Peter Galli

IBM is beefing up its support for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. The company on Monday will announce the expansion of its support for Advanced Server from the current eServer xSeries servers to the zSeries, iSeries and pSeries servers. The two companies will also announce a multiyear alliance that includes services and expanded support for […]

Red Hat, the open-source and Linux technology provider, has moved to explain its decision to configure the KDE and GNOME desktop environments to look and behave in similar fashion in the upcoming release of Red Hat Linux. The issue of compatibility between KDE (K Desktop Environment) and GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) has long […]

While Microsofts real-time communications server, code-named Greenwich, will follow by several months Microsofts delivery of its base Windows .Net Server 2003 platform, the software giants ultimate goal is to make the base Greenwich services part of the Windows “platform.” Exactly how Microsoft will do this is unclear. Bill Veghte, corporate vice president in charge of […]

Sun Microsystems Inc.s refusal to release Solaris 9 for non-Sun x86 hardware could backfire and drive developers and users to Linux or even Microsoft Corp. platforms, users said. Disgruntled x86 community developers and customers charge that Suns refusal to reach a compromise is effectively making their investments in non-Sun x86 hardware obsolete. Supporters are so […]

Bruce Perens, who recently left his position as senior Linux and open-source strategist for Hewlett-Packard Co., plans to continue in his role as an open-source evangelist—and as a thorn in Microsofts side. “I will also continue with activities like my role on the W3C patent policy board. I am also going to be offering consulting […]

Microsoft Corp. is moving closer to the release of the first beta for Office 11, the next version of its Office XP productivity suite. Sources told eWEEK on Wednesday that the Redmond, Wash., software firm this week notified those testers who have been accepted into the Office 11 Individual Evaluation Program for the upcoming Office […]

The brouhaha between Sun Microsystems Inc. and the Solaris on Intel user community took another turn this week. A half-page advertisement in Tuesdays San Jose Mercury News, titled “Shame on you, Scott,” is the latest salvo in the battle to have Sun release its Solaris 9 operating environment for non-Sun hardware. The ad, paid for […]

Microsoft Corp. this weekend released Windows XP Service Pack 1 to manufacturing, but said the pack will be available for the general public via download or CD on Monday, September 9. The service pack, which has been in beta since June, will include all the security fixes, application compatibility updates and updated drivers released since […]

Alternatives to Microsoft Corp.s desktop productivity software suites are gaining ground as PC makers look to cut costs. Hewlett-Packard Co., the worlds largest PC manufacturer, and Dell Computer Corp., the second-largest, have each expanded their relationships with Canadian software developer Corel Corp. in recent weeks to offer that companys word processing package, WordPerfect 10, and […]

Microsoft Corp. is expected to release the first service pack for Windows XP sometime next week. Sources close to the Redmond, Wash., software company told eWEEK on Wednesday that SP1 could be made available as early as next Tuesday, immediately after the Labor Day weekend. The service pack, which has been in beta since June, […]

Concern is growing in the Linux community that the forthcoming UnitedLinux distribution will not be able to meet the enterprise server challenge of Red Hat Inc. in the United States. Red Hats dominance is worrisome to some industry players, who say the Raleigh, N.C., company needs effective competition to prevent it from becoming a Microsoft […]

Caldera International Inc. on Monday used its GeoFORUM conference in Las Vegas to announce that it will change its name to The SCO Group. The company also announced the release of new upgrades to its three server operating system products and launched a new partner program offering, SCOx. CEO Darl McBride said the rename did […]