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  • SuSE widens scope for desktop Linux

    Open-source software seller SuSE released on Monday a new desktop version of the Linux operating system aimed at corporate buyers.

  • Itanium gives OpenVMS new lease on life

    Hewlett-Packard says it will offer the popular OpenVMS operating system on its new Itanium-based servers.

  • Microsoft to bump Apple into sync-hole

    Apple Computer is refining a strategy for connecting mobile phones and other portable devices to its Macintosh systems in an effort to boost sales.

  • Analysts: Microsoft feels tug of Linux

    The growing popularity of Linux will force Microsoft to bring its software to the Unix clone starting in late 2004, a research firm has predicted in a study that Microsoft promptly disputed.

  • Cost, advancing tools foster Linux clustering choice

    Low cost is always cited as the top reason that enterprises choose Linux clusters. But the promise of new, advanced management tools and scalability capabilities is also spurring increased interest and attention

  • Can Linux do Web Services?

    Is Linux ready to move beyond file and Web servers to application and Web services servers? The answer, if IBM has anything to do with it, is an unqualified yes

  • Building the Linux business infrastructure

    IBM has the Linux middleware tools you need today--but so do Oracle, BEA, and many other enterprise software vendors. Why the rush, and what's in it for you?

  • Is it time for Linux on 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?

  • Red Hat looks at a Linux desktop

    Red Hat is warming to the use of the Linux operating system on desktop computers, a difficult market where customers are picky and Microsoft is the leader.

  • UnitedLinux won't tip Red Hat

    A move by four sellers of Linux to unite behind a single version of the operating system might help those allies--and boost Linux's popularity--but it isn't likely to dent the dominance of the top dog, Red Hat.

  • Lineo secures emergency funds

    The embedded Linux maker has had to draw new funds from its backers to stay alive after a lack of cash led to it shedding more than 200 employees.

  • Open-source flaw exposes Microsoft

    A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect some Microsoft products that also use the code.

  • Testers ponder Lindows preview

    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

  • Veritas brings storage software to Linux

    The company announces its most significant foray yet into the Linux market, saying its Foundation Suite now runs on Red Hat's version of the Unix clone.

  • IBM: Linux investment nearly recouped

    After promising to invest more than US$1 billion in Linux, Big Blue says software and system sales have proved more than lucrative.

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