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Making the Case for Linux Distros in the Business
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Operating systems - who needs them?
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Several years back, I remember meeting some guys from Phoenix Technologies, one of the major developers of PC firmware, who showed me one such idea whose rebirth is well overdue.
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Google and Sun may butt heads over Android
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Google could be heading for a showdown with Sun over the way Android, Google's new mobile phone software platform, handles Java.
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Open Source: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
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"Frequent release cycles are both a curse and a blessing. Software developers are creating fixes and patches all the time. The downside is the developer doesn't want to do upgrades all the time," Barry Klawans, founding member of the Open Solutions Alliance and CTO at JasperSoft, told LinuxInsider. "Commercial vendors in open source are not always doing this process as frequently."
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Point-of-Sale Systems Going Open Source?
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A few years back, some proprietary hardware companies hit the panic button when Dell and Microsoft Windows moved into point-of-sale (POS) systems. Fast forward to the present, and open source is trying its hand at disrupting the POS market. You already know about Linux running on POS systems. Now, POS applications themselves are going open source. Here’s how.
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Sun unveils open virtualisation platform
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During his keynote address at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz unveiled Sun xVM, the company's new open virtualisation and management platform.
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Online music school saves cash with Linux
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CTO Marilyn Hoefner decided to give open source software a try. "We've been extremely happy," Hoefner says.
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Sun, Dell: Hot Partnership
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At first glance, The VAR Guy was underwhelmed by Dell’s decision to offer Sun Solaris on selected servers. But after an hour of digesting the news — and his lunch — The VAR Guy thinks this deal is a rare triple play for Dell, Sun and customers.
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Wal-Mart Plans To Restock Hot-Selling Linux PC
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Wal-Mart officials said Wednesday that the retailer plans to re-stock a hot selling, Linux-based PC that is currently sold out on its Web site. The Everex TC2502 Green gPC will again be available at Walmart.com "in the coming weeks," said a spokesman for the company.
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Is Open Source Recession-Proof?
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Lofty oil prices. Sub-prime mortgage woes. Financial companies (Citigroup, Etrade) stumbling badly. Ouch. Ouch. And Ouch. Whispers of a potential recession ahead continue. That made The VAR Guy wonder: If the U.S. heads into a recession soon, are open source companies better positioned to weather the storm than their closed source counterparts? Let’s take a look.
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Red Hat & Hyperic Finally Made Me Happy
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I previously questioned Red Hat's apparent lack of love for Hyperic. Today, Stacey Schneider, Senior Director of Marketing at Hyperic, tipped me off to a joint Hyperic & Red Hat announcement.
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Germans ramp up U.K. open source support
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British open source advocates will be boosted by the news that German support vendor Credativ is expanding its open source center (OSSC) to support all distributions of Linux in the U.K.
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Linux On Half Of All New Servers? Red Hat's Got Plans
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It's a goal, says the company. Offering more ways to run Linux-based apps, like its recent deal with Amazon, will help.
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Perens urges firms to go open source
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Many companies could successfully partake in open source projects without adversely affecting their business, according to open source activist Bruce Perens.
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Marketer finds good karma in using and sharing open source
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What does a marketing guru with a passion for the South Seas and a penchant for entrepreneurship do? He launches an e-commerce site that sells noni juice, custom surfboards, and island-inspired home accessories, of course.
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