Peter Galli

The SCO Group is standing firm by its commitment to sue an enterprise Linux user, even though it has missed its own self-imposed three-month timeframe for doing so. Speculation that the Lindon, Utah software firm is set to file suit against a Linux user as early as this week is growing, particularly in the light […]

Microsoft Corp. has released the first beta for its Virtual Server 2004 to a select group of customers and expects the product to be generally available in the first half of this year. Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., in February acquired the Virtual Machine assets of Connectix Corp., a privately held company in San Mateo, Calif., […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. last week unveiled yet another program designed to lure developers to its Java-based enterprise development tools: Give them a free piece of hardware for a three-year subscription. Sun, of Santa Clara, Calif., last week announced the Java Enterprise Developer Promotion, available to its U.S.-based developer network community at a cost of $4,497, […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. executives on Wednesday gave an upbeat presentation on the companys finances and its prospects going forward. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based systems company, has taken heat from Wall Street in recent years for its financial performance, but Steve McGowan, Suns chief financial officer, told attendees at its annual analyst day in San Francisco […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. will on Tuesday announce one of the largest enhancements and upgrades to its enterprise server line in several years. Scott McNealy, the companys CEO and chairman, will use Suns quarterly Network Computing event to be held in San Francisco on Tuesday to announce the first Sun servers based on the Advanced Micro […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday announced that it would acquire server-technology firm Kealia, Inc. The start-up firm specializes in server designs utilizing Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s Opteron processor. Kealia was co-founded and led by Andy Bechtolsheim, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems who served as the companys vice president of technology from 1984 to 1995, where […]

Microsoft Corp. is hard at work to make “Longhorn,” the next iteration of its Windows Server product, do more for less by integrating various server software systems. To do it, the company plans to extend .Nets capabilities even further with common execution environments and complete .Net Common Language Runtime support, said Valerie Olague, a Windows […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday released a version of its StarOffice 7 office productivity suite for the Solaris x86 platform. StarOffice 7 for the Solaris operating system x86 platform is priced at $79.95 and is available via download. The software is targeted at those customers wanting an alternative to the Microsoft Windows desktop solution. Todays […]

Microsoft Corp. looks to be turning its pitch away from the total cost of ownership comparisons between Windows and open-source Linux, and is now tackling the thorny issue of interoperability. The Redmond, Wash., software firm on Tuesday released the findings of a Jupiter Research Consulting survey, which it commissioned and paid for, titled “Interoperability Needs […]

IBM is holding firm to its plan to not indemnify its Linux customers. Despite recent efforts announced by Hewlett-Packard Co. and Linux distributors Red Hat Inc. and Novell Inc., IBM officials say that indemnification will not resolve the underlying dispute with The SCO Group Inc. “Weve said all along that you can indemnify, but it […]

Microsoft Corp. will put a more human face on its upcoming global multimillion dollar advertising program for its Windows Server System. The company, which is set to announce the new ad campaign at its Silicon Valley campus on Thursday afternoon, will spend tens of millions of dollars on this worldwide campaign, which will feature specific […]

Now that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been released and is being worked into distributions, many in the open-source community are turning their attention to the next development and test kernel, known as the 2.7 tree. To get an early glimpse at some of the thinking going into the next kernel, key vendors that aid […]