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Whos More Secure Than Whom?

Many thanks to my colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, editor of our Linux & Open Source Center, for referring a recent Forrester Research report to...

Why SCO Thinks It Can Win

LINDON, Utah—In many pro-Linux circles, its a given that The SCO Group Inc. cant possibly win in court. Obviously, SCO disagrees. In an exclusive interview,...

IBM Goes After SCOs Copyright Claims

In a move that was long expected, IBM requested a Declaratory Judgment of Noninfringement (PDF link) on the copyright issues in its case with...

Linux vs. Windows: Which Is More Secure?

In a new report, Is Linux More Secure Than Windows? from Forrester Research Inc., based in Cambridge, Mass., Computing Infrastructures Senior Analyst Laura Koetzle...

Suns New Software Directions: RFID, Games, 3-D

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. is hard at work on providing an end-to-end radio frequency identification (RFID) solution for major retailers like Wal-Mart and...

MandrakeSoft Leaves Bankruptcy Behind

MandrakeSoft SA announced Tuesday that a French court has approved the Paris-based Linux distributors plan to exit bankruptcy protection. Under the plan, MandrakeSoft will pay...

Sun Desktop Shines on Wal-Mart with Discount Boxes

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. got its wish: Its Microsoft Windows alternative Java Desktop System is now available preloaded, on Microtel Computer Systems Inc....

Watch-Worthy Trends

When is a trend for real? When a vendor gets behind the trend—from the president to the parking lot attendant—and when customers ask for...

Novell Plans Future of Red Carpet, ZenWorks

What will happen with Ximians Red Carpet system management tools for Linux, now that Ximian is part of Novell? At the BrainShare show this...

Eric Nee: The China Syndrome

Chinas meteoric rise from a closed, near- feudal society to the most dynamic economy on the globe has been mostly good news for U.S....