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Does Everex benefit open source market?

Everex has released a $298 back to school desktop system built around Open Office and Windows Vista.While the company's press release emphasizes energy efficiency and productivity, the big news here is it's being sold at Wal-Mart.The marketing screams open source, but the PC itself runs Windows Vista, replacing only Microsoft...

Tags: Strategy, Not Linux, Microsoft, mass market, marketing, Hardware, General, education, business models, Applications

Blog posts 2007-07-20

IBM says, you don't need no operating system

Linux is the high card in the open source poker hand.Its an operating system. A very good operating system.But what if operating systems didnt matter? Thats what IBM is saying with its Open Client Offering. We will let you run Windows applications, Linux applications and very soon Macintosh applications in...

Tags: General, Implementations, Linux, Not Linux, resellers, marketing, IBM, IBM Corp., operating system

Blog posts 2007-02-12

The dedication license is the next evolution for closed source

Earlier I talked about how programs like Roboform have adopted an element of the open source business model to sell their proprietary goods.The "next step" in that evolution might be the Dedication License, as offered by Patrick M. Kolla of Safer-Networking for his Spybot program. Spybot is a cool piece...

Tags: General, Applications, Not Linux, Software Licensing, mass market, Microsoft, business models, SpyBot

Blog posts 2007-01-25

Closed source use of the open source model

 One big trend of this decade that has not been remarked-upon enough is how many closed source or proprietary products have adopted elements of the open source business model.I mentioned one such company last year, Grisoft. They give anti-virus software away and then, once you become dependent on it, they tell...

Tags: General, Applications, Not Linux, mass market, Microsoft, marketing, business models, open source, RoboForm

Blog posts 2007-01-25

Should open source miss Apple Computer Inc.?

One of the quieter announcement of this week was Apples decision to drop the word Computer from its corporate name. (Thats the new AppleTV at right.)Should we care? Here is why, perhaps, we should.The name change is emblematic of a larger trend that has defined this decade, the replacement of...

Tags: General, Not Linux, Hardware, Apple, Events, mass market, business models, Should open source

Blog posts 2007-01-10

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News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...

Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet

The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...

Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-04

My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbook

The Asus EeePC is silent, it's easy to use, it runs Mozilla, Open Office and wireless networking expertly. No one needs to know it's Linux. It's light as a feather. But if you're a touch typist this is going to hurt. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: ASUS, Linux Laptop, Laptop Computer, Asus EeePC, Linux, Keyboards, Mice, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Red Hat acquires Qumranet

I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Linux netbook buyers are cheap and plentiful

Linux is taking advantage of the netbook trend and disillusion with Windows Vista approaching Bush-like proportions. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Laptop Computer, Netbook, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License

News items 2008-09-04

Dell repair adventure, day 5, with updates

Since our last episode, our hero has been communicating with Bob Pearson, Dell's VP of Communities & Conversations, and Bill Bivin, Dell's Community Liaison, about getting my Dell Lattitude D620 back up and running. Both Bob and Bill give every impression of trying very hard to deal not only with...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Access Virtualization for Mac OS X - Aqua Connect ACTS 3.0

Aqua Connect is an exception. It focuses on providing access virtualization for users of Mac OS-based servers. (For those keeping track, the post, Aqua Connect Access Virtualization for Mac OS X, introduced the company back in December 2007.) This time, the good folks at Aqua Connect are in the process...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Access, Operating System, Environment, Unix, Aqua Connect, Apple Mac OS, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

On stupid mascots and closed source browser plugins

Everyone's been harping on Google this week with the release of Chrome, so I thought I would be different -- today I'm going to give Adobe some love. Because I bet they feel left out. Adobe's Flash and Acrobat Reader plugins are some...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web Browser Plug-in, Adobe Acrobat, Web Browser, Plug-in, Flash, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Community managers and corporate structure

Community managers and corporate structureHonoured to see you here!This is an unexpected pleasure for me: to meet here an important representative of one of the main Linux distro's: openSUSE. :-)I love openSUSE 11.0; it's the operating system that I use most on my multi-boot laptop (my desktops run exclusively on...

Tags: openSUSE

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Anyone bothering with client-side AV anymore?

Anyone bothering with client-side AV anymore?God help your state’s taxpayers.God help your state’s taxpayers. Anyone who would take your view of client side protection in a school is incompetent.Since I use Linux for servers and clients...I only use ClamAV to scan inbound email.RE: Anyone bothering with client-side AV anymore?Do...

Tags: Flash memory, client side

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 ready for lift off

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 ready for lift offAbout time :)If they include XP and keep the price < $400, I'll get one for sure. Nothing against Linux, but all my work involves Windows and MS Office. I actually have an EeePC with Ubuntu installed, sitting on a shelf gathering dust....

Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP, Dell Inspiron Mini 9, Dell Inspiron Mini, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Atom N270, Intel Atom

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn

Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnRE: Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnThe key reason they developed their own browser was for mobile browsing, which is expected to be more and more dominant in coming years. Chrome would be a good browser for the Google Android...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Google Chrome ... the day after

Google Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome had its initial spike from people trying it then realizing how broken it is. So they went back to their default browsers leaving Google out in the cold. The countdown begins now for them to cut...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, countdown, FF3, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome, IE8

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds?

Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds?Where has this been?Oh, hello, MS, is that you? Did you remember that little OS side-project that you've had going on for a couple decades now? I'm so glad to see a renewed interest, please stick around to...

Tags: Operating systems, Boot-time, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03