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- Live from Googleplex: Chrome OS details revealed
- Ubuntu 9.10 has more immediate potentialMight I suggest trying Ubuntu 9.10? A phenominal OS with much more to offer then even Windows 7.Open source, free and ready to try today...http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1122http://www.tuxradar.com/content/vista-windows-7-ubuntu-904-and-910-boot-speed-comparisonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYgWE6Svpaghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-nad9N3pgNot that I have readI'd stick with 904immediate potential to sink in obscurityGoogle was Linux's last fleeting chance to turn...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Updegrove: Obama should give FOSS equal treatment
- ConsortiumInfo.org's Andy Updegrove urged President Obama to show more public support for free and open source software. In a blog featured on the site today, Updegrove said open source has made huge inroads in various government sectors, especially the Department of Defense, Â but it's high time that...
- Tags: Procurement, F/OSS, ConsortiumInfo.org, Open Source, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Red Hat becomes bona fide virtualization vendor
- It's no surprise that Red Hat is taking pot shots at VMware and Microsoft these days. The Raleigh, NC company has always slammed Microsoft but is not just a Linux vendor anymore. By virtue of its acquisition of Qumranet and its release of Enterprise Linux 5.4 this...
- Tags: Desktop, Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-09-04
- Microsoft, Moonlight reach across aisle to bring Obama inauguration to Linux desktops
- Looks like the spirit of bipartisan cooperation in D.C. has already left its mark on the PC. Last night, we're told, Microsoft worked together with Novell-sponsored Mono Project and Moonlight team to enable Linux desktop users to view the inauguration events using the open source implementation...
- Tags: Desktop, Novell Inc., Linux Desktop, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Inauguration Event, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- Some Linux backers upset about selection of Silverlight to stream Obama inauguration events
- While Microsoft cheers the selection of Silverlight for streaming the Obama inauguration events this week, some are upset that the Linux desktop is not a supported operating system. Microsoft's cross platform Silverlight browser plug in supports Windows and Macintosh. The Mono project's Moonlight 1.0 -- an implementation of...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-01-19
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?MS will embrace OSS only if...they perceive that it will increase their stock value. Gates' departure has nothing to do with it. As far as Linux Zealots predicting the end of proprietary software, this only indicates their lack...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., open source, Bill Gates, OSS, operating system, OSX, desktop, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?
- Will Microsoft become more open to open source with the departure of Bill Gates? It’s a tough call. Observers from both the open and closed source worlds say the exit of Microsoft’s longtime leader won’t usher in a GPL era at the company but it will likely...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Unixfication II
- Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...
- Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008
- The momentum behind mobile Linux is accelerating because several communities -- and commercial giants -- are finally backing it. Despite earlier efforts from pioneering companies like MontaVista, Lineo and Access, the open source operating system has always taken a back seat to proprietary mobile operating systems such as Nokia-backed...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Mobile, Intel Corp., Mobile Linux, LIPS Specification, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Could Yahoo's 'openness' be another anti-Microsoft poison pill?
- Even though Microsoft and Yahoo allegedly are at the bargaining table, I can't help but wonder what Yahoo is doing behind the scenes to minimize Microsoft's impact when and if it acquires Yahoo. We already know that Yahoo CEO Yang created golden parachutes for Yahoo employees (along...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- The HD DVD predicament
- The HD DVD predicamentFollowing the computer industryThe Author said: "That suits hardware manufacturers just fine as it it provides them the opportunity to sell playback devices multiple times to the same customers as new features obsolete older players."That model suited the computer industry really well and, although slowed somewhat, still...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Xen vs. KVM: round 1 bell to ring soon
- Industry executives are downplaying concerns about a growing schism between rival open source virtualization factions but a market battle between Xen and KVM appears increasingly likely, and imminent. At the San Francisco, Calif. conference this week, Qumranet, a Santa Clara, Calif-based commercial startup that funds KVM, told ZDNet that the company’s first...
- Tags: Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Xen, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
- Eric Raymond's boot to Red Hat's head
- Eric Raymond's boot to Red Hat's headHi John"Consumers want their stuff to work" When you get a chance please tell this to your employer;)OSS is not a "single view" on the contrary to proprietary.tss tss tss John, John, John ...I will not expect you to understand this but in OSS...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., OSS, Free Software Foundation, Eric Raymond, Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Pondering Microsoft's monthly patch cycle conundrum
- Pondering Microsoft's monthly patch cycle conundrumNo M$ monthly patch cycleFor my multi-operating system machines, I learned to be paranoid with respect to using any type of M$ updates. The lesson was learned the hard way. M$ updates didn't seem to appreciate other operating and file systems. One...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, annoyance, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-15
- Vista Mythbusters #1: It's not a hardware hog
- Vista Mythbusters #1: It's not a hardware hogLaptop owners are out of luckToo bad you can't upgrade your video card in a laptop. Sounds like I need to buy a whole new system just to run Vista.Strange definitionSo to run it well you may have to buy more RAM and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware, graphics, RAM
- Discussion threads 2006-08-30
- IBM dumps Microsoft? Not.
- Andreas Pleschek, IBM's head of open source and Linux technical sales in Northern Europe, was widely misquoted this week as saying that IBM had cancelled its Windows contract with Microsoft as of October. The truth is a bit more prosaic. According to Antone Gonsalves at CRN, IBM is simply standardizing...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Linux
- Blog posts 2006-03-09
- Stallman leads the GPL off a cliff
- I've criticized Stallman numerous times in the past. I've pointed out that he argues in favor of lowering revenue expectations among developers in order to return to the halcyon days of programming artists doing their thing for the love of the discipline. As he notes in the document to which...
- Tags: GPL, Stallman
- Blog posts 2006-01-27
- Companies push Linux partitioning effort
- Companies push Linux partitioning effortHow do you do this in Windows Vista?Now this is something thats very cool and handy to boot!Will Vista have something like Xen? no virtualpc is not the same. Because if SuSE and Redhat are coming out now with this, Vista, with only eye candy, will...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, OpenVZ, Red Hat Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-01-17
- Windows Vista operating system to include antispyware
- Windows Vista operating system to include antispywareGood idea.Since all versions of Windows included features to integrate spyware on the fly, why not anti-spyware.Not a bad ideaI'm a Linux guy through and through, but I have to admit that I like their Antispyware program. Put simply, it works. Simple and effective.Just...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Viruses and worms, anti-spyware, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., spyware
- Discussion threads 2005-10-18
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