Rumors are swirling that SAP may acquire Red Hat. But does it make sense for SAP to acquire Red Hat's Linux, JBoss Middleware and RHEV virtualization businesses? Absolutely yes. Here's why.

Microsoft has released a self-analysis of Vista that proclaims among other things that Vista has less found vulnerabilities than any other OS in their first year. Written by a member of their Trustworthy Computing group, this report exhibits more spin than the teacup ride at Disney Land.

After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I've finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA -- something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.

Aping a world class business process is never a bad thing. Even when it comes from Microsoft.

So it is that the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), which was created to build the Linux channel, has created a customer-level membership class. Redmayne-Bentley, a UK stock broker, is the first customer member.

I'm having a rather traumatic experience with certain Microsoft products lately. The problem is, that to manage a true Hyper-V system remotely, you must have a Windows Vista or Windows 7 system. Where's the freedom in that?

Rumors are swirling that Dell's U.S. Web site has stopped selling Ubuntu-based desktop Linux PCs. Here's what The VAR Guy knows so far, and the potential implications for Canonical and the desktop Linux movement.

With rumors swirling of a Nexus One release next week, it has me wondering why Google would undermine the open source eco-system it worked so hard to create by releasing its own branded phone.

What a coup Microsoft has pulled off. After getting millions of people all over the world to shell out for the sugar-frosted turd that was Windows Vista, here we are three years later at the Windows 7 launch, and Microsoft has people practically falling over themselves to pay more money so they don’t have to use Vista any more.

Microsoft is working very hard to prevent an ongoing class-action lawsuit from involving the CEO (plus other Vista news)