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- I swear, this is not another Unixfication post
- I swear, this is not another Unixfication postClarifyLinus would have a difficult time moving the kernel to GPLv3. Many kernel devs have already 'nixed' the idea and Linus, unlike the FSF does not hold the copyrights on all kernel contributions.Since it's been ruled that UNIX is owned by Novell and...
- Tags: Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Unixfication, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linus
- Discussion threads 2008-05-18
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- News to know: Microsoft-Yahoo talks (again); OLPC; Gmail themes; Firefox 3.0
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: We don't have to buy Yahoo outright; Is it joint venture time? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and Yahoo: A new deal in the works? BoomTown: Microsoft to Buy Just Yahoo's Search Business? NYT: In Reversal, Microsoft Proposes...
- Tags: Google Gmail, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- I swear, this is not another Unixfication post
- Photo: Jeff Bonwick and Linus Torvalds I was resolved not to write another Unixfication story until I had more concrete news of Sun and Linus actually working together, and filed it away under "Maybe". Like many of the speculative peices I write, it...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-18
- Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse
- Last week, I blogged about the possible future of a unified UNIX GPLv3 operating system "mother distro" comprising the merged source code of the Solaris and Linux kernels (and presumably, the source code of other vendors as well) and related GNU stack with associated tools and applications. ...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., GPLv3, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Office 2007, Xen, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Unixfication II
- Unixfication IIUnixification II: The AwakeningSure, I think that some unixification is good for the sake of interoperability but I like having different OSs to rely on--call them niche or whatever but there is even a place for Windows...the only non-Unix OS left.I don't want just one open source OS, no...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Unixfication II, Linux, OpenSolaris, kernel, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- 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
- OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up
- What would Ubuntu be like if it were an OS for grown-ups? This week at its CommunityOne event in San Francisco, Sun will release its May 2008 build of OpenSolaris (2008.05) the Open Source operating system based on the source code of the...
- Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., BSD, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- UNIX - Let's get together and feel all right
- People have often accused me of dreaming too much and not having my thoughts anchored in reality, particularly in this world of multi-billion dollar technology companies and big business, when huge amounts of money are at stake and every competitor is vying for the top spot. In...
- Tags: GPL, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., CDDL, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
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