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With OSS on par with proprietary software, doors are opening for its use in servers, desktop computers, and mobile devices.
Robert Mullins of IDG News Service reports from San Francisco.
SpikeSource CEO: Linux all grown up
In an interview, SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese talks about the company's new software suite that integrates blogs and wikis and
says that Linux has come of age
Hands on with Palm's Foleo
Palm's device might be of interest for some Treo-using mobile professionals, but most people would be better served by a regular
notebook
VMware co-founder: Virtual appliance a threat to OS
At LinuxWorld, VMware officer cautions that virtual appliance/virtualized server combo could supplant use of host OS, but
some conference attendees disagree
Linux seen vying with Windows for platform dominance
Linux Foundation director sees Linux entering second stage of growth and a computing world dominated by two platforms
HP turns to Linux for datacenter of the future
The company claims that the next-generation datacenter will depend in part on Linux and the open source community
Dell pushes Linux into enterprises with virtualization
At LinuxWorld, Dell's CTO envisioned clients running several operating systems via virtualization and noted that Linux is
best prepared to handle such a task
Motorola sees Linux as its mobile mainstay
At LinuxWorld, Motorola announced plans to install Linux on 60 percent of its handsets within two years
Novell CEO backs standard Linux apps certification
Hovsepian emphasized the need for a vendor-neutral effort on certification
Oracle opens up latest Linux enhancements
At the LinuxWorld conference, Oracle unveiled improvements to its open source software that are aimed at improving Linux's
enterprise capabilities
Linux Foundation adds ace open-source attorneys to team
Linux group will host a strategy summit to build a legal defense infrastructure to protect Linux users from legal challenges
eBay imparts datacenter knowlege
Bigger than Nasdaq, eBay knows how to manage a datacenter
IBM, Novell strengthen desktop, server ties
The companies' collaborations, aimed at countering Microsoft Exchange and Red Hat's JBoss, will provide an open collaboration
client and additional support for WAS CE
Indian agency to deploy Linux in schools
ELCOT, whic provides IT services to the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has already migrated its own infrastructure from
Windows to Suse Linux Enterprise
Amazon.com CTO stresses services over datacenters
Executive cites shifting paradigms in online retailer's new offerings in software services rather than physical resources
OSA debuts CCV interoperability prototype
Common Customer View makes it easier for users to have a single companywide view of interactions with their customers
EnterpriseDB releases PostgreSQL distribution
EnterpriseDB adds tools for cryptography, security, full-text searching, and replication to better compete with MySQL
Dell, Red Hat mix and match OS and application stack
Windows OS and open-source infrastructure will give IT more choice
Google ups Linux support as OIN licensee
Google is first end-user licensee of intellectual property company focused on protecting Linux against patent infringement
attacks
Linux kernel maintainer allays fears about forking
Linux Foundation official also expresses doubts about GPL v3, OpenSolaris
Mobile Linux group gets wider support
LiMo Foundation gains new members; group will work to create a Linux platform for mobile devices
IBM shows what Power6 processor can do
Power6's Live Partition Mobility makes it possible to move a Unix-based computer workload from one server to another while
it is running
Lenovo to preload Linux on some Thinkpads
Lenovo will sell and provide support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 for the first time, in answer to similar moves by
rival Dell
IBM Information Server Blade does data integration
Appliance-like blade system with Information Server reconciles and integrates data from multiple sources
Open source upheaval
Support-based business models and collaborative software communities have changed the software industry forever. Is it make
or break time for conventional vendors?
Open source lands in the enterprise with both feet
Major business applications on Linux turns OS into a commodity
Open source joins the mainstream
LinuxWorld Conference attendees are judging open source software by the same criteria they judge proprietary software, opening
up more opportunities
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