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Color Microsoft solution providers unimpressed with the limited details Google provided this week on its forthcoming Linux-based Chrome OS.
November 20, 2009
Google is providing more detail around its plans for Chrome OS, much of which centers on addressing the complexity that has long plagued users of a certain widely-used proprietary operating system.
November 19, 2009
Microsoft's move to add SourceGear's Teamprise application development technology to Visual Studio will make it easier for developers to build cross-platform applications that bridge the .Net and Java worlds.
November 09, 2009
New Android 2.0 developer kit adds Quick Connect, better sync capabilities and support for Exchange and Snow Leopard on Android-based handsets and smartphones.
October 27, 2009
SCO removes McBride, who led it in a series of legal actions related to Unix and Linux, and eliminates the president and CEO positions as part of a reorganization.
October 19, 2009
The Ubuntu Linux release 9.10, in beta now but scheduled to be generally available on Oct. 29, allows virtual machine images to switch between the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) public cloud and the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC).
October 13, 2009
Package of Ubuntu Linux and Lotus applications are designed to run on netbook computers and other low-cost devices.
September 23, 2009
At the LinuxCon event this week, Linus Torvalds said the proliferation of new Linux kernel features has rendered it "huge and bloated," and solution providers say that's just the price of popularity.
September 22, 2009
Acquisition of patents once held by Microsoft could protect companies with a stake in Linux from litigation.
September 08, 2009
Red Hat will combine its Linux and JBoss products with ISV applications for sale to the midmarket through the channel.
September 03, 2009
Fake Steve Jobs made a splash on the Web in 2007, and now a contest featuring four different Fake Linus Torvalds characters is aiming to have a similarly viral impact among the social networking cognoscenti.
August 27, 2009
Linux users are avoiding Microsoft'a Bing search engine like a dog with a bad case of fleas, but they seem to love Google, according to new research released this week.
August 21, 2009
Red Hat this week unveiled a series of channel program changes aimed at giving partners a clearer way to engage with the company. Will it be enough to boost its channel revenue beyond 55 percent?
August 18, 2009
Questions about Sun's finances and the future of its server products under Oracle are leading business partners to re-evaluate their Sun relationship.
August 14, 2009
Novell has launched a program to help ISVs develop Linux-based appliances in a move that could make the systems easier for VARs to sell and support.
July 28, 2009
In light of recent comments from RIM executives that suggest the company is looking at open-source options for the BlackBerry OS, it's worth considering what -- if anything -- RIM could gain by following the Symbian lead.
June 25, 2009
Microsoft has been hit with its second major patent infringement ruling in the past five weeks. This time, Microsoft has been ordered to pay a Canadian software firm $200 million for its use of customized XML in Word.
May 20, 2009
Acer President and CEO Gianfranco Lanci says the company is working with Android in multiple ways, but isn't sure if it'll bring an Android-based netbook to market anytime soon.
April 29, 2009
Red Hat, Synnex, and a founding group of nine open-source ISVs have formed the Open Source Channel Alliance, an effort that aims to raise the profile of open-source software in midmarket firms.
April 14, 2009
With the upcoming release of Ubuntu Server 9.04, Canonical has focused on expanding the offering's virtualization and cloud computing capabilities.
April 06, 2009
The chip giant's new Xeon 3500 and 5500 series processors are winning friends and shattering benchmarks -- and Intel is only too happy to tell us all about it at the launch party.
March 30, 2009
Novell released its first update to SUSE Linux Enterprise in nearly three years, which adds the ability to run Microsoft .Net applications on Linux for the first time.
March 24, 2009
Acquisition could expand IBM's open-source software offerings
March 18, 2009
More companies are looking at reducing their overall support costs by moving servers and desktops to Linux, according to a recent survey of global IT executives.
March 16, 2009
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said earlier this week that the company is preparing to launch a low-cost, low-functionality version of Windows Server. Channel partners see the new SKU as a way for Microsoft to take server share from Linux.
February 27, 2009
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