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Unbreakable Linux Network

The Unbreakable Linux Network ULN is a comprehensive resource for Oracle Unbreakable Linux support subscribers, and offers access to Linux software patches, updates and fixes, along with information on up2date program and support policies. ULN subscribers will find security updates and additional bug fixes for kernel and other packages; they...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Network, Patch Management, Unbreakable Linux Network, Linux, Patches, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2007-05-01

The Unbreakable Linux Network: An Overview

The Unbreakable Linux Network ULN is a comprehensive resource for Oracle Unbreakable Linux support subscribers, and offers access to Linux software patches, updates and fixes, along with information on up2date program and support policies. ULN subscribers will find security updates and additional bug fixes for kernel and other packages; they...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Network, Patch Management, Unbreakable Linux Network, Linux, Patches, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2007-01-01

Additional Resources

Is an IBM purchase of Red Hat inevitable?

Is an IBM purchase of Red Hat inevitable?Jboss would complement Websphere?Really? Is that like how MySQL is going to complement Oracle's flagship product? Doesn't make sense to me, these products are in direct competition with eachother.I think the biggest threat to RedHat's business model is CentOS. Smart...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Storage, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., X64, Linux, Sun T2, server

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

Oracle architect says there ought to be one Linux distribution: Red Hat

One Oracle exec said there should be only one Linux distribution -- Red Hat -- and claimed there will be no fragmentation of that code base. In an interview with the Linux Foundation recently, Oracle’s chief corporate architect said Oracle Unbreakable Linux is not a product but...

Tags: Linux Distribution, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Can Oracle really change?

Oracle has joined the Open Invention Network. It has licensed OINs patents royalty free, and promised in exchange not to pursue patent suits against "the Linux environment."But does this represent fundamental change?Oracle has not been threatening to sue other Linux vendors. Its own Unbreakable Linux has been a slow-starter in...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Oracle Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-28

Wireless LAN security myths that won't die

Wireless LAN security myths that won't dieDoes OS X probe for hidden SSIDsThe story mentioned that WinXP did this. What about Mac OS X?So at homeI run a 802.11g router in "silent" mode with WPA-PSK. You would argue that I should re-enable the SSID broadcast? Why? ...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Routers & switches, Network technology, wireless, WLAN, SSID, router, Wi-Fi, WPA-PSK

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Windows Home Server: What's inside?

Windows Home Server: What's inside?What's inside? "We have no clue..."But here's what someone else thinks is inside...Geez Mary Jo, couldn't you have thought of something yourself? I don't think home servers will ever take of in a big way, they are just too complex. Most PC users have...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Desktops, Sony Corp., Microsoft Windows Home Server, server, Home Server, Microsoft Windows, PC

Discussion threads 2007-01-08

Microsoft: Pact with Novell is just swell (really it is)

The Microsoft-Novell Linux pact is going swimmingly. And you thought it was fluff. Just ask Microsoft and Novell how things are going. Those two crazy kids have three big companies--Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and AIG Technologies, a part of insurer AIG--taking advantage of the interoperability between Microsoft and...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Microsoft-and Novell, interoperability

Blog posts 2006-12-20

BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition Vol. 4 on Oracle OpenWorld and Oracle's growing Linux and SOA support with analysts Steve Garone, Neil Macehiter and Joe McKendrick

Read a transcript of the podcast.Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, a weekly discussion and dissection of service oriented architecture SOA-related news and events with a panel of independent IT industry analysts and guests. Yours truly, Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions, is your host and moderator.BriefingsDirect...

Tags: Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, Enterprise Java, SOA, SOA Governance, Linux, Microsoft, Software Development, IBM, Developer Tools, Virtualization, JBoss, Red Hat, Intellectual Property, Silicon Valley, Sybase, database, Java, Oracle

Blog posts 2006-11-15

Details still fuzzy on Microsoft-Novell pact

Details still fuzzy on Microsoft-Novell pactSimple, MS wanted to generage FUD about intelectual property around Linux,and, Novel could not turn down the money. Just that simple.Ah the beauty of a private contract.Is that its terms are private. ;-)Ok, the simple truth of it is that it is in both Microsoft's...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2006-11-07

