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  • Microsoft to keynote Unix conference

    Microsoft will use a national gathering of Unix, Linux and open source professionals in Sydney next week to demonstrate interoperability between Unix and Windows systems.

  • Sun slams brakes on Red Hat open source claims

    Sun Microsystems has responded to claims it is being left behind by an industry increasingly embracing the open source ethos by pointing out that a massive 420,000 people have applied for a licence to freely download and use Solaris 10 since it was released on January 31 this year.

  • Developer aims for Dtrace on FreeBSD

    One of the most useful tidbits from the basket of code released into the public domain this year by Sun Microsystems is likely to make it to the FreeBSD platform.

  • Red Hat Aust claims Solaris on verge of eclipse

    The Red Hat 'Network' systems management tool is to gain the ability to manage software distribution and configuration for Solaris, with Red Hat claiming the features are the "the final nail in the coffin" for Sun's operating system. However the software could be four months away from release.

  • Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris

    In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun Microsystems has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux.

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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.

  • Red Hat looks under Linux's hood

    Trying to take a more active role in open-source programming, Red Hat has created a team of 34 programmers to work on nothing but next-generation software.

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