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  • Is SCO finally walking the walk?

    After months of threatening and posturing, SCO has finally taken legal action against two companies for using Linux... or has it?

  • Open source geeks asked to 'stand up and be counted'

    Australians working with open source software are urged to participate in an online census launched this week to discover the capabilities of the local industry.

  • Samba steps up Linux/Windows connection

    Open-source development team Samba on Wednesday released an update to its namesake software for connecting Windows desktop PCs with Linux or Unix servers.

  • Special report: The birth of Samba

    In this ZDNet Australia special report, the creator of the open source file sharing software Samba explains how he came to write the software that has earned him Bulletin Magazine's Smartest 100 award in the ICT sector for 2003.

  • Sun to offer Microsoft Windows on servers

    Longtime rivals and occasional collaborators Sun Microsystems and Microsoft announced on Wednesday that Sun will ship 64-bit servers with Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 operating system.

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  • Is Torvalds really the father of Linux?

    A new report raises doubts that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without using an earlier operating system. Additional reading: Red Hat aims desktop Linux at Microsoft

  • Troubleshooting Samba

    Samba is a great tool for making Windows and Linux play nice together, and these basic troubleshooting steps will help you resolve common problems.

  • Novell: The comeback kid

    Novell's chief executive and chairman Jack Messman says contrary to popular belief his company learnt a lot from its mid-nineties tussle with Microsoft -- and now it's got the Linux community in its corner.

  • Deploying Linux? Build your case first

    In the past, CIOs who understood the benefits of Linux faced an uphill battle convincing other executives brought up on Microsoft. Linux is now finding a home in the enterprise, though. Try these steps before suggesting a changeover.

  • Could Sun hold a key to SCO's future?

    As SCO forges ahead with a take no prisoners approach, its most fervent opponents are salivating at the prospect that a sealed 1992 settlement between the University of California, Berkeley, and Novell could disprove SCO claims to the Unix code. Imagine if Sun were holding a similar document in its files?

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  • Macs with Intel inside? You bet! Here's how

    Here's a prediction: In less than 18 months, you'll be able to buy an Apple Macintosh computer with an Intel (or equivalent) processor inside.

  • Top ten reasons why Microsoft is a good citizen

    Why does everyone have to dump on Microsoft? Despite its antitrust troubles, the company has done some very good things for us all.

  • Upwardly mobile

    Videoconferencing at the beach may still be a pipe dream, but the mobile workforce is here today. ZDNet Australia examines how businesses are reaping the benefits of mobility.

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