Oracle support betrays a preference for Linux and x86
Now that Oracle 11g has hit shelves, the question many IT shops ask themselves is which hardware and operating system does Oracle run best on?
That's a question with no easy answers; Oracle…
VMware ESX Server 3i integrated in server hardware
VMware introduced VMware ESX Server 3i, the industry’s next generation thin hypervisor to be integrated in server hardware from Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP, IBM, NEC and others.…
EVE Online to Linux
CCP Games, one of the world’s largest independent game developers, today announced a partnership with TransGaming Inc., a leading developer of software portability products for the electronic…
Gnome creator, linux developer,and... OOXML supporter?
According to Icaza:"OOXML is a superb standard and yet, it has been FUDed so badly by its competitors that serious people believe that there is something fundamentally wrong with it. This is at a…
Free Pascal 2.2.0 Released
Free Pascal 2.2 has been released. Several new platforms are supported, like the Mac OS X on Intel platform, the Game Boy Advance, Windows CE and 64-Windows. Free Pascal is now the first and only…
Sun shines as open source pays off
Like many others in the dark years that followed April 2000, Sun saw profitability and growth fade right away and much of the sheen knocked off its brand.
Its pugnacious front man, Scott…
Lenovo ThinkPads loaded with Linux
Lenovo, manufacture of ThinkPad laptops wants your help choosing a Linux distribution. Vote online now.
http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=98
Inside the Mind of the Man Who Tried to Milk Linux
Darl McBride has the unenviable reputation as the man who tried to milk Linux.
As CEO and president of SCO Group, McBride has spent the last few years trying to collect billions in…
IBM joins the OpenOffice.org community
The OpenOffice.org community today announced that IBM will be joining the community to collaborate on the development of OpenOffice.org software. IBM will be making initial code contributions that…
You Need Novell (Not Just .NET) to Run Moonlight
Sliverlight for Linux? Not so fast. You’ll need to pay some ‘Microsoft tax’ first, for protection from Novell — a ‘protection’ that expires within about 4 years.
http://boycottnovell.com/…