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Mobile Linux standards forum gives up

June 26, 2008 Efforts to standardize mobile Linux get put on hold after the Linux Phone Standards Forum announced it's merging with the Linux Mobile Foundation. TAGS: Mobile Linux, Linux, implementation, Apple iPhone, organization, platform, open source, Google Inc.

Key mobile Linux platform out in March

February 4, 2008 The LiMo Foundation's mobile Linux platform will be released next month, but the API is available to developers immediately. TAGS: Morgan Gillis, Mobile Linux, platform, handset, API, Linux, consortium, specification, founder, member, developer

More heavyweights join mobile-Linux group

February 11, 2008 Orange, Access join the LiMo Foundation to collaborate on its upcoming mobile-Linux platform, which promises more applications for users. TAGS: Mobile Linux, Orange PCS, heavyweight, Linux, Microsoft Access, LG Electronics Inc., Barcelona, specification, operator, Spain, Samsung Electronics, handset, platform, member, developer, operating system

LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia, and mobile Linux

February 4, 2008 Morgan Gillis discusses the LiMo Foundation's first mobile Linux platform release and why it matters that Nokia bought Trolltech. TAGS: Morgan Gillis, Trolltech, Mobile Linux, Nokia Corp., platform, API, handset, member, acquisition, consortium, announcement, Linux

Gphone vs. iPhone: The security debate begins

November 8, 2007 Plans for Google's Android spark discussion about whether its Linux platform will prove more--or less--secure than Apple's proprietary iPhone. TAGS: Open Handset Alliance, McAfee Inc., secure, Linux, vulnerability, source code, Apple iPhone, security, open source, platform, Apple Computer, Google Inc.

From Danger's realm come Android's makers

November 12, 2007 Google's Andy Rubin talks nuts and bolts about the Linux-based phone software, the lessons of Sidekick, and the beauty of the iPhone.Google releases Android toolsImages: Software tools for Google A... TAGS: Andy Rubin, alliance, specification, Google Inc., Linux, emulator, mashup, SDK, platform, Apple iPhone, developer, work, keyboard, cell phone, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Palm touts stability of Linux-based Treos

April 11, 2007 CEO says Linux-based operating system is due to appear on Palm Treo handsets by the end of this year. TAGS: Palm Inc., Palm Treo, stability, Linux, Palm OS, platform, handset, operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile, functionality, Microsoft Access, brand, open source, CEO, Microsoft Windows

Commentary: Linux on the desktop

November 9, 2004 How serious a threat is the alternative operating system to Microsoft? For those who are mulling a switch, the key is to follow the money. TAGS: Linux, procurement, Forrester Research Inc., commentary, enterprise, small and medium business, platform, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Trolltech axes the Greenphone

October 22, 2007 The Linux developer says it will now focus on its Qtopia platform and leave the hassles of hardware to other companies. TAGS: Trolltech, Mobile Linux, Vodafone Group Plc., hardware company, mobile application, open source, handset, platform, Linux, developer

Torvalds switches to Apple

March 9, 2005 Linux figure says his main desktop is no longer an x86 machine. He wanted to "check out the other side." TAGS: Linus Torvalds, Intel x86, Linux, Apple Computer, platform, Apple Macintosh

Mobile phone companies join forces on Linux

June 15, 2006 Several cell phone makers and mobile operators plan to pull resources to develop a common Linux operating system for mobile devices. TAGS: mobile operator, handset maker, foundation, handset, Linux, Motorola Inc., Motorola ROKR, specification, platform, cell phone company, telephone company, mobile phone, API, operating system, mobile device, cell phone

Microsoft's eye on open source

July 20, 2005 Software giant's Martin Taylor soldiers on, evangelizing that open source may not be all it's cut out to be. TAGS: open source, Linux, open-source software, platform, Microsoft Corp.

Qantas ditches Linux for AIX

April 27, 2007 Airline looks to IBM's Unix-based AIX platform to handle internal finance systems, says "stability issues" were a factor. TAGS: airline, Hyperion Solutions Corp., IBM AIX, finance, transformation, Oracle Corp., Linux, Unix, IBM Corp., platform, approach

Caldera CEO mulls unified Unix/Linux

August 17, 2001 Ransom Love, chief executive of Caldera International, discusses the future of the open-source movement and his vision of a unified Unix/Linux platform. TAGS: Caldera Systems Inc., Caldera International, GNU, thin client, SCO Group Inc., Linux, business computing, Unix, open source, platform, CEO, vision, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Web browser, server

Linux gets its 'Moto' running

July 28, 2006 With phone called "Ming," company builds Chinese dynasty, helps Linux in its advance against Great Wall of rival OSes. TAGS: Motorola Inc., Mobile Linux, Linux, Trolltech, OEM, Symbian Inc., China, smart phone, Nokia Corp., mobile device, NEC Electronics Corp., Panasonic, API, platform, Samsung Electronics, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Experts question Windows win in flaw tally

January 6, 2006 A US-CERT report that found Microsoft's OS had fewer vulnerabilities than Linux-Unix in 2005 is flawed itself, critics say. TAGS: LINUX/UNIX, vulnerability, flaw, researcher, open-source community, statistics, Linux, Unix, operating system, open source, platform, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Windows NT, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Sun's fighting chance

September 20, 2004 Forrester CEO George Colony argues that if Sun goes down, it's going to go down taking very big swings. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, pricing, Linux, vendor, Intel x86, operating system, platform, IBM Corp., cell phone, Microsoft Corp.
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