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Last issue, I mentioned that some readers said the reason why they haven't migrated off of NT 4 is because they are investigating moving to Linux as an alternative to upgrading to Windows Server 2003 (or even Windows 2000 Server).

Indisputably, though, Linux and the vast array of free software surrounding it have emerged as a viable desktop computing alternative — for those willing to

Editors: Linus Torvalds has posted the following RFD (Request for Discussion) to the Linux Kernel Mailing List. In it, he suggests new measures to prevent another SCO-like attack.

xinetd is started on bootup, and listens on ports designated in /etc/xinetd.conf for incoming network connections. When a new connection is made, xinetd starts up the corresponding network service.

This article presents key findings from an embedded Linux developer survey written by Dr. Joachim Henkel and student Mark Tins of the University of Munich, with input from MIT's Eric von Hippel. The survey was posted at LinuxDevices.com and elsewhere in late 2003/early 2004.

Michael Cunningham, a former partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, has joined Red Hat as its general counsel. Cunningham has also served as associate general counsel at IBM. He held an associate general counsel position at PWC.

The latest stage in Microsoft's quest to establish The Facts regarding open source software is a series of seminars to be held throughout the UK, and tantalisingly billed as "Microsoft Windows and Linux - An open and honest technology discussion." Feedback The Register has received from (admittedly partisan) spies at previous Microsoft attempts to engage the subject suggest that they might perhaps have been just a tad less than open and honest, so it's nice to see that Microsoft UK must have been getting the same message from its own feedback.

HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Trustix (trustix.com), developer of the Linux-based server System is a key component of the company's digital certification services.

Another of the SCO Group's targets has flipped it the birdie and refused to produce the material that was requested in a subpoena.

Wind River reported better-than-forecast financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2005, citing a healthier economy, improving execution, and a strategic move to a dual-OS approach including embedded Linux. Subscription-based licensing, already the norm among embedded Linux tools and services providers, was also cited as a major factor.

BEA Systems this week said it will donate a chunk of its technology for building service-oriented architectures (SOAs) to the open-source community.

I only recently came across KSysguard, a great application for making productive use of the desktop real estate currently occupied by less useful things like end-user emails and the GAIM window, as a result of switching my desktop from Fedora to ...