Military IT folks wondering if their use of Apache, Perl, Linux and other open source software is copacetic with the brass will soon get some answers from the Defense Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer.

If there's an average customer, I'm not him. I use open and unencumbered formats as often as possible. I don't use iTunes. (It won't run natively on any OS I use.) I have a few MP3 files, but most of my music I've ripped myself from CDs to Ogg Vorbis files.

I’m proud of Ubuntu, but I’m always a little sad when I see news items like the one about wikepedia abnd ubuntu.

When they hear the word PAM, most people think of a certain blonde Canadian Playmate, but readers of this Web site surely will recognize the basic element of Linux security: the Pluggable Authentication Modules. So let's talk about how this PAM works, and look at some examples of how it is used.

This tutorial will explain how to add Ubuntu 8.04 desktop to win server 2003 Active Directory.We are going to use Likewise Open.Likewise Open is a free, open source application that joins Linux, Unix, and Mac machines to Microsoft Active Directory and securely authenticates users with their domain credentials.

Microsoft loses DC, Windows Compute Cluster disappoints, and Microsoft sues DHL

Novell explains its plan to live in harmony with Windows while embracing 'the Windows API'

I don't want to overstate anything, but I can't help but notice that Berger Singerman's 13th bill has just been filed, and it includes this intriguing notation on Exhibit A [PDF],