Peter Galli

Microsoft Corp. on Monday capitulated to customer pressure and announced that it would now continue extended support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition and for Windows Millennium Edition (ME) until June 30, 2006. Microsoft recently said that support for Windows 98 and 98 SE would be phased out this Friday—January 16, while support for […]

IBM and SuSE Linux AG are hoping to make more cash registers ring this year, and on Thursday will announce a new SuSE Linux-based point-of-sale solution that includes a complete operating system and management solution. Known as the IBM Retail Environment for SuSe Linux, this new solution will be available by the middle of this […]

The open-source community is rallying against comments made by The SCO Group CEO Darl McBride late last month that the GPL, under which Linux and open-source software is distributed, violates the U.S. Constitution as well as copyright and patent laws. McBride created a furor last month when he wrote: “We believe that adoption and use […]

Late last year, Microsoft Corp. announced a realignment of its Platforms Group, aimed at optimizing and improving its core Windows businesses. The reorganization creates the Windows Core Operating System Division, a centralized engineering unit under the leadership of Brian Valentine, formerly the senior vice president for Windows. The move is expected to be a critical […]

Microsoft Corp. on Monday launched a new advertising campaign, referred to as “Get the Facts,” which is designed to give customers information about the advantages of using its Windows operating system versus Linux, its open-source competitor. A Microsoft spokeswoman told eWEEK on Monday that this campaign that will target leading IT publications and run for […]

Microsoft Corp.s realignment of its platforms group last week is the latest example of the lengths to which the company will go to get ready for the future. The Redmond, Wash., company, looking to optimize and improve its core Windows business, created the Windows Core Operating System Division. Windows COSD is a centralized engineering unit […]

Open source and Linux provider Red Hat Inc. on Thursday reported its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year, continuing the trend of the second quarter when it reported the strongest results since its inception as a listed company. The company also announced that it was acquiring Minneapolis-based Sistina Software Inc., a […]

Linux in the enterprise will take a step forward with the announcement this week of a global initiative aimed at providing data center backup support across a broad array of applications. BakBone Software Inc., of San Diego, a provider of data backup and restore software, along with six of the leading Linux distributors, is forming […]

EMC Corp., the information storage and management firm, on Monday announced the purchase of Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware Inc., which specializes in bringing mainframe-class virtual machine technology to industry-standard computers, in a deal valued at $635 million. EMC president and CEO Joe Tucci said the VMware acquisition would play a key role in EMCs strategy […]

Microsoft Corp. on Monday will announce a realignment of its Platforms Group, aimed at optimizing and improving its core Windows businesses, officials said. In an interview with eWEEK on Monday, Jim Allchin, the Group Vice President of Platforms at Microsoft, in Redmond, Wash. said this organizational redesign will be a critical next step in the […]

A new research paper to be released on Thursday is warning those companies still running Microsoft Windows 98 that they face an increased risk of a network security breach when Microsoft retires the product at the end of this year. The study, released by Ottawa-based AssetMetrix Research Labs and titled, “Usage Analysis & Risks of […]

Progeny Linux Systems Inc., which last month appointed Caldera/SCO co-founder and former CEO Ransom Love to its board, next year will extend its software update and transition services to users of Red Hat Linux 8.0 and 9. The move will give subscribers to the Progeny Transition Services access to a software repository containing security updates […]