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  • Penguins: Power to the enterprise

    It started as a small rebellion--a warning shot fired at the Windows monopoly by independent-minded programmers. But the open-source movement traditionally associated with the happy penguin and the pierced, tattooed crowd is increasingly moving into the enterprise, mingling peacefully with commercial and proprietary code.

  • Linux grows up in a hurry

    10 years ago this month, Linus Torvalds sent an email to the open-source software community saying an experimental version of the Linux kernel, the core technology that would end up embodied in Linux operating systems, was up and running. Where is it at now, and where is it headed?

  • Marcelo Tosatti: The future is Linux

    The maintainer of the Linux kernel talks about new opportunities, defends UnitedLinux and explains why copyright laws keep him from entering the US.

  • OS Wars: Microsoft vs Open Source

    Can one operating system fit all your needs? Or is it a matter of mixing and matching to the tasks at hand? ZDNet Australia assembled a panel of IT experts to find out which OS fits best.

  • Open source spat triggers legal threat

    A small company is threatening legal action against some users of the open-source Mambo software for publishing content on Web sites, arguing that the package includes proprietary code.

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  • Marcelo Tosatti: The future is Linux

    The maintainer of the Linux kernel talks about new opportunities, defends UnitedLinux and explains why copyright laws keep him from entering the US.

  • OS Wars: Microsoft vs Open Source

    Can one operating system fit all your needs? Or is it a matter of mixing and matching to the tasks at hand? ZDNet Australia assembled a panel of IT experts to find out which OS fits best.

  • Open-source Mambo project faces rift

    Backers of Mambo are deeply divided over how to govern the open-source project.

  • Clash over Java standard heats up

    Upstart JBoss Group will soon debut a new release of its popular open-source application server software amid a growing dispute with Sun Microsystems over Java standard compliance.

  • Microsoft update ignores spoofing hole

    The software giant has released its January batch of patches but has failed to fix an Internet Explorer 'phishing' vulnerability.

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Reviews (2)

  • Can IT directors love Microsoft?

    Commentary: A shift in corporate IT's priorities might play to Microsoft's advantage, but it will take a quasi-religious conversion to get IT directors to accept the Microsoft way.

  • Should You Set Your Sights on Windows XP

    Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.

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