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Linux gurus expect 2008 to be the year of Linux

Apabrita — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:59:15 +0000

2008 should be a good year for Linux. At least that’s what the experts predict. With Mac releasing a new version of OS and Windows Vista already in the market, Linux was loosing ground until recently. The sweltering international support,...

Sun to develop easy-to-use Solaris, will borrow features from Linux

Jolly — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:57:21 +0000

Sun Microsystems will be refurbishing Solaris operating system and try and make it much easier to use than it currently is. The company will also be borrowing some features from its rival OS, Linux. Both Solaris and Linux aim at security and...

Red Hat acquires MetaMatrix for SOA apps

Dharmendra — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:41:26 +0000

Red Hat, open source purveyor, recently announced to have signed a definitive agreement to purchase privately held data management firm MetaMatrix, for an undisclosed sum of money. As per the details of the deal, MetaMatrix’s software is...

Microsoft accused of hijacking web

Ashutosh — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:16:51 +0000

In the latest accusation leveled on the Microsoft is that it’s trying to ‘hijack HTML’ with its soon to be launched Vista platform. These were leveled by Simon Awde, the chairman of the European Committee for interoperable...

Adobe launches Flash Player 9 for Linux

Jolly — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:25:15 +0000

Adobe has kept its promise of releasing a Flash product for Linux. They have released the latest version that is Version 9 of the player. Flash Player is needed by web browsers for viewing multimedia content on the web such as YouTube videos....

RHEL 5 to be released in March 2007

Jolly — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:27:11 +0000

Initially the fifth version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux was scheduled to ship in December 2006, but later the company decided to postpone the release when they released the second beta version in November. Now the company is sure that they will...

RHEL 5 Second Beta Releases

Jolly — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:36:38 +0000

Red Hat has released a second beta version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5. The main feature of this new release is the inclusion of Xen virtualization software which lets the machine run multiple OS and increased efficiency. The new...

Oracle to launch Linux for High-End business people

Jolly — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:17:59 +0000

Oracle has announced that it will provide open-source software for big businesses. It will soon offer its own version of Red Hat’s Linux open-source OS. Oracle’s Linux will be the same as the Red Hat one, but it will strip the Red Hat...