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Sun, IBM Should Quit Open-Source Posturing

"Fight! Fight! Fight!" Remember that call from grade school, when two kids started fighting with each other over some stupid thing or the other? I...

CrossOver Office Professional 3.0.1

Microsoft Office Under LinuxOne of the more common questions experienced Linux users get asked by those considering migrating from Windows to Linux is, "Will...

Mississippi Launches Linux-Based Safety System

The state of Mississippi has launched a Linux-based, mobile public safety system that links police, fire and emergency services to a single DB2 database. Sen....

Windows Loses Another Customer to Suns JDS

Microsoft is losing another customer to an alternative desktop operating system, with Allied Irish Bank, one of Irelands largest banking and financial services groups,...

Suns JDesk Components: A Cross-Platform ActiveX?

SAN FRANCISCO—Sun Microsystems has focused a lot of attention on its newly open-sourced Looking Glass three-dimensional user interface here at the JavaOne Conference. But...

Open-Source Lifeline Pulls Up Suns Cobalt

Can open-sourcing alone make a product more popular? In the case of Sun Microsystems discontinued Cobalt line of Linux Web hosting appliances, the answer...

JBoss Launches Logo, R&D Programs

SAN FRANCISCO—JBoss Inc. and its tireless leader will be moving and shaking at the JavaOne show here this week, announcing news on the product,...

The Open Conversation

Its JavaOne time again this week in San Francisco, and for once its an apt title. Is Java one, or is it a train...

Real Readies Linux, Unix Clients

Almost a year ago, RealNetworks announced plans to develop an open-source version of its media player.A couple of weeks ago, the fruit of that...

Sun Opens Its 3-D Looking Glass Linux Desktop

SAN FRANCISCO—By open-sourcing its next-generation Linux desktop technology, Sun Microsystems Inc. is turning over some of its most innovative work to date to the...