IBM Corp. claimed one of the largest European deployments of Linux on the mainframe on Wednesday, adding that it was testimony to the continuing vitality of its mainframe business.
Read more
Read more
A number of Chinese software companies have joined forces with overseas vendors such as IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp, and Novell Inc. to form the China Open Source Software Promotion Alliance, China's first open-source software organization, several Chinese media reported Wednesday.
Read more
Read more
Since increasing numbers of ISVs are delivering products in consolidated environments, this paper focuses on comparing the partitioning capabilities and related technologies of iSeries and pSeries systems with Linux. The server systems described in this article run current operating system releases AIX 5L Release 5.2 and OS/400 V5R2 in addition to Linux. The advantages of using Linux in conjunction with this other software will be discussed.
The Munich city administration has said that it expects its planned migration to Linux to be delayed by only a few weeks as the impact of proposed European Union software patenting legislation is examined.
Read more
Read more
Threat of higher fees may now be the only way to prod more companies into buying SCO Group licenses.
Read more
Read more
The core technology used in SUSE Linux Openexchange Server, which allows Linux-based groupware to operate with Microsoft's Exchange Server, is being contributed to the open-source community under the GNU General Public License.
Read more
Read more
Unix from The SCO Group and open-source Linux drew the attention of enterprise customers, software developers and industry partners, at the recent SCO Forum and LinuxWorld shows.
Read more
Read more
The SCO group may not be the threat it once was, but IP (intellectual property) concerns were front and center at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco last week. Conference speakers called for changes to U.S. IP law and the way the open source community manages itself.
Read more
Read more
The soon-to-be-called Linspire, aka Lindows, which sells a version of Linux for desktop PCs, lowers expected value of offering.
Read more
Read more
The SCO Group Inc. may escalate its legal battle against IBM Corp. after having discovered documents that it says prove that IBM violated SCO licensing terms when it developed the latest version of its AIX operating system, a source close to the company said Thursday.
Read more
Read more
Linux.com has posted part 2 of their Linux desktop series
ExtremeTech has posted a coverage from the LinuxWorld expo
Among those embracing the open-source operating system is a manufacturer that had previously rejected the penguin.
Read more
Read more
A test version of UserLinux, a product intended to give corporate customers the utility of Red Hat Linux but not its price tag, is set for release at the start of September.
Read more
Read more
IBM Cloudscape is an open standards small footprint database that tightly embeds into Java applications. Cloudscape aims to be easy to use for software developers and requires zero administration for end users. Here are new articles designed to fill-in all the gaps and answer the question: Whats the big deal about Cloudscape anyway?
- Cloudscape 10: A Technical Overview
- Cloudscape frequently asked questions
- Integrating Cloudscape and Tomcat
- IBM Cloudscape: Understanding Java class path
- Cloudscape 10: A Technical Overview
- Cloudscape frequently asked questions
- Integrating Cloudscape and Tomcat
- IBM Cloudscape: Understanding Java class path
OSNews has posted an analysis of the "dependency hell" problem in Linux
The City of Munich has put its Linux plans on hold in response to fears over software patents.
Read more
Read more
Open-source options are favored in Linux culture, but chipmaker wins a pair of new supporters.
Read more
Read more
