Reviews (1)

  • Duelling databases: Four apps tested

    Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or "light" versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task -- as we found out.

News (20)

  • Sun considers GPL for Solaris

    Sun Microsystems is considering releasing its Solaris operating system under the General Public License, executives said on Monday in the US, raising the possibility of cross-pollination with Linux.

  • Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux

    Linus Torvalds said that he won't convert Linux to version 3 of the General Public License, as he objects to digital rights management provisions in the proposed update.

  • Sun expands open-source Java plan

    Sun Microsystems will begin releasing significant open-source Java components this year and also will extend the collaborative strategy to the gadget version of the software technology.

  • Sun looks to GPL v3 for Java, Solaris

    When it comes to open sourcing Solaris and Java, patents and politics are leading Sun toward a change of heart.

  • Sun considers GPL 3 licence for Solaris

    Sun Microsystems is considering a dual-licensing move that could raise tantalising possibilities of open-source cooperation between Linux and Sun's Solaris operating system, but legal issues complicate the possibility.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (2)

  • Is Sun quietly subverting Linux?

    Industry watchers claim Sun Microsystems is playing a dangerous game with its decision to position Solaris as open source -- a move which will see it go head to head with Linux.

  • Linux licence overhaul -- don't hold your breath

    General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle.

Create an e-mail alert for "linux"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
linux


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 1 ballmer
  2. Popularity: 1 code
  3. Popularity: 1 database
  4. Popularity: 1 databases
  5. Popularity: 1 db2
  6. Popularity: 2 european union
  7. Popularity: 2 free software foundation
  8. Popularity: 1 fsf
  9. Popularity: 1 gpl 2
  10. Popularity: 1 gpl 3
  11. Popularity: 1 gpl2
  12. Popularity: 2 gplv3
  13. Popularity: 3 ibm
  14. Popularity: 1 j2ee
  15. Popularity: 5 java
  16. Popularity: 1 java ee
  17. Popularity: 1 java se
  18. Popularity: 1 kanellos
  19. Popularity: 3 licence
  20. Popularity: 3 license
  21. Popularity: 2 linus
  22. Popularity: 2 linus torvalds
  23. Popularity: 2 microsoft
  24. Popularity: 3 microsystems
  25. Popularity: 1 mysql
  26. Popularity: 2 novell
  27. Popularity: 2 open
  28. Popularity: 9 open source
  29. Popularity: 2 open-source
  30. Popularity: 1 oracle
  31. Popularity: 1 osi
  32. Popularity: 3 oss
  33. Popularity: 1 patent
  34. Popularity: 1 project
  35. Popularity: 1 public
  36. Popularity: 2 sco
  37. Popularity: 1 server 2003
  38. Popularity: 2 shankland
  39. Popularity: 1 software
  40. Popularity: 3 source
  41. Popularity: 1 sql
  42. Popularity: 2 stallman
  43. Popularity: 1 stephen
  44. Popularity: 9 sun
  45. Popularity: 3 unix
  46. Popularity: 1 virtualisation
  47. Popularity: 1 virtualization
  48. Popularity: 1 windows
  49. Popularity: 1 xen
  50. Popularity: 1 xensource

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Alex Serpo 64-bit Windows: It's time to get serious
    What do Windows 7 and Windows NT have in common? Despite being separated by 16 years, they're both available as 32-bit operating systems; and it's time for Microsoft to move on.
  • Array IE patch: Microsoft's eight days of hell
    It's always funny watching an event force a company to break old habits and this IE zero day was enough for Microsoft to do it. As Microsoft Australia's strategic security advisor Stuart Strathdee said "we pulled all stops to get this patch out".
  • Array Fowl play foiled, Telstra's fairy tale is over
    Like many, I expected Telstra's dismissal was inevitable, given that it had openly flouted the NBN's guidelines and attempted to bend the process to its own wishes. But who would have expected it so soon?
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured