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.
OpenVZ, virtualisation software that carves a single version of Linux into separate containers for different tasks, now is available for computers using Sun's UltraSparc T1 processor.
Schwartz sees a beautiful future together for Linux and Sun's own Solaris -- and he wants Linus to bring the wine
Sixteen years after releasing GPL2, Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation launched GPL3 over the weekend.
A new phase of wrangling over the future of the dominant open-source license, the General Public License, is set to begin on Wednesday and to end 90 days afterward.
The next time you hear either company making a big deal about how easy it is to manage their "nix-based" desktops, read the fine print.
Sun Microsystems is about to take the next step in its plan to refurbish the reputation of its Solaris operating system in the eyes of a small but crucial group: programmers.
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VMware potentially changed the virtualisation software market by announcing that the upgrade to their GSX Server product would be made available for free to anyone that wants it.
The Linux, Windows and Solaris versions of StarOffice share file formats, finally making it available to most computer users. Like its predecessor, StarOffice 6.0 is a full-fledged office suite and won't cost a cent when you download it from the Net.
Touted as a powerful, yet easy-to-use Internet-enabled desktop, KDE 2.2.1 lives up to all expectations. Despite appearances, version 2.2.1 is much more than a minor 'dot' iteration of its previous manifestation, KDE 2.1. Numerous bug fixes have been incorporated into the product, and many enhancements have been made.
StarOffice might not be ready to totally displace Microsoft Office in the enterprise, but version 6 beta shows the suite has the stuff to loosen Microsoft's iron grip.
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Sun's free StarOffice 6.0 offers features that could draw firms away from Microsoft applications, especially in the face of Microsoft's potentially costly new licensing schemes.
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