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    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.

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    Move over, Windows and Linux: OpenBSD is the most secure server operating system now available.

  • Penguins: Power to the enterprise

    It started as a small rebellion--a warning shot fired at the Windows monopoly by independent-minded programmers. But the open-source movement traditionally associated with the happy penguin and the pierced, tattooed crowd is increasingly moving into the enterprise, mingling peacefully with commercial and proprietary code.

  • Intel to speed lagging Linux support

    Smarting from criticism from open-source programmers, Intel has committed to release Linux versions of essential supporting software at about the same time it releases Windows versions.

  • Building trust into open source

    In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call, following revelations of three widespread flaws.

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  • Intel to speed lagging Linux support

    Smarting from criticism from open-source programmers, Intel has committed to release Linux versions of essential supporting software at about the same time it releases Windows versions.

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