After promising to invest more than US$1 billion in Linux, Big Blue says software and system sales have proved more than lucrative.
Hewlett-Packard says it will offer the popular OpenVMS operating system on its new Itanium-based servers.
Once HP-Compaq resolves its OS morass, Linux will leapfrog Unix at the high end, even as new IBM servers give Unix a short-term boost.
Most talk about virtualisation these days centres on using server hardware more efficiently. But the technology also has the potential to ease another headache: software installation woes.
A preview edition of the Lindows OS offers insight into how the software will aim to combine the benefits of Windows and Linux, but it leaves many unconvinced
Hewlett-Packard says it will offer the popular OpenVMS operating system on its new Itanium-based servers.
The good news for Linux as an operating system for the desktop--as opposed to the server--is that it is set to become number two after Windows in the next year or so.
A preview edition of the Lindows OS offers insight into how the software will aim to combine the benefits of Windows and Linux, but it leaves many unconvinced
Community developers claim the Linux Standards Base could be the perfect retort to fragmentation scare stories bandied about by critics of open source.
Another year has gone by--an eternity in software-development terms--and it's time once again for PC users to ask themselves: Is Linux ready for the desktop?
Another year has gone by--an eternity in software-development terms--and it's time once again for PC users to ask themselves: Is Linux ready for the desktop?
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