April
Sub-archives
Apr 30, 2012
Ubuntu 12.04 arrives and it's great
Canonical’s latest Linux distribution, Ubuntu 12.04, is now available for your home and office and it’s a winner. read more...
Oracle vs. Google: Dead lawsuit walking
Oracle’s case is as dead now as when it began. Like SCO with its insane attacks against IBM and Linux, Oracle doesn’t have a leg to stand on in its Google litigation. read more...
Apr 26, 2012
Linux Foundation to host CloudOpen to mitigate open source cloud war
The Linux Foundation will host CloudOpen later this summer for backers and supporters of OpenStack, CloudStack and other open source cloud related projects. It will run parallel with LinuxCon NA in late August in San Diego. read more...
Red Hat and SUSE join IBM in new Linux system, Canonical opts out
While Red Hat and SUSE are throwing their support behind IBM’s new Linux POWER servers, Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company, has opted to sit this one out. read more...
Apr 25, 2012
Enterprises: Embrace open source development or go extinct
A Forrester analyst warns that enterprises must evolve their IT systems of record into systems of engagement which allow customers, partners, suppliers and machines to engage seamlessly with corporate data — or fall prey to digital upstarts. read more...
Next Ubuntu Q to bring font, icon, Quantum Openstack service to Linux
Ubuntu captain Mark Shuttleworth said the next cycle of Ubuntu releases, code named Quantal Quetzal, will incorporate new font and icon innovations to further dazzle the Linux client as well as the Quantum virtualized networking and possibly a new form factor. read more...
Apr 24, 2012
Linus Torvalds wins the tech. equivalent of a Nobel Prize: the Millennium Technology Prize
Linux Creator’s Linus Torvalds is one of two laureates for the Millennium Technology Prize. This award is close as technology has to a Nobel Prize. read more...
Only 20% of corporate OSS users manage components
Only about 20 percent of companies using open source components have lock down controls and fewer than 50 percent have corporate policies in place to manage component usage, according to a study of 2500 developers released by component repository vendor Sonatype read more...
Apr 19, 2012
Red Hat cautiously optimistic about Microsoft's Open Technologies Inc
Red Hat today releases an official statement on the recent announcement of Microsoft’s Open Technologies Inc. The company was cautiously optimistic but alluded to the fact that Microsoft was once opposed to openness. read more...
Ubuntu wants to be your cloud and data-center Linux
Ubuntu is best known as a popular desktop Linux, but it also wants to be your Linux of choice for both your data-center and your cloud. read more...
