As Canonical polishes Ubuntu to potentially support Google Android and Moblin v2, I'm both impressed and concerned. On the one hand, Canonical continues to change with the times - and in some cases, stay ahead of the times. On the other hand, Canonical runs the risk of repeating some major software mistakes IBM made in the 1990s. Here's why.
Read more »Are Apple's Price Drops Aimed at Linux?
Yesterday, Apple announced significant price drops on many of its consumer products including the iPhone and Mac Air. This is an unusual move. So what's up with this big price drop? Is Apple out to "get" Linux?
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Provider of Interactive Teaching Solutions Joins Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation announced today that mimio® has become the newest member of the Linux Foundation. mimio® embraces Linux as an important and affordable platform for interactive teaching technologies.
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Novell ponders "open-source apps store"
Novell plans to bring the wealth of open-source software to everyday users through an "open-source apps store".
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OSS popularity spurs training demand
The shift among local organizations toward open source software (OSS) is driving more IT professionals to undergo additional training to equip themselves with the right skills.
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Teaching Perl in Saudi Arabia
"After what seems like an almost endless amount of paperwork, visa applications, immunisations, negotiations, contracts, travel agents, and administrivia, I'm about to fly to Saudi Arabia, to teach Perl to the world's biggest oil company..."
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FOSS can work in the Free Market
This is in response to LeafStorm’s excelent post about the market economics of software and FOSS caleed FOSS and the Free Market.
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Novell - On the way to becoming a Linux business?
Novell's recently released figures for the second quarter of 2009 showed an 8.5 per cent drop in sales compared to the previous year – not a big surprise in light of the much debated economic crisis. However, one area of the business has enjoyed constant, indeed double-digit, growth over the last few years – Linux.
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Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.0 Press Release
Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.0 was released with support for Microsoft Office 97, 2000, 2003, Visio 2003, Project 2003, Internet Explorer 6, Adobe Photoshop 6 and Adobe Photoshop 7. There has also been many small bug fixes and tweaks on the backend to improve the speed and reliablity of all the supported applications.
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Differences in Linux hosting options
If you are looking for a hosting provider for your new website, or want to upgrade your hosting services your going to get confronted with a lot of options. It may not be completely clear what the differences are.
Read more »What Red Hat and Novell Have in Common and What They Do Not
Remarks on takeover possibilities and interoperability with Microsoft Exchange Server
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Intel buys Wind River to push Linux
Intel's acquisition of Wind River on Thursday is a strong push by the chip maker to extend Linux support across devices that use its processors, analysts said.
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Red Hat Sees Strong Demand For Cloud Computing
As many as 50 of its customers have begun building private compute clouds using Red Hat Linux, says Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst.
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Why Android smartbooks will eventually be free
We have seen a lot of action at Computex around the Snapdragon based android eeepc and all the shenanigans around it. I think that given the number of manufacturers preparing Android and Snapdragon based devices Asus can't afford to miss the boat and will release the device in the end.
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