The good people over at Novell must be wondering what to do next after Red Hat and Microsoft inked a deal on server virtualisation interoperability yesterday.
Read more »GroundWork Open Source Meets Ubuntu Server Edition
GroundWork Open Source says nearly one-third of its newest customers are deploying its network management software on Ubuntu. Here are the early details.
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Hewlett-Packard to Certify Ubuntu Server Edition for ProLiant Servers
It's one small step for Hewlett-Packard, and one giant leap for Ubuntu Server Edition and Canonical. Specifically, HP and Canonical are working to certify HP ProLiant servers to run Ubuntu Server Edition, Canonical marketing manager Gerry Carr has confirmed to WorksWithU. Here are the preliminary details, and its implications for customers.
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Novell MD on getting along with Microsoft
The company signed a deal with Microsoft in 2006 to collaborate over sales and to license patents Microsoft claims to hold over Linux. ZDNet UK caught up with McCarry to discuss the relationship with Microsoft and Novell's strategy for working with the technology company.
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Microsoft's biggest threat: Linux
I get to hear about the biggest threat to Microsoft's hegemony and market dominance quite a bit. It often goes something like this: "Linux isn't Microsoft's biggest threat, Google is."
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Squidoo Lens Creation Service
Squidoo Lens Creation Service - Welcome to the world's easiest way to make a page online. Share your interests, get found, and even earn money. (For you or for charity). For free, of course.
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When will enterprises contribute to open source?
When will enterprises get serious about contributing to open source projects run by others?
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Ubuntu partners with HP on Servers
While HP was slow in supporting Linux on the desktop, HP has long supported Linux on the server. HP currently supports RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), Novell's SLES (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server), Oracle Enterprise Linux and even the community's own Linux, Debian on its server hardware. Now, HP is about to start supporting Ubuntu on its ProLiant server line.
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Dear China, Here Comes Microsoft's Friend, Novell.
Almost 10 months ago, I wrote the post, "Dear China, Microsoft Wants to Charge You for Air Too" and now Novell follows up with its own plan to charge China for air. The Chinese assume that since Linux is open source that it means that it is less capitalistic and less money driven.
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Novell Pushes Linux into China
Novell has signed a cooperation agreement with China Standard Software Company (CS2C), the leading Linux firm in China. The two companies will promote the development and adoption of Linux in the country, and combine resources on distribution of technology and services for the Chinese market.
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Red Hat and Microsoft Join in Interoperability Deal Minus the Patents
Over two years ago, Microsoft and Novell signed an interoperability deal. Part of this agreement was a patent deal that suggested that Linux infringed on Microsoft's IP. Since then, Microsoft has signed a number more of these deals with various companies, but the Novell one is still the most famous.
Read more »Red Hat-Microsoft Agreement Not Malicious, But Was It Smart?
Detailed analysis of the Red Hat-Microsoft situation as of today
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Novell the Biggest Loser in New Red Hat-Microsoft Virtual Agreement
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Red Hat CEO Kills Open Source Financial Myth
Sometimes The VAR Guy is a little slow. Red Hat has achieved two important company milestones, according to CEO Jim Whitehurst (pictured), that The VAR Guy nearly overlooked. It took some time for our resident blogger to realize the significance of Whitehurst’s statement. Take a look for yourself.
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Sun's GlassFish Portfolio Adds More Open Source
There was a time when it was enough for middleware to be just a Java J2EE application server stack. Times do change, though: J2EE is now called JavaEE, and middleware needs are more than just Java.
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