The networking software maker accelerates its Linux push with the acquisition and pledges its commitment to Ximian's high-profile open-source projects.
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Big Blue boasts five new Linux customers and says more than 3,000 of its consultants now have open-source skills--a 10-fold increase since 2001.
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New research indicates that the legal battle over use of Unix source code in the Linux operating system is not discouraging developers from working on Linux-oriented software.
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Open-source fans flock to the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. Also, Cisco Systems reports its quarterly earnings.
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Linux is working its way into datacenters and has great penetration as a Web server. The allure of the open-source OS is clear: Administrators can take a very inexpensive distribution, add assorted server software, apply all the necessary patches, configure the system for good security, and end up with a great enterprise server platform.
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For those who cheer -- or fear -- Linux's steady push into the enterprise, the game is about to become more interesting. The new 64-bit Itanium 2- and Opteron-powered servers are here, and in this issue our Test Center analyzes both the hardware and server software -- a twin package that will be particularly valuable to anyone planning the next-generation datacenter.
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Although it lacks many of the features of leading desktop publishing applications such as Adobe Systems Inc.'s PageMaker and InDesign and Quark Inc.'s QuarkXPress and cannot import files created with those applications, Scribus is the most promising option for desktop publishing on Linux that eWEEK Labs has seen.
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Sun Microsystems signs a deal to incorporate SuSE's version of the Linux operating system in its servers, the company's second step in moving beyond its own version of Linux.
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Linux development leader Linus Torvalds and Free Software Foundation attorney Eben Moglen reject SCO Group's argument that Linux users should pay license fees for using the OS.
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CEO Scott McNealy says he's thrilled that users of Sun's Unix-based operating system are sheltered from SCO's legal action against IBM. Plus, he predicts a huge consolidation.
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CIO Insight has posted two articles on Linux Clusters
Linux Clusters: A World of Possibilities
Linux clusters give scientists the opportunity to compute previously impenetrable large-scale a lgorithms, opening up a new world of possibilities not just for businesses, but for society at large. CIO Insight reporter Debra D'Agostino spoke to Rob Pennington, senior associate director of computing and data management for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) about the benefits and challenges of Linux clusters, and potential future breakthroughs.
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Linux Clusters: Overcoming Obstacles
CIO Insight reporter Debra D'Agostino spoke with Dr. David A. Bader, a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and researcher at the Center for High Performance Computing at the University of New Mexico, about the differences between Linux clusters and supercomputers and the challenges CIOs can expect to face when evaluating the two strategies.
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Linux Clusters: A World of Possibilities
Linux clusters give scientists the opportunity to compute previously impenetrable large-scale a lgorithms, opening up a new world of possibilities not just for businesses, but for society at large. CIO Insight reporter Debra D'Agostino spoke to Rob Pennington, senior associate director of computing and data management for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) about the benefits and challenges of Linux clusters, and potential future breakthroughs.
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Linux Clusters: Overcoming Obstacles
CIO Insight reporter Debra D'Agostino spoke with Dr. David A. Bader, a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and researcher at the Center for High Performance Computing at the University of New Mexico, about the differences between Linux clusters and supercomputers and the challenges CIOs can expect to face when evaluating the two strategies.
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eWeek has posted two Linux related news stories:
IBM Forges Ahead With Linux Plans
IBM Forges Ahead With Linux Plans
Three years after pledging to integrate its Solaris operating system with the open source Gnome (GNU Object Model Environment) desktop, Sun Microsystems is finally ready to deliver.
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In its mission to bring Linux to the masses, the company introduces an application that can play commercial DVDs on computers running the Lindows operating system.
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Although Sun Microsystems Inc. discontinued sales several months ago of its customized Linux distribution, the company hasn't entirely abandoned its do-it-yourself Linux strategy: In its forthcoming bundle of desktop software, code-named Mad Hatter, the included Linux operating system will be Sun's own.
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The group, goaded by open-source advocates and those within its own ranks, is looking to improve its street cred in the world of open source and open standards.
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CoolTechZone has posted an article on Linux
The SCO Group has turned its focus to Linux customers, making it clear for the first time that it could sue them for using code that the company claims violates its intellectual property rights. Furthermore, in an effort to protect its claimed rights, SCO plans to roll out a UnixWare for Linux licensing program in the next few weeks.
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Industry analysts vary in their advice about how Linux users should handle SCO Group's position that they must buy a Unix license or face the possibility of legal action.
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SCO Group's warnings that Linux violates its Unix intellectual property right seems to be falling on deaf ears. Also: Open source in the free market.
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