Peter Galli

The next stable update of the Linux kernel will bring advances in file system event monitoring, the Xtensa architecture, and a set of system calls that allows users to load another kernel from the currently executing Linux kernel. While the 2.6.13 –rc (release candidates) are currently being tested, the stable version is expected to be […]

Microsoft Corp. has stirred up a controversy in the open-source community by proposing a joint research project with Open Source Development Labs Inc. to do some fact-based analysis of Linux and Windows. Some Linux and open-source community members have questioned why large Linux vendors have not responded to Microsofts aggressive Get the Facts campaign, which […]

After a six-month tryout that included some 300 customer engagements, IBM is realigning its global Linux-related sales and marketing teams around a new model that concentrates on industry-specific solution sets rather than on just products. The Linux teams are focusing on selling 17 industry-specific solution sets that address IT and customer business problems rather than […]

IBM is moving to capitalize on the huge growth in software development in a number of key emerging markets by helping ISVs and developers build solutions based on open standards that are compatible with IBMs hardware and software platforms. Big Blue on Monday will announce a mentoring initiative to help startup companies in China, India, […]

After six months and some 300 customer engagements, trying out a new sales and services approach that concentrates on industry-specific solution sets, IBM has decided to realign its global Linux-related sales and marketing teams around this model. The Linux teams are now concentrating on selling and marketing 17 solution sets that address IT and customer […]

Microsoft has once again stirred up a hornets nest in the open-source community, this time approaching the OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) to work with it on a joint, independent research project to do some facts-based analysis of Linux and Windows. While some in the Linux and open-source community have questioned why the large Linux […]

SAN FRANCISCO—As part of Microsoft Corp.s continuing effort to convince enterprise users and the open-software community that it is committed to interoperability, Bill Hilf, Microsofts director of platform technology, gave attendees at last weeks LinuxWorld Conference & Expo a look into the Linux/Open Source Software Lab at Microsofts Redmond, Wash., campus. In a session titled […]

A year after Linux kernel development was cleft in three, users and vendors report the process has improved the speed and quality of development. When developers opted to nix a separate 2.7 kernel development at the Linux Kernel Developers Summit last summer, the decision spawned three 2.6 trees: the mainline or stable kernel, known as […]

Supporters of the next GNU General Public License are girding for an onslaught of comment and controversy, but they remain confident that the open-source community will survive and be made stronger for the effort. A draft of the next version of the GPL, the most widely used free-software license, is due early next year. The […]

As Microsoft continues to try and convince its enterprise customers and the open-software community that it is committed to interoperability and working with them, Bill Hilf, its director of platform technology, gave a session at the annual LinuxWorld Conference & Expo that provided a look into the Linux/Open Source Software Lab at Microsofts Redmond campus. […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—With patent pressures growing in the computer industry, the licensing foundation for a majority open-source projects is under review. On Wednesday, industry heavyweights here will seek to reassure the community over the process slated for the GNU General Public License 3, offering a statement of principals to govern that process, and a timeline […]

The rapid pace of Linux development appeared to hit a roadblock last year with the industrys decision to forestall development of the Linux 2.7 kernel. Linux vendors and developers wondered if tweaking a single, stable 2.6 kernel could work in practice. According to open-source insiders, the move to create separate kernel trees for technology testing […]