Bryan Sparks in the late 1990s on Linux v. Unix in the Enterprise
Marbux has found a treasure trove of Caldera v. Microsoft documents and media reports. Actually two. One document that turned up is a Caldera press release announcing the spinning off of Lineo in…
Google sponsors Linux notebooks for Fijian schools
Google's Open Source Program Office made the donation via the Imara Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which aims to expand the use of technology in developing communities…
Latest SOA Need: Assistance with JBI Application Integration
Today’s Enterprise Integration is SOA, improved standards, and JBI
The methodology of Enterprise Integration has advanced to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) because of its ability to weave…
OpenOffice hit by 'highly critical' vulnerability
OpenOffice.org has patched a critical vulnerability in the open-source application suite.
The vulnerability concerns the way OpenOffice handles .wmf images. Exploitation of the…
Why the Novell and Microsoft deal is good for Linux
Industry comment Being ever aware of Microsoft's monopolisation endeavours, coupled with working in a Linux world inherently mistrustful of the software giant, it may seem strange that I believe…
Novell Underscores Support for Free Software Development
Novell moved Wednesday to underscore its support for free software development after volunteer technical support collapsed for rival Red Hat's free Linux version.
Novell spokesman Kevan…
Drupal 4.7.5 and 4.6.11 released
Drupal 4.6.11 and Drupal 4.7.5 are available for download. These are maintenance releases that fix problems reported using the bug tracking system, as well as two security vulnerabilities.
Microsoft/Novell Acquisition of XenSource Confirmed by Ray Ozzie?
"Yesterday we mentioned Matt Asay’s speculation about an upcoming Novell acquition. The worst case scenario, as explained before, is that where Novell scoops Xen and then punishes other GNU/Linux…
Air Force needs quick price quote on Linux Cluster
Computer companies have just six days to offer price quotes to the U.S. Air Force for a multiprocessor computational cluster for running serial and parallel jobs.
Asking for quotes are…
Linux Professionals in China: Are they Different?
A couple weeks back I asked a friend, Song Kewei at the OSS Promotion Union , to tell me who he thought the top 10 Open Source professionals in China were. He gave me a list, which I will keep…