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Linux open source expands in Queensland
Red Hat, a leading provider of open source solutions, has the signed systems integrator MAX-SI as a Red Hat business partner. MAX-SI will be formalising its Linux capability into a fully serviced Red Hat Practice which reflects the growth potential for Red Hat in the Queensland IT market.
Why Open Source Doesn't Always Mean Free
Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz sounds off on why open source figures into his company’s new strategy. Remember, Bill Joy is the author of the quote: ‘innovation happens elsewhere.’ We're taking that to heart—and given what we see going on in the landscape, we know there's opportunity in that shift.
Sparks may fly at open source Java debate
The stage is set for some fireworks on the last day of the JavaOne show next week, where Sun Microsystems has assembled a panel to debate the thorny issue of whether it should release its Java technology under an open source license.
Announcing Slackware Linux 10.0!
The first Slackware release of 2004, Slackware Linux 10.0 continues the more than ten-year Slackware tradition of simplicity, stability, and security.
NCAR Computer Modelers to Use Powerful New Linux System
Using funding provided by the National Science Foundation and as a result of an open bidding process, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) has purchased a large-scale, Linux-based computing system. The new Linux system will allow the National Center for Atmospheric Research's major community climate and weather codes to be built, tested, and evaluated in a full-scale Linux environment for the first time. The 1.1 TeraFLOP system, manufactured by IBM Corporation, will add significant computing capacity and capability to NCAR's computing arsenal.
Device Profile: Banksys C-ZAM/XENT payment terminal
Belgian electronic payment specialist Banksys is shipping new payment terminals powered by open source operating systems. The C-ZAM/XENT terminals run Linux and eCos operating systems, and could result in one of the largest deployments yet of embedded Linux in Belgium.
Moving on to Fedora Core 2 from Fedora Core 1
I've been using Fedora Core 1 (FC1) for a few months now and have been quite happy with it. It is a good distribution with a minimal number of bugs (if any) that have caused me problems. Of course, it took some tweaking to get it just right, but I can accept that for the price.
Microsoft confirms supercomputing plans
Microsoft will sell a version of Windows for high-performance computing--a niche in which rival Linux is blossoming--with a first version planned for the second half of 2005.
Adding Linux to Corporate Networks Is Harder Than You Think
Though there may be several Linux software technologies that rival those found on Windows, there are still some that might best be regarded as a "work-around" thus causing some Microsoft-tought IT IT personal to flinch... though not necesserally because it's a work-around but because its a work-around that is not for Windows. Shaun Cronin submitted the following editorial to osOpinion/osViews which addresses this problem and gives tips on how to properly integrate Linux in a Microsoft-doominated corporate network.
eGenesis proves Linux users will buy games
About a year and a half ago the tiny independent game developer eGenesis decided to create a Linux port of its massively multiplayer online game, A Tale In The Desert. The game was designed to appeal to creative people looking for an alternative to games that focused on destruction. The company's initial thinking was that it might get a few incremental sales and garner goodwill with the community by supporting Linux. What eGenesis discovered was that, per user, Linux gamers were and continue to be their best customers. Each account, on average, has generated twice as much revenue as those of Windows gamers.
HP breakthrough gives 100x more Linux bandwidth
HP has announced a breakthrough file sharing product that uses new Linux clustering technology to deliver up to 100 times more bandwidth than typical clusters ( i.e. Network File System). The new product, HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share (HP SFS), is a self-contained file server that enables bandwidth to be shared by distributing files in parallel across clusters of industry-standard server and storage components.
Enterprise IT gets open source playbook for Linux
Targeting senior enterprise IT staff exploring the benefits of open source software (OSS), Flashline has released a free guide to help facilitate corporate migration to Linux. Flashline’s Pattern Book for Open Source in the Enterprise helps IT craft a business and technology case for corporate use of OSS software based on factors of quality, reliability, and cost savings.
Oracle and Red Hat Take Quantum 'LEAP' to Further Linux in Asia Pacific
Oracle and Red Hat today announced a significant development in their longstanding partnership with the launch of the Oracle-Red Hat Linux Enterprise Applications Porting (LEAP) Center in Singapore.
Dutch e-voting software goes open source
The source code of the software that is used for online e-voting in the Netherlands has been made public by OSOSS, a Dutch association that promotes the use of open source software in government.
Haldia [India] Banks On Linux Servers; Desktops Next
Linux is always making news – and the penguin has developed a knack of showing up in places you would least expect. What’s more, it’s adapting to the mission critical enterprise front with gusto, shedding its earlier avatar of a cost cutting alternative for mediocre functions that didn’t require too much mending.
The Linux Killer
They call him Microsoft's sock puppet, the most hated man in high tech. SCO's Darl McBride is fighting a war for the future of free software. And he wants to make you pay.
PC Gemilang: Linux outsells Windows
The sale of Linux-based PCs under the PC Gemilang project is a roaring success, according to the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (Pikom).
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