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- Inside the Google Chrome OS security model
- The proof will be in implementationAll of these lofty goals are one thing. Making it happen in code is quite another. It sounds like they are just giving a laundry list of what people want them to say. I'm in the "believe it when I see it" camp. Good intentions...
- Tags: security, Google Inc., licence, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7
- You added Windows 7 to the title for page hits...Any tech enthusiast worth their salt has long known about all these apps. Nah ... ... for page hits I'd have added XP ... bigger user base ... User base yes but Windows 7is what everyone is interested in reading...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux Distro, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, 7-zip
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Mono-mania: It's risky business
- M$ must give away its patentsIf M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.RE: Mono-mania:...
- Tags: .NET, C#, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Development tools, Operating systems, Programming languages, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- openSUSE 11.2 M8: What a Fine Lookin' Lizard
- Ubuntu's Karmic Koala isn't the only hot Linux beta floating around. On October 1, the openSUSE project released Milestone 8 of openSUSE 11.2, which is slated for general release in November, just in time for the holiday season. Milestone 8 will precede two release candidates to be also released...
- Tags: Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, Object-oriented, KDE 4.3, openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.
- Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" for joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Free Software Foundation, GNOME, Microsoft Corp., Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Mono Framework, Genie, Linux, Open Source, C#, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Red Hat: Microsoft taking cloud back to the 80s
- Red Hat should feel right at home then because using their software is like using something out of the 80's. I'll prefer a modern company like Microsoft instead of a company based on 30 year old technology such as Red Hat. My theory is that Red Hat is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NT-kernel, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux, Unix
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- OpenSolaris 2009.06: Getting Better All The Time
- The June 2009 (2009.06) release of OpenSolaris provides a solid Open Source GNOME desktop experience like that of a modern Linux distribution combined with the scalability and stability of UNIX. Over the weekend, I had the chance to take a look at Sun...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, OpenSolaris 2009.06, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-07
- 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
- Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?
- Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?What did MS do wrong?They are not bound by the GPL. They are free to license their technology to anyone they want, under terms agreeable to both. (I assume there might be some Federal restrictions there, but I don't think we crossed that...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, MS Just, FAT32, Microsoft Corp., Software Freedom Sue, GPL, MSFT, software
- Discussion threads 2009-03-07
- With Tom Tom suit, is Microsoft going after Linux?
- With Tom Tom suit, is Microsoft going after Linux?Obviously, this IS about Linux. The FAT implementation is GPL, and part ofthe kernel. This is all about making Linux devices more expensive and creating fear around using Linux in devices. But, it could backfire if FAT patents are invalidated. Look for...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Tom-Tom, patent, MICROSOFT GOING
- Discussion threads 2009-03-02
- Linux Foundation ready to fight Microsoft if TomTom lawsuit involves Linux kernel
- The Linux Foundation insists it is equipped to fight Microsoft if the software giant’s lawsuit against TomTom impacts the open source Linux kernel. In his blog, Executive Director Jim Zemlin advised concerned parties to “calm down†in light of statements by Microsoft’s deputy general counsel that...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Patent, TomTom, Linux Kernel, Microsoft Corp., Linux Foundation, *It, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- New Microsoft patent-infringement case involves Linux
- New Microsoft patent-infringement case involves LinuxHmmmSo this is news about no news as you don't have complete information to really report anything. Interesting.Must be April FirstWe have it on excellent authority notably the NBM camp here on ZD Talkback that Microsoft would never, ever, ever be stupid enough to...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux connection, Linux, Microsoft Corp., New Microsoft patent-infringement case
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- Red Hat and Citrix ratchet up open source virtualization relevancy
- The open source hypervisor landscape got a lot more interesting today after the latest announcements from Red Hat and Citrix. Both were shots across the bow of VMware’s juggernaut, but Red Hat’s volley may have overshot and struck Xen.org in the stern. Citrix, the flag bearer for...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Reviewing Windows 7
- Reviewing Windows 7Please...Please Murph...Spare us your "review" of anything Microsoft related. You were the one that told us that Windows "doesn't use real threads", so please spare us from giving your uninformed opinion. It was worth less than $0.02.Please stick to OSes that are becoming more irrelevant with...
- Tags: Operating systems, WINDOWS USERS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-01-08
- IT's horsedrawn horseless carriages
- IT's horsedrawn horseless carriagesStill arguing against the mainframe?The potential new market for mainframes is small. It's possible, Murph, that your real argument is against virtualization in general rather than mainframes in particular, but what you include in the essay doesn't arrive at that point.Also, where did you get the...
- Tags: IBM Corp., information technology, J-type, mainframe, virtualization
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- Myths & Realities of Real-Time Linux Software Systems
- This paper addresses some of the differences between real-time and general purpose operating systems. This includes an analysis of several common misconceptions including performance issues, latency, hard vs. soft real-time systems, programming APIs and the software kernel. In addition, there are suggestions for implementation options to convert Linux to a...
- Tags: Linux Software, Performance, Operating System, VersaLogic, Linux, Tools & Techniques, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2009-01-01
- IBM Linux-OpenOffice Desktop offering - history repeating
- My colleague, Paula Rooney, recently posted IBM launches first Linux-OpenOffice desktop with virtualization features that pointed out that IBM is having a go at pushing Microsoft's Windows off of corporate desktops once again. Although the technology is different this time around, the concept is the same. "What are you talking...
- Tags: Desktop, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Oracle 10g R2 RAC Implementation With SLES 10 Linux, IBM BladeCenter and IBM TotalStorage
- The purpose of this paper is to assist those who are implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 running on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM TotalStorage disk storage systems. The paper describes activities needed to prepare for and successfully install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., IBM eServer BladeCenter, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Oracle Application Server 10g, IBM TotalStorage, IBM Corp., Open Source, Blade Servers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2008-12-01
- Windows 7, undigested red meat, and a delicate sensibility
- Windows 7, undigested red meat, and a delicate sensibilityI knew the cheap shot was somewhere in thereBut I had to wait until the very end to find it. Both systems had binary lock states. The Sun guys went with singularity and the Windows guys went with trinary lock states. However,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Know-nothings, Microsoft Windows, delicate sensibility, Microsoft Windows 7, red meat, sensibility, meat, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
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