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Pravda, Sutor, and IBM Linux

Pravda, Sutor, and IBM LinuxWrong!At it again are we?Paul get your facts straight before you try to be the same failure as that fraud.Yes the U2 crashed because it used a jet engine who was held together by good intentions and bailing wire.But regarding Linux, you are still wrong. Linux...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Utility computing, Linux, IBM Corp., Unix, duck, IBM Linux

Discussion threads 2008-08-09

Pravda, Sutor, and IBM Linux

I've just read a Linuxworldpresentation, by IBM's Bob Sutor, that left me frothing - it's slyly anti-Sun and, I think, just as fundamentally counter-productive and wrong-headed as their collective response to SCO. by Paul Murphy

Tags: ibm linux, ibm corp., bob sutor, linux, open source, unix, operating systems, software, paul murphy

Blog posts 2008-08-09

Notebook: IBM's Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center stats

Notebook: IBM's Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center statsWell Done Larry!ntRE: Notebook: IBM's Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center stThe question - Whats the holdup. And then in the answer, a mention of RedHat desktop. I dare say many people in Europe who are used to SuSE would...

Tags: Data centers, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, E-mail servers, Utility computing, Notes evolution, IBM Linux, IBM Lotus Notes, Linux, IBM Corp., desktop, data center, notebook

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

Notebook: IBM's Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center stats

IBM has embraced Linux as its operating system of choice, but employees are slowly working toward using it on the desktop. As of yesterday, IBM had 24,190 Linux desktop installations within the company. That's out of 372,000 IBMers. So what's the holdup?...

Tags: Desktop, Notebook, Linux Desktop, Data Center, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Linux, IBM Corp., Linux, Data Centers, Desktops, E-mail Servers, Open Source, UNIX, Groupware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-18

IBM's Linux contributions

IBM's Linux contributionsRE: IBM's Linux contributionsHonestly Murph.To find something you actually have to look for it,and if you look at the marketing bull sites, youfind marketing bull. Just try to look at these 3places, mentioned below.http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux with things like PAVE which lets you run x86 Linux ...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, IBM Corp., contribution, IBM Linux

Discussion threads 2007-10-12

IBM's Linux contributions

When Joe Barr got his first look inside IBM's Linux Technology Center LTC back in early 2001 he got pretty gung ho about the wonders this would bring to Linux. Some excerpts: I began to see the LTC not just as a cool thing happening in my...

Tags: Expansion, IBM Linux, IBM Corp., LTC, Frye, LTC Team, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-10-12

IBM Cell, IBM Linux?

IBM Cell, IBM Linux?What I don't getWhy make BOTH the Xbox360 3-core PPC AND the Cell? Seems to me that the Cell would work well in the Xbox360, so why come up with a different processor? Game and all developers want to do the coding ONCE, ESPECIALLY for the same...

Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, IBM Linux, Microsoft Corp., Cell, chip, Linux, IBM Corp., Sony Corp., Intel Corp., CPU, game, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-11-15

IBM Cell, IBM Linux?

As most of you will have noticed, Sun kicked off the CMT revolution this week with phsyical availability of its first Niagara processors in the Erie and Ontario machines now expected for December 6th. On the other hand most people didn't notice a marginally earlier announcement from competitor number...

Tags: Cell

Blog posts 2005-11-15

Dow Jones gets the memo on IBM's Linux strategy

Dow Jones gets the memo on IBM's Linux strategyPeople like open sourceI think IBM gets that.IBM is so misguided`` Buell Duncan, IBM's general manager of partner and developer relations (developers, developers, developers, developers) whispered the key point into Dow Jones reporter Chris Reiter's telephone. "Customers are demanding choice. They...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Dana, IBM Linux, strategy, IBM Corp., Linux, Dow Jones & Company Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-08-22

Dow Jones gets the memo on IBM's Linux strategy

Readers of ZDNet have known for months about how IBM is trying to use Linux and open source as a "wedge issue" against Microsoft, especially in rapidly-growing markets like China, India, Russia and Brazil.But maybe it's not really news until Dow Jones and the Mainstream Media pick it up. And...

Tags: Dow Jones & Company Inc., IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2005-08-22

IBM's Linux revenue: Services to overtake servers

IBM's Linux revenue: Services to overtake serversThis is will put more pressure on MSLoverock I dont see your BSD growing at this rate hey?! If it is so crap why are so many people using it.Hmm, I am going to have to do some more courses and qualify to make...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Penguins, operating system, BSD, IBM Linux, server, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-08-05

Continental Resources Assists Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., in Deploying Customized IBM Linux Cluster

Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., AER is a leader in providing science-based solutions for the planning and operational needs of the private and public sectors-including the U.S. government and the financial, energy and insurance industries. AER wanted to provide additional speed and memory at optimal price/performance ratio to handle a...

Tags: IBM Linux, Linux Cluster, IBM Corp., Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Utility Computing, Software

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Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's ambitious push into cloud computing -- and the enterprise. Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop and there are several desktop improvements in this upgrade -- including a faster boot and login and enhanced audio and and 3G broadband connectivity. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-29

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

Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?

We can only hope so! It would make a much better back end than what linux has to offer. Solaris has always been a solid performer and is a real UNIX, not some hacked up clone like linux. The best option for Oracle would be to ditch linux...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., OpenSolaris, Open Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

txt2pdf 10.0 (Mac)

txt2pdf to convert old txt (also IBM codepage 437), spool, text, textual report to nice pdf (form, invoice, report, sale sheet) on Windows, Solaris, Linux HP-UX, AIX, Mac OS X, tru64, openvms, sco, irix, bsd, ... Support for Japanese, Chinese simplified and traditional, Korean, Czech, Greek, Polish, Hebrew, Thai, Cyrillic...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Report, Sanface Software, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase

That pie will increasingly favor Google. Though Google DOES need to support something more like what Amazon does, so you can just rent a Linux box in the cloud that grows and shrinks.Great potential here for Google; p.s. - dont make Yahoo's mistakesThere is great potential for Google from...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Enterprise IT, Google AppEngine, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Mac ZFS is dead: RIP.

fortunatelywhile zfs is cool, there are enough other file systems, so we users won't miss it muchHow about EXT4 and BTRFS?What do you think of EXT4 and it's destined successor, BTRFS?NTFSActualy has similar features to most of these but maybe its not implemented as well.Apple picks NetApp WAFL over...

Tags: Storage, Mac ZFS, Actualy, Robin, Apple Macintosh, NetApp Inc., ZFS, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

JBuddy Messenger 3.1.091026 (Mac)

JBuddy Messenger is a multi-protocol, cross-platform instant messaging desktop client. JBuddy Messenger supports popular public instant messaging protocols as well as enterprise instant messaging servers and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and other Java-enabled desktop environments. System Requirements: JBuddy Messenger requires a Java Runtime Environment JRE...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Screen Name, IM, JBuddy Messenger, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-26