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Novell Reports Solid Quarter, But Profits Disappoint

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...

Linux Desktop Needs PC Vendor Support

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...

IBMs New Motion on Linux Aims to Call SCOs Bluff

IBM is trying to use SCO as a punching bag this week as Big Blue fires off another motion for partial summary judgment in...

Lindows Backs Out of IPO

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.,...

Red Hat Names New Global Services Chief

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...

Australian State Agency Switches to Suns StarOffice

Sun Microsystems on Wednesday announced another customer win away from Microsoft. This time, the state government of New South Wales, in Australia, will migrate...

Microsoft Lures Open-Source Programmer

Microsoft is continuing to grab top developer talent. The latest catch: open-source stalwart Jim Hugunin. Hugunin created JPython/Jython; co-designed the AspectJ aspect-oriented-programming language while working...

IBM Takes New Tack in SCO Legal Battle

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...

Unisys Suddenly Loves Linux: Should Linux Users Return that Love?

Unisys has long been the main booster -- possibly the only one besides Microsoft -- of Windows as a mainframe operating system. Now Unisys...

Linux Skills in High Demand as IT Jobs Pick Up

More employers are looking to hire people with Linux experience and skills than another skill sets, according to numbers from Dice.com, a major job...