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We're told Linux is the only OS with a growing market share: Windows and Mac OS X actually shrank. The Net Applications report also shows Windows 7 already dwarfing all versions of Mac OS combined.
Not only did Windows Vista - billed by Microsoft as its biggest operating system for 10 years - fail to distinguish Microsoft's latest fiscal year from previous, non-Windows-Vista years, but Microsoft also missed its own expectations by several million dollars.
The economy is falling as fast as temperatures in November. Recession seems certain, if it's not already here. The stock market's performance resembles Disney World's Space Mountain roller coaster. And every open source vendor, every Linux project, will be touched in one way or another.
Red Hat's CEO Jim Whitehurst has good reason to be optimistic. In his first full year as CEO of the Linux vendor, Whitehurst, a former Delta Airlines executive, has managed to pilot Red Hat into growth territory despite the overall turbulence in the global economy.
I’ve pretty much assumed that technologically speaking, if Windows has it, Unix and the like must also have the same functionality. As I re-engage with Unix and Linux developers and IT professionals in recent months, though, I can see that there are some areas – particularly in security - where Windows is far ahead of the *x operating systems. Here’s a few...
So, what we have in GNU/Linux is a clone of UNIX and what we have in OpenOffice is a clone of Microsoft Office. By themselves, these products are free for the taking for anyone who wants to download and install them. Each is promoted by their afficionadoes as “Just as good as —-”. Just fill in the blank with “UNIX”, “Windows”, or “Microsoft Office”.
Examine how to use the Network Information Service (NIS) to share core databases between Linux® and UNIX®, and how to use the Network File System (NFS) to share file systems, both with direct links and through the automounter.
The sluggish economy is contributing to commercial open source sales, but customers still rank interoperability with proprietary software and vendor viability among their top concerns, according to a new survey from the Open Solutions Alliance.