Red Hat Does Well, But Why Does It Suddently Need Licensing?
"It is already quite well established that Novell failed to stop Red Hat’s momentum after it had signed deal with Microsoft. The figures which Red Hat included in last night’s report left little…
Just how did Microsoft get OOXML support in Eastern Europe?
After the International Organization for Standardization voted to reject Microsoft's Office Open XML document format as a standard, the detailed results from ISO member countries give us a lot of…
Ubuntu 7.10 Beta Released
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.10 and its variants, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. Codenamed "Gutsy Gibbon", 7.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of…
Smoothwall 3.0 Released
Smoothwall has released their new version of their free Web-Based firewall. The newer version has lots of new features such as, a fourth interface "Purple for wireless clients". It's also been…
Windows Media Player 9 & 10 on Linux with Wine
"I'm aware there are many open source multimedia tools that will play most audio and video formats on Linux these days but many people have come to like Windows Media player over the years. And…
Red Hat Appoints Two New Financial Executives
Redhat announced the promotion of Mark E. Cook to Vice President, Finance and Controller and the appointment of Paul Argiry as Vice President and Treasurer. Both will report to Executive Vice…
MontaVista readies new Linux mobile phone OS
MontaVista will ship a "fifth-generation" Linux-based operating system for mobile phones in mid-November. The company says Mobilinux 5.0 will offer new security, power, networking, and quick-boot…
Open Source Developers Staying Away From GPLv3
Only 6% of developers working on Open Source software have adopted GPLv3, according to Evans Data Corp's recently released Open Source Software Development Survey. Two-thirds say they will not be…
Nerds to Auction Themselves to Women
Looking to recruit more women, and perhaps date some sorority girls, the largest computer club at Washington State University hopes to hold a "nerd auction." The idea is to trade their computer…
Linux to Finally Kill Windows in Europe?
In the future, Linux might very well have a fighting chance on European soil, against Windows. Following Microsoft’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Brad Smith did not rush to…