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Windows bumps Unix as top server OS

February 22, 2006 IDC reports Windows and Linux have moved up a notch in the server market, while Unix and z/OS slipped. TAGS: Unix, IBM z/OS, x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., server OS, mainframe, Gartner Inc., Sun Solaris, server, Linux, IBM Corp., AMD, operating system, HP, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft makes Unix changes

September 1, 2005 Will build more Unix features into future versions of its Windows Server OS and cease work on its separate Services For Unix product. TAGS: Unix, Microsoft Windows Server, server OS, operating system, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft embraces open-source scripting language

January 4, 2006 Company unveils first beta of IronPython, a .Net implementation of Python, in hopes of luring programmers to Windows. TAGS: Python, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio, Unix, scripting language, open source, beta, software company, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Apple Macintosh, Apple Computer, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft preps 'critical' Windows patch

June 9, 2005 Next week's security bulletin will deliver 10 fixes, at least one high-priority patch for Microsoft's OS among them. TAGS: Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, e-mail server, Unix, fix, patch management, server, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Sun releases Solaris 10 for free

February 1, 2005 The server and software company begins offering Solaris 10 as a free download for those who register. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris 10, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, Linux, Unix, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., software company, open source, server, HP, security, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Zend brings PHP to Oracle's database

October 11, 2005 Zend Core for Oracle highlights one of the growing commercial uses of open-source PHP scripting language. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, Oracle Corp., MySQL Database, scripting language, CRM, open-source software, open source, database, IBM Corp., Unix, server, Linux, Microsoft Windows

At Microsoft, the yin and yang of Linux

August 12, 2005 What goes on in Redmond's Linux and Open Source Software Lab? Chief Bill Hilf is the one to ask. Photos: Microsoft's Linux lab TAGS: open-source software, Redmond, Linux, lab, open source, Unix, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., server, Microsoft Windows

Cyberpeace--of sorts--in our time

November 7, 2006 newsmaker Steve Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, interoperability, intellectual property, framework, GPL, Novell Inc., dream, Linux, Unix, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

HP's Itanium blade due in early 2006

November 1, 2005 Move will put HP-UX version of Unix on BladeSystem products--servers available today only with x86 processors. TAGS: Intel Itanium, blade, blade server, HP-UX, Intel Xeon, IBM AIX, Unix, x86 processor, HP Compaq ProLiant, AMD Opteron, IBM PowerPC, IBM Corp., server, HP, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc.

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, Unix, statistics, open source, platform, Red Hat Inc., Linux, operating system, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT

Security from A to Z: OS X

November 28, 2006 Debate rages over whether the Mac operating system is inherently safer than Windows. Part of a series on hot security topics. TAGS: Apple Mac OS X, malicious software, Apple Macintosh, Apple Computer, security, Apple Mac OS, virus, Unix, operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft: No Office on Linux 'at this time'

October 5, 2005 Won't do the same for the open-source OS that it did for Apple's software--at least for now, an exec says. TAGS: Eric Raymond, Linux desktop, Linux, LinuxWorld, open source, Microsoft Office, market share, open-source community, Apple Computer, London, Unix, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Growth in server sales suggests shifting market

February 25, 2005 Strategic sales of more expensive servers indicates the "Band-Aid approach" of recent years is waning, analyst says. TAGS: Linux server, server, Linux, Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Dell, HP, Microsoft Windows

HP joins crowd in boosting Linux position

August 11, 2000 In what is becoming a game of one-upmanship, Hewlett-Packard follows Dell and IBM to make Linux one of its three "strategic" operating systems. TAGS: Linuxcare Inc., Oslo, HP PA-RISC, Linux, HP-UX, Unix, HP, IBM Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., open source, Dell, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Sun begins open-source Solaris era

June 14, 2005 Company posts more than 5 million lines of source code for the operating system's heart in an effort to regain lost ground. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source programmer, programmer, open source, Linux, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., Unix, developer, Intel, firewall, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Sun extends olive branch to Red Hat

September 12, 2005 Sun Microsystems is being more accommodating toward Linux again, making room onstage for Red Hat at a server product launch. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, x86 server, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, Sun UltraSPARC, Scott McNealy, open source, Unix, server, operating system, AMD, HP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Fujitsu unveils two Itanium 2 servers

April 5, 2005 The Primequest 480 and 440 servers emerge from a 2-year-old alliance with Intel to promote that company's Itanium 2. TAGS: Intel Itanium 2, Intel Itanium, Fujitsu, mainframe, North America, server, Japan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., Unix, Intel, chipset, Linux, Microsoft Windows

New worm slows some Internet operations

September 18, 2001 Lag times on parts of the Internet double as the Nimda worm attempts to spread to servers and PCs. TAGS: Exodus Communications, Nimda worm, cyberterrorism, EarthLink Inc., Counterpane Internet Security Inc., worm, consulting, attempt, server, Unix, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows, e-mail

Apple pins April 29 date on Tiger's tail

April 12, 2005 Desktop and server versions of Mac OS X 10.4 will be ready later this month, the Mac maker says. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, WinFS, Apple Mac OS X 10.4, Mac maker, Apple Computer, Spotlight, search technology, Apple Mac OS X, dashboard, Steve Jobs, license, Apple Mac OS, RSS, Unix, server, Apple Macintosh

Lawyers ride shotgun for open source

February 1, 2005 A law center led by Eben Moglen and others will provide free services to developers who use open-source or free-software methods. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Open Source Risk Management, Samba, Free Software Foundation, open source, Linus Torvalds, SCO Group Inc., lawyer, open-source software, Linux, consortium, center, law, intellectual property, professor, Unix
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