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The lessons of Linux
Microsoft learns from the operating system's strengths, Red Hat wants to take the OS to schools, and Turbolinux looks beyond its namesake.
Microsoft learns from the strengths of the operating system that it loves to hate, Red Hat wants to take the OS to schools, and Turbolinux looks beyond its namesake. Linus Torvalds, meanwhile, says the kernel is good enough for most applications and that the big thing lately is the look and feel.
One of the four companies to win prominence selling the Linux operating system now is trying to direct attention to higher-level software that runs on many different computers.
August 31, 2001
Linux debate focuses on future
video Open-source leaders gathered this week at LinuxWorld in San Francisco to discuss the future of the programming movement they helped create.
August 30, 2001
Red Hat CEO pushes Linux in schools
Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik says Linux developers should take some of the time they devote to programming and put it toward boosting open-source software in education.
August 30, 2001
Microsoft learns from enemy Linux
The software titan has spent a lot of time attacking Linux recently, but it has learned and benefited from the rival operating system.
August 29, 2001
Making Linux usable tops Torvalds' list
The biggest development in Linux in the past year has been a more refined user interface, Linus Torvalds says, deprecating the deeper work that remains his own domain.
August 29, 2001
Lawyer Lessig raps new copyright laws
Copyright and patent law, ostensibly designed to protect innovation, now have become tools large companies can use to maintain their dominance and control, Lawrence Lessig says.
August 29, 2001
Motorola picks Lineo for set-top box
Lineo's Embedix product--which combines Linux with proprietary software--will be an option on Motorola's DCT5000 series of high-end set-top television boxes.
August 28, 2001
Linux company to work on supercomputer
Linux NetworX will collaborate with SGI and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to develop software for storing data on "clusters" of Linux computers.
August 28, 2001
Compaq: Big business still leery of Linux
It has technical strength and industry momentum, but several obstacles remain before the Unix clone will penetrate the deepest parts of corporate computing.
August 28, 2001
IBM finds new backing for Linux
Updating the love it has for Linux, IBM argues that the relatively new operating system has begun fulfilling its potential as mainstream customers build serious servers with it.
August 27, 2001
One of the four companies to win prominence selling the Linux operating system now is trying to direct attention to higher-level software that runs on many different computers.
August 31, 2001
Linux debate focuses on future
video Open-source leaders gathered this week at LinuxWorld in San Francisco to discuss the future of the programming movement they helped create.
August 30, 2001
Red Hat CEO pushes Linux in schools
Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik says Linux developers should take some of the time they devote to programming and put it toward boosting open-source software in education.
August 30, 2001
Microsoft learns from enemy Linux
The software titan has spent a lot of time attacking Linux recently, but it has learned and benefited from the rival operating system.
August 29, 2001
Making Linux usable tops Torvalds' list
The biggest development in Linux in the past year has been a more refined user interface, Linus Torvalds says, deprecating the deeper work that remains his own domain.
August 29, 2001
Lawyer Lessig raps new copyright laws
Copyright and patent law, ostensibly designed to protect innovation, now have become tools large companies can use to maintain their dominance and control, Lawrence Lessig says.
August 29, 2001
Motorola picks Lineo for set-top box
Lineo's Embedix product--which combines Linux with proprietary software--will be an option on Motorola's DCT5000 series of high-end set-top television boxes.
August 28, 2001
Linux company to work on supercomputer
Linux NetworX will collaborate with SGI and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to develop software for storing data on "clusters" of Linux computers.
August 28, 2001
Compaq: Big business still leery of Linux
It has technical strength and industry momentum, but several obstacles remain before the Unix clone will penetrate the deepest parts of corporate computing.
August 28, 2001
IBM finds new backing for Linux
Updating the love it has for Linux, IBM argues that the relatively new operating system has begun fulfilling its potential as mainstream customers build serious servers with it.
August 27, 2001
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Compaq signs deal with open-source firm
The computer maker agrees to work with Covalent Technology to jointly develop and market Covalent's Apache Web server software.
August 24, 2001
Linux start-up bets on new product, HP deal
Mission Critical Linux releases a new high-end product for telecommunications companies and announces a partnership with Hewlett-Packard, moves that could help the start-up resolve uncertainty about its future.
August 24, 2001