The downtime experienced by Windows Server 2003 increased 25 percent to nine hours per server per year, while the reliability of mainstream server-based Linux distributions improved significantly, according to a Yankee Group survey.
Sun Microsystems has hired Ian Murdock, who founded the Debian version of Linux and who has held various posts involving the open-source operating system.
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Canonical on Thursday released version 7.04 of Ubuntu Linux, nicknamed Feisty Fawn, but the company's Web site was unable to keep up with the demand for the software.
The Linux variant is taking a different tack on the multi-OS tech as it vies with offerings from Red Hat and Novell.
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
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