A Microsoft-commissioned study has found that companies could save up to 28 percent by developing certain programs with Windows instead of Linux, the software company plans to announce on Tuesday in the U.S.
A move by Microsoft to extend support for an older version of Windows underscores a new reality for the software giant: Convincing customers to upgrade is becoming much more difficult.
Hewlett-Packard plans to announce Wednesday in the U.S. that it will indemnify its Linux customers against potential legal actions by SCO Group.
Hewlett-Packard has broadened its Linux effort, establishing a separate division to house its business interests in the open-source operating system, ZDNet Australia parent CNET News.com has learned.
Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard say SCO Group's attempt to obtain royalties for inappropriate uses of Unix won't likely affect them, while Linux specialist Red Hat said it would defend itself vigorously against any challenges.
As legal battles heat up over who owns the rights to the operating system, the company that claims ownership of the Unix name says Apple is infringing its trademark.
The Linux vs. Windows security debate is a contest of examples, which stand in place of the concepts that comprise a larger, more fundamental question of what the security benefits and detriments are for the open source and closed source development models.
Sun Microsystems has released the first beta of OpenOffice, the open-source sibling of its StarOffice package, for Mac OS X computers.
Microsoft is refining its "Get the Facts" Linux attack, taking specific aim at Red Hat, Novell and IBM rather than the broader movement around the open-source operating system.
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Microsoft this week started beta testing its Virtual Server, a program that enables a single server to run multiple operating systems.
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Virtual machines gained popularity as a way to emulate Windows on Mac OS or Linux. ZDNet Australia looks at the two most popular packages.
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