Despite embracing the use of Linux on its computers, Dell Computer will not be offering its customers indemnification against lawsuits in the SCO Group's campaign against the open-source operating system.
Dell has strengthened its relationship with Oracle to help continue its move into the enterprise datacentre with clustered Intel servers running on Linux.
In a 'Meet the Press' session following his keynote address at OracleWorld 2003 in San Francisco, chief executive officer Michael Dell responded to questions on Linux after his rather bullish statements on how Dell was embracing open source.
Microsoft has made an investment of up to $10m in Vintela, a company that aims to consolidate management tools for several operating systems, this week.
IBM won a tactical victory Friday in a legal battle with SCO Group when a judge ordered SCO to show the Linux software to which it believes it has rights.
Strategic sales of more expensive servers indicates the "Band-Aid approach" of recent years is waning, analyst says.
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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 is sought to save money and add flexibility. However, improperly addressing support and management needs will negate such benefits, says Meta Group.
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It can handle a wide range of backend business applications, but HP's Proliant ML370 G5 is over-specified for organisations with more modest requirements.
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