Another view on Oracle Linux

Another view on Oracle Linuxtalk about a two edged sword question!Who's throat would you prefer to choke and who do you prefer are two different things but the way this survey is written makes it sound like you prefer Microsoft if you prefer to choke them and frankly I just...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-11-01

Top posts from ZDNet's blogging network (10/27/06)

Top posts from ZDNet's blogging network (10/27/06)Unbreakable Linux and Patent Infringement RamificationsI've blogged here:http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/unbreakable-linux-theft-of-patented-technology/ about the patent ramifications of this Unbreakable Linux redux... I invite you to my blog...Unfakeable LinuxTake it from where it comes:[url=http://www.redhat.com/promo/unfakeable/]RedHat Responds: Unfakeable Linux[/url]Seems to me Ellison didn't get his way and couldn't buy RH and...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Unbreakable Linux, Unfakeable Linux, blogging network, blogging

Discussion threads 2006-10-27

Red Hat: Unfakeable Linux

Red Hat: Unfakeable LinuxTempest in a TeapotThis is obviously a set piece to get attention by at least Oracle and maybe even Red Hat as well. I'll bet a dime to a dounut within 3-6 months they'll call a truce and claim to be working together for their collective customers.Besides...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux, SuSE

Discussion threads 2006-10-27

Top posts from ZDNet's blogging network (10/27/06)

My stablemates at ZDNet blog-central have been busy the last couple days. Here are some of the highlights from around our network. Ed Burnette is on top of Red Hat's rebuttal to Oracle's surprise "Unbreakable Linux" announcement earlier this week at Oracle OpenWorld. Clearly, the announcement did not settle well with...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux

Blog posts 2006-10-27

Ellison offers full support service for Red Hat Linux at half the price

After a ceremonial closing bell of NASDAQ by Oracle executives, fed live to NYC, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the stage and evangelized for Oracle's scale out grid computing strategy. PC servers if they fail in a grid, you just don't care...you tolerate the failures," Ellison said.   As...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux, Larry Ellison

Blog posts 2006-10-25

Debian locks out developers after server hack

Debian locks out developers after server hackBWAHAHAHHAHA!!ROTFLMAO!!! BWAHAHHAHAHHAALOLLERSKATES!!!This is too funny!!! HAHAHAHAH I can't stop laughing!!!Debian locks out developers after server hackJust when I was feeling down about coming back to work I read this story and I completely feel better!! Just proves linux is not secure...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Hacking, Criminal hacker, Debian, Linux, password, server

Discussion threads 2006-07-14

Allchin: Buy Vista for the security

Allchin: Buy Vista for the securityVista IS rock solid...My rep and I were going through Mr. Allchin's talking points one by one over dinner tonight. Everything he says is completely true. How do I know this? Because I AM RUNNING VISTA IN PRODUCTION here right now as we speak. Laptops...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, security, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2006-01-27

Mozilla faces the curse of popularity

Mozilla faces the curse of popularityOld sayings....I've always heard that "the truth shall set you free."I think in this case the truth shall prove how much of a moron most open source advocates are.ArthasSeveral questionsWhat OSs are the bugs showing up on? How fast, as compared to MS, are they...

Tags: Web browsers, Patches, OPEN SOURCE, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., FIREFOX.EXE, Mozilla Corp., Apache Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2005-09-15

Comparing cost/benefit change: x86 vs. SPARC

Comparing cost/benefit change: x86 vs. SPARCSo you're predicting another losing quarter for Sun.Businesses seem to have templates for purchases. A high cost to us as individuals can appear an insignificant amount as a cost of doing business.Consider, please, the assertion: competition is not primarily about price or performance,...

Tags: Blade servers, Workstations, Servers, Processors, Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Blade, Unix, Sun Sparc, workstation, Sun Blade 150, Intel x86, PC

Discussion threads 2005-08-01

Sony PSP will ruin wireless LAN security in the home

Sony PSP will ruin wireless LAN security in the homeI had heard this before.The larger concern here would be theft from or virus migration to a corp. network or government network. It begs the question though, how easy is it to hack/infect the PSP? Anybody crack one yet? It seems...

Tags: Network security, WIRELESS, Wireless LANs, SECURITY, Sony Corp., WEP, Sony PlayStation Portable, network, router, Wi-Fi, game

Discussion threads 2005-04-29