, who is making the vision of Grid computing a reality, explains why Java technology is key to Grid computing.
Linux software maker Lycoris is set to announce Wednesday that it will begin selling boxed software through retail giant Wal-Mart, another sign of growing mainstream acceptance of the open-source operating system.
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James Strandboge has completed a backport of Gnome2.2 for Debian GNU/Linux 3.0. Unfortunately, the author has not the bandwidth to make the debs available via apt.
Big Blue this week licensed the Oslo, Norway, company's Qtopia software suite. The company's microelectronics division will include the software--which incorporates an operating environment and application design tools--with a new Linux PDA design kit due next month.
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Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.
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