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- Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure
- Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Eclipse, Linux, Mircosoft, Azure, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Is Microsoft stalling on its GPL Linux drivers?
- Can't we all just get along?[nt]He has no right to be upsetThis is code that is being released [b]for free[/b] to the Open Source community. It will be released on MS's timeline and not some arbitrary timeline specified by someone who is on record as hating MS. No other open...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, GPL v2, kernel, Microsoft Corp., open source, open-source community, GPL, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Invisible Linux
- Invisible LinuxLinux on the mobile "desktop"Many/most of the major smartphone/mobile OSes are based on Linix: Android, WebOS, LiMo, Moblin, Maemo, Ubuntu, .... The iPhone OS is based on FreeBSD, a cousin of Linux.Thus, Linux/*nix is already entering the "desktop" of the average user, through the use of mobile devices. And,...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Invisible Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- The Microsoft Store? Here???s my design!
- The Microsoft Store? Here???s my design!Going nowhere.....Linux distro's are the future....#10 Apple shrineLove your work. I'd add#10 Apple shrine : A place to pay homage to the creator of most MS "innovations" perhaps with a fee or Apple tax to enter.You described Loverock's wet dream!and the first customer will be...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Leadership, Operating systems, UNIX, Darwin, Microsoft Corp., Linux Distro, Apple Inc., innovation
- Discussion threads 2009-04-19
- Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipe
- Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipeI wonder if EFI can be infected?This sounds like a pretty nasty problemlet's hope antivirus vendors find a way to defend bios.RE: Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipeThe BIOS can be flasheddoes that fix it?Abut Linux is secureThey could not infect...
- Tags: BIOS, BIOS attack, hard drive, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture
- From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source CultureGNUI had always heard that "GNU" was a recursive acronym for "Gnu's Not Unix". It wasn't just me who thought that. For example, Eric Smith used the same naming scheme for his Atari ST OS, called MiNT Mint is Not Tos, and...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, Unix, GNU, Stallman
- Discussion threads 2009-03-13
- From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture
- This is the 41st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: BIT: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Roots (2) In its present form this commitment to publication and peer review, originally derived from the core academic and scientific approach giving rise to the science...
- Tags: Noorda, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- 10 things Linux does better than OS X
- 10 things Linux does better than OS XGreat Blog entry. I submitted it to Digghttp://digg.com/apple/OS_X_is_buggy_unusable_and_not_as_good_as_Linux1 thimg?Apparently spell checker isn't one of them. ;)Get some help, dudeBefore you blow a gasket.Not sure what you are refuting but......article is about things that Linux does better than OS X, and not about which...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-12-19
- Apple's take on mobile Unix
- Apple's take on mobile UnixMacPort! I'm not particularly savvy with UNIX...MacPort! I'm not particularly savvy with UNIX, so when I download a utility that looks especially useful but also requires it be compiled I get so frustrated. Inevitably I don't have 3 or 4 libraries required, and...
- Tags: Operating systems, MacPorts, corollary, mobile, Apple Inc., Unix, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- How to scale to 256 processors and beyond
- How to scale to 256 processors and beyondSo in other words expecting MS to get this right is...basically a pie in the sky.Still chasing what Linux can already do...Learn from the lessons and heartache of BeOSOne of the biggest problems for BeOS as a development environment was lock and race...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, kernel, BeOS, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, processor
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Anatomy of an attack: <EM>The New York Times</EM> on Solaris
- Anatomy of an attack: The New York Times on Solarishmm>> Sun’s Boyle acknowledges that Sun employees participate in OpenSolaris development, but says they do so along with individual and corporate contributors such as Intel. Community registrations in the OpenSolaris community exceed 160,000, far in excess of Sun’s total employee account...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Murphy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Murph, Sun Solaris, New York Times Co., Microsoft Windows NT, Sun Products
- Discussion threads 2008-10-11
- Seamless PPP Migration Between Disparate Wireless Networks
- This paper proposes a method of migrating PPP connections among heterogeneous networks without interrupting active sessions. The paper designs and implements extended PPP modules for the FreeBSD kernel and pppd-2.3. The paper uses the extended PPP modules to demonstrate seamless migration between 3G networks and Wireless LAN WLAN networks; the...
- Tags: PPP, Network, Migration, Wireless Network, Wireless, Networking
- White papers 2008-09-19
- Does interoperability violate the GPL?
- Does interoperability violate the GPL?Open source, development method or moral philosophy?I'm not certain that efforts to separate the two will always be successful. Many of the people who are supplying the work that allows reduced staff expenses are probably doing so because they believe to some degree in open...
- Tags: Operating systems, Proprietary Developers, GPL, Linux, proprietary software, open source, interoperability, software
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Do it Yourself Mojave
- Do it Yourself MojaveVista security broken - Black Hathttp://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/08/vista-security-rendered-uslessI really don't understandI have a cheap white box machine with a Q6600 processor, 8600GT, 4 Gig Ram, single hard drive, Vista Busines 32 bit. The machine is an absolute dream. Everything is fast. Its the best machine I...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, GPU
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker’s Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?Toshiba Cell Laptop anyone?...[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9102518&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top]FYI[/url]Slap Yellow Dog Linux on it and you are good to go!Do we know if backwards compatibility is holding back......progress? Or is it just purists who would like to see legacy support end?Currently x86 outperforms US T2 in just...
- Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Real Bottom Line, Linux STILL, Linux architecture, Intel x86, Linux, slate
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktopInteresting[i]We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses and the greater Linux ecosystem," the letter stated. "Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off from the expertise...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux desktop, Nvida, desktop, EXT, NVidia Corp., Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discovered
- Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discoveredSurprise surpriseSo many of these, they are dime a dozen for all the operating system out there. Just do a little digging on the IRC channels if you want to see for yourself.RE: Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, System 9, Apple Macintosh, X-WINDOWS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X 10.4
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
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