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The future of hypervisors

The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools, each with different strengths and weaknesses.

Alfresco 4.0 heads for the cloud

The latest enterprise release of the Alfresco CMS prepares users for content management in the cloud

OpenStack removes Hyper-V support in next release

Microsoft appeared interested in maintaining support for Hyper-V in OpenStack, but developers decided to remove the buggy code

Kernel guru Greg Kroah-Hartman joins Linux Foundation

Former Suse fellow will continue to work on Linux in his new role as a fellow, the same position held by Linux creator Linus Torvalds

Microsoft 'committed' to Hyper-V OpenStack support

The OpenStack community is considering dropping support for Hyper-V

Pentaho open sources 'big data' integration tools under Apache 2.0

Tooling related to NoSQL databases, Hadoop, and MapReduce will become available at no charge

FBI seeks Big Brother-'Minority Report' hybrid

FBI has designs on a social-media analysis tool for spotting and responding to threats -- but potential for abuses is worrisome

Linux Mint 13 gets back to desktop basics

The developers behind Linux Mint are simplifying the operating system's desktop interface

Oracle proposal would create single committee to oversee Java specs

Java EE/SE and ME specifications would all be under one committee's auspices if the proposal is accepted

HP plans September open-source release for WebOS

It also said it would release the code under the Apache License

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Desktop Linux: Ready for the mainstream

Organizations can adopt Linux for many users, and save the high upgrade costs of Vista or Windows 7 more

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Linux admin IQ test

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Despite whacking Windows, Linux gets too little respect
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Despite whacking Windows, Linux gets too little respect

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A decade on, management holds onto an outdated view of Linux that may be hindering its adoption
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