Linux

What Does a Paying Open Source Customer Look Like?

Microsoft, Are they really a Monopoly? Maybe Not!

Diving deeper in to Microsft's monopoly status

IBM, Canonical, Simmtronics Offer Cheap Netbooks For Emerging Markets

The lightweight computers run on Ubuntu and come pre-loaded with IBM's office productivity suites built on OpenOffice.org code.

Red Hat focuses new RHEL 5.5 on multicore

The new version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux works with the new Intel Nehalem-EX and AMD Magny-Cours chips

Linus Torvalds named most influential open source blogger

Tim O'Reilly leads overall ranking in open source social media

Open Source, Preferred by 9 Out of 10 Supercomputers

Various flavors of Linux power 85% of the top 500 supercomputers in the world today, what a great testament to Open Source

Selecting an Open Source Operating System

There's a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article outlines the key factors you need to consider in order to pi

Arm sees over 50 new iPad-like devices out this year

A number of companies plan to ride Apple's coattails with tablet devices of their own

Will Oracle’s Open Source Efforts Die of Brain Drain?

Giving Oracle the benefit of the doubt regarding their open source intentions, the exodus of all the open source talent could make it very difficult for them to execute

Free code comes with burdens, just like Raymond’s dirt

You can get there from here…but it ain’t free