Samba project leader Jeremy Allison has accused Microsoft of trying to prevent people using and distributing software under the GNU General Public Licence, by forcing cross-patent licensing deals.
The Samba project on Tuesday released a major update to the file and print components of the server software, adding clustered file system support, compatibility improvements and other changes.
Perl, PHP, Python and Samba have been commended for improving security in a report analysing over 250 open-source projects.
A project funded by the US Department of Homeland Security has praised improvements in open source security, while outlining some common errors.
A Unix developer has discovered and fixed a filesystem bug in Berkeley Software Distribution, a widely used, open-source, Unix-like operating system, discovering in the process that the bug was at least 25 years old.
Enterprise technology development and improvement rarely takes place as quickly as most IT managers would like, but blaming that lack of speed on the inherent complexity of the problems involved can sometimes be a lazy knee-jerk reaction.
Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.
Who predicted Linux servers would outnumber Windows servers by 2006? Who said one in five enterprise desktops would be Linux-based by 2008? We look back at the bad (and good) predictions made about Linux over the past decade.
Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, Samba author and recipient of the mantle for Australia's "smartest man in IT", tells how Samba was nearly named Salmonberry, and what the SMB 2 protocol can do.
This year's linux.conf.au conference, held at Melbourne University, was an all out Linux free-for-all. Highlights include images of the new XO Linux laptop and an interview with Linus Torvalds.
Get a glimpse of what's in the air and on the floor at Macworld.
Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, Samba author and recipient of the mantle for Australia's "smartest man in IT", tells how Samba was nearly named Salmonberry, and what the SMB 2 protocol can do.
Australia's very own "smartest man in ICT", Samba author Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, talks about the days when Microsoft was run by programmers, not lawyers, and how the software giant has finally started to give open-source developers due credit.
With the normal TCP/IP setup it can take up to two hours for a dropped connection to terminate -- Andrew Tridgell explains how the Samba project faced this problem when creating clustered Samba.
The creator of the Samba project says GPLv3 could have gone further in its anti-DRM provisions.
Microsoft wants Yahoo, Nokia buys Trolltech -- it's a tech supermarket sweep! This week on Club Builder we also look at IE8's new standards mode and have some fun with Linus Torvalds.
Although it covers all the NAS bases and is very affordable, it's hard to see the TeraStation Pro II Rackmount having much of an impact on the business market.
Production-quality XenSource virtualisation is the main selling point here, with optional clustering and storage virtualisation to go with it. But there's a lot more besides, making the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux a compelling solution for businesses of all sizes.
It may lack the high profile of other Linux distributions, but Mandrakelinux 10.1 is one of the easiest to get to grips with -- if not the easiest of the lot. This new release also has lots to offer both novices and experts alike.
If you're looking for relatively straightforward Linux-based office productivity, you should have few problems with this distribution.
Want to give an old PC a new lease of life? Why not transform it into a Linux server for your home/small business network?
Microsoft Office 2010 beta
The beta for Microsoft Office 2010 is here and we've had a chance to check out the latest version. Though the … Watch it now
Ben Forta: All about Adobe
Take one ColdFusion veteran and mix in a healthy dose of prolific book writing, and chances are you will end u… Watch it now
Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Google's chief sits down for an extremely rare, wide-ranging interview and discusses Google's two operating sy… Watch it now
Having problems with complex data center? Simplify your data center now.
IT: Govt's cost-cutting bitch
Can complaints on mobile content be cut?
NZ farmers: Bleating about broadband
What makes you click?
Tell us for a chance to win a $1,000 GAME gift voucher.
Click here for more.
Win an iPhone 3GS!
Sign up as a ZDNet Australia member during November and you'll go in a draw to win an iPhone 3GS!
Click here to sign up!
Best Laptops
Check out the best laptops here!
Click here for more.
