Torvalds surprised by resilience of 2.6 kernel

Linus Torvalds explains why the unexpected resilience of kernel version 2.6 has delayed the move to kernel version 2.7. In this two minute video he said that when work started on 2.6, he was…

Aras Embraces Microsoft .NET Platform to Offer Open Source PLM

In lieu of its traditional software license model, the new Aras Innovator 8 Enterprise Open Source Suite is available immediately for free as a commercial open source offering. This gives…

Flash Player 9 For Linux Released

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the availability of Adobe(R) Flash(R) Player 9 for Linux, the next-generation client runtime for engaging with Flash content and applications on Linux…

Cablecam Wows Football Fans with RTLinux

FSMLabs announced that its flagship RTLinux real-time software is now being used in Cablecam flying cameras used to film NFL and other sporting events. Cablecam is a provider of footage for NFL…

Save time with text editing one-liners

Text-editing operations are normally done interactively, inside a text editor application. Some tasks, however, can be accomplished quickly and easily, right from the UNIX command line. What's…

Zenoss names Open Source Luminary as chairman of the board

Zenoss Inc., a leading open source Network and Systems Monitoring software vendor, announced today that Andre M Boisvert has been elected Chairman of the Board. The appointment of Mr. Boisvert…

Open Source And Career Opportunities

Matt Asay has some good advice for folks asking him for career advice: "Work for an open source company."

I'd wholeheartedly agree. I'd like to add "or within the open source group of a…

Soft sell for open source apps

Enterprise software vendors that use open source business models may be few and far between, but they are out there. I recently spoke to Peter Schroer, president and founder of Aras, about his…

Sun attacks Linux with Solaris upgrades, support

Sun Microsystems Inc. is adding support services for its Solaris operating system on x86 platforms in a bid to compete with burgeoning Linux distributions.

Sun is clearly taking aim at…

Open source is good for the economy

Europe's lawmakers should "correct" policies that "implicitly or explicitly" favour the use of proprietary software, according to a newly published report from the European Commission (EC).