Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday announced the company's foray into the world of supercomputing, though its first operating system for computer clusters remains in beta testing.
Linux will be the major server operating system by 2009, at the expense of proprietary Unix operating systems from HP, IBM and Sun.
Unix has topped the popularity stakes in an IT Manager Channel poll which asked Australian tech executives to rank which server operating system they would opt for in an ideal world.
Australian enterprises are dipping their toes in the Linux pool, with a number assessing and trialing Linux in their organisations. What is it these businesses are looking at?
A senior Oracle executive has backed the reasoning behind the software vendor's mooted move into the operating system sphere and illustrated the depth of chief executive Larry Ellison's allegiance to Linux.
You've only got to hang around a datacentre for about 30 seconds before someone starts raving on about virtualisation. While the cost benefits of virtualisation are obvious, the management challenges often get swept under the carpet.
Reading the news via the handy (though often-ignored) AvantGo on my Pocket PC recently, I encountered an advertisement for a white paper from Microsoft offering a case study on costs of ownership for Linux versus Windows. This has the potential to be either informative or tragic, I said to myself, as I chose to download a copy.
Last week I had the chance to hear HP give their world view on why you should join them and Intel on Itanium for your next generation of servers.
If you think two-thirds of your IT is mission-critical, you're either running an incredibly lean and efficient operation or you haven't got a clue how many applications you have and which ones you need to manage.
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Linux will be the major server operating system by 2009, at the expense of proprietary Unix operating systems from HP, IBM and Sun.
Unix has topped the popularity stakes in an IT Manager Channel poll which asked Australian tech executives to rank which server operating system they would opt for in an ideal world.
Australian enterprises are dipping their toes in the Linux pool, with a number assessing and trialing Linux in their organisations. What is it these businesses are looking at?
The Open Source Development Labs, an industry consortium devoted to improving Linux, plans to launch an initiative Monday to bring the open-source operating system to mobile phones.
So you've done the math and decided there may be a good business case for Linux after all. Just make sure you don't dive into the world of open source without fastening the rope securely to the bridge.
Academic says the operating systems of the future will be called Windows and Linux, no matter what they look like.
At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Dell CEO Michael Dell share the stage to announce that Sun's open-source operating system, Solaris, will be shipping on Dell servers.
Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007, says that using a server for multiple tasks on different operating systems not only reduces datacentre clutter, it makes deploying new applications easier -- and also has "green benefits".
Windows Vista Ultimate is essentially warmed-over Windows XP. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.
Microsoft has more to do on its new operating system, but this first beta suggests that Windows Vista could be up to par with Linux and Apple Mac OS X.
Say what you want about Longhorn, just don't call it Windows XP Service Pack 3.
Commentary: Last week, Steve Ballmer sent a memo to the MS troops about the threat posed by Linux and the open source software movement. I have a suggestion for Steve and Co.: Don't beat 'em. Join 'em.
Commentary: Like SCO, I hold a Linux secret, but it won't be a secret for very long.
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