Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Microsofts vaporware master plan is finally broken. The wonderful wizards of Redmond are still saying, “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” But even the most fanatical Microsoft supporter has to see that Longhorn has become Shorthorn. Microsoft has often managed to freeze the market with promises that no matter how great a […]

Contrary to popular belief, Im perfectly happy to run Windows as well as Linux desktops. Its just that, well … the Linux desktops tend to run better and be more secure then their Windows cousins. And thats true both for me and for enterprise desktop users. Take, if you will, please take it, Windows XP […]

The fight between The SCO Group and BayStar Capital, which concerned the contentious end of the financing deal between them that fueled SCOs Linux litigation, may finally have come to an abrupt and quiet end Wednesday. According to Blake Stowell, communications director at Lindon, Utah-based The SCO Group Inc., “BayStar requested the $13 million and […]

Microsoft this month is moving forward with the developer implementation of its anti-spam Sender ID framework, but open-source advocates and mail vendors doubt whether the software giants new proposed license meets open-source requirements. Sender ID is a proposed IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) e-mail standard that combines Microsofts earlier Caller ID proposal with SPF (Sender […]

Novell announced profitable but slightly disappointing third-quarter fiscal results on Thursday. For the quarter, ended July 31, Novell Inc. reported revenues of $305 million, compared with revenues of $283 million for the same quarter a year ago. Net income available to common stockholders was $23 million, or 6 cents per diluted common share. The year-ago […]

I use Linux desktops every day in my home office. Specifically, I run Xandros 2.5 on one of my desktops and my main work laptop, and SuSE 9.1 on my top workstation. When it comes to desktop Linux, I dont just talk about it, I use it. But Im about as Unix- and Linux-savvy a […]

IBM is trying to use SCO as a punching bag this week as Big Blue fires off another motion for partial summary judgment in its legal slugfest over Linux and Unix copyright issues. IBM on Monday asked the U.S. District Court in Utah to rule that it should win immediately on its eighth counterclaim, which […]

Lindows announced Wednesday that it has postponed a previously announced IPO (initial public offering) of its common stock due to adverse market conditions. Lindows Inc., which is the process of changing its name to Linspire as part of a worldwide settlement reached in its trademark infringement case with Microsoft, is keeping its S-1 registration statement […]

Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. on Wednesday made management moves with the announcement of a new head of services. The company appointed Kate Johnson to the post of vice president of services. Johnson comes to Red Hat with over 13 years of client service experience. Her experience ranges across several industries, mainly focusing on change […]

IBM is trying to knock out SCOs Linux intellectual property claims with a new tactic. In its latest motion, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for Utah, IBM argues not only that The SCO Group Inc. has been unable to prove that IBM ever “dumped” Unix System V code into Linux, but also that […]

Following some slight delays over patent issues, European governmental agencies look to be back on track with acceptance of Linux as a client operating system. Erwin Gillich, head of Viennas IT department, announced on Wednesday that half of the citys 16,000 desktop workstations will have the option of replacing Windows with Linux next year. According […]

The world is switching to Linux, and Microsoft doesnt like it one little bit. If you live in the United States, you may yawn every time you hear about how the Linux desktop is coming along. Chances are you run Windows, and you find it hard to really see yourself moving to another desktop operating […]