Software

The latest customer survey comparing Linux and Windows servers crowns the open source operating system the winner, but tips some ease-of-administration advantages to Microsoft. Results of the Research and Markets survey, which did not specify any particular Linux distribution or Windows server versi...

Government entities around the world are not only increasing their use of free and open source software, they are actually sharing, collaborating and coordinating in open source fashion to meet federal, state and local government IT needs, recent data suggests. IDC's government IT research company G...

Novell is touting its inclusion of Xen server virtualization software in its new Suse Linux Enterprise 10, calling the open source virtualization technology from XenSource one of the three most important features of its latest Linux platform. Novell, which also released updated enterprise desktop an...

Mozilla's open source Firefox browser continues to chip away at Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Firefox's share of the global browser market grew to 12.93 percent in July, according to a new report from Web analytics provider OneStat.com. Although that number is still small, compared to the whopping ...

Mozilla's open source Firefox browser continues to creep up on Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Firefox's share of the global browser market grew to 12.93 percent in July, according to a new report. Although that number is still small, compared to the whopping 83.05 percent enjoyed by IE, Firefox's to...

Novell is evangelizing its Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, but the company is not looking for an all-out war with software giant Microsoft. Rather, it is looking to find its niche on the business user's desktop. Novell has already gained Linux desktop momentum with transaction and fixed-function a...

For the first time, IBM is making Lotus Notes available for Linux. The initial offering supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Update 3. The company will add a Notes client for Novell Suse Linux Desktop within three months. These are the first Linux-based business applications from IBM. Of course, IBM...

Anxious Firefox users may have to wait a few more days for the official early beta release of Firefox 2.0, Alex Guerra, a spokesperson for the Mozilla Foundation, told LinuxInsider, but the public already is getting a taste of what's to come. The browser's debut was scheduled for release on Tuesday ...

The Eclipse Foundation this week unveiled a grouped, open source software release dubbed "Callisto" that it considers a shining example of open source software development for the enterprise. The foundation's biggest feat with respect to the release -- a collection of 7 million lines of code contrib...

Longtime Linux distribution vendor Xandros is not touting the latest Linux kernel functionality, KDE 3.42 user interface, or other cutting edge open source gems of the new version of its desktop operating system. Instead, Xandros has dubbed version 4.0 of its OS the "Digital Lifestyle Linux Desktop,...

Sun Microsystems will continue its ongoing investment in open source and the AJAX application model by joining the OpenAJAX Alliance and Dojo Foundation, the company said. Sun intends to drive open standards for AJAX programming and increase interoperability across AJAX technologies through its part...

Symantec has agreed to deliver high availability, storage management, and backup products for IBM's Linux on Power platform by 2006, a move designed to help clients consolidate Linux applications on the System p platform. This announcement reflects Symantec's commitment to support all major Unix, Li...

Japanese Linux vendor Turbolinux last week announced a couple of big deals in China, as the company looks to take advantage of China's pro-open source government backing and the replacement of SCO-Unix servers in a Turbolinux bid for market expansion. Turbolinux said Qinzang Railway, part of China's...

IBM announced plans this week to contribute what it calls "key intellectual assets" to the open source community, in an effort to help companies and software developers adopt and share best practices for Ajax software development. With its software contributions the firm aims to foster an industry c...

Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone announced on Thursday plans to establish the world's first global, open Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. The companies are developing a Linux-based platform that it hopes will lower develop...