linux in comment and analysis
Leader: Why the BBC must do more with iPlayer
Leader The BBC estimates less then three per cent of computer users in the UK are Mac users although figures for Linux aren't given. That by the end of the year, Linux and Mac users will be able to stream iPlayer content onto their machines is certainly a... [19 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... MS vs open source, wi-fi risks, being green...
Comment Make everything Linux or Microsoft, but not lots of different products, in the big picture that does not work. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [18 Oct 2007]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile The father of Linux re-emerges in the rankings due to his ongoing contributions in the open-source world - including setting up the Linux Foundation this year from the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group in an... [12 Oct 2007]
Open season
AS Analysis GNU founder Richard Stallman reappears at number 40 in the rankings and Linux creator Linus Torvalds at number 44 after a brief absence by both men from the Agenda Setters list of 2006. Microsoft has been at the centre of controversy over the past... [12 Oct 2007]
Bruce Perens
AS Profile Beating father of Linux Linus Torvalds in the rankings, Bruce Perens was singled out by this year's panel for his pre-eminence in keeping the flag of free and open-source software flying high. Author of The Open Source Definition, a self-described... [12 Oct 2007]
Bill Maguire
AS Profile The airline is running more than half its applications on Red Hat Linux and outsourcing its reservation system and network infrastructure. From a standing start, Bill Maguire has built a lightweight and flexible technology set-up for the new... [12 Oct 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.09.07
Round-Up A naked PC policy would open the door to Linux distributions but most likely only in the enterprise space or among power users. Installing Linux is hardly a hassle free experience for the average person in the street. [28 Sep 2007]
Dear silicon.com... open source vs MS, budget overruns, the iPhone, patents...
Comment I think the perception within IT management is that OS / Linux skills aren't readily available from the skills market and that people that do have Linux skills are expensive because its niche. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are... [20 Sep 2007]
Dear silicon.com... wi-fi CCTV, BBC iPlayer, skills shortage, robots...
Comment As far as I can see that's what the Beeb have done, but obviously they will need to target Apple and Linux as well. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are... [13 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.08.07
Round-Up Linux? If your sole hope in opening this week's Round-Up was to discover by chance which technology has been voted the 'most influential' of the past 25 years then you are truly the bearer of outrageous fortune. [03 Aug 2007]
Leader: Time for a ceasefire in iPlayer row
Leader But we wait for Linux and Mac versions, due later this year. There has been a lot of criticism levelled at the BBC for its on-demand TV service - iPlayer - since it was unveiled back in June. The Beeb's attempt at an on-demand, online TV service... [31 Jul 2007]
Minority Report: Macs gaining enterprise cred
Comment However when silicon.com asked a similar question last week around half replied that they'd seriously look at the Mac or Linux platforms as a viable alternative to the Windows hegemony. Over the past few years Apple has done a lot to make Macs more... [19 Jul 2007]
The McCue Interview: Richard Snooks, CIO, Capital & Regional
Comment He is actively looking at alternatives, including a trial of a SuSe Linux desktop inside the IT department. Snooks says he sees no reason why, for example, the browser-based tills at the leisure outlets couldn't run on SuSe Linux with a Firefox... [09 Jul 2007]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile Richard Steel is not afraid of courting controversy and famously hit the headlines after ditching Linux trials and signing a new licensing deal for the London Borough of Newham with Microsoft after concluding it offered better value. [06 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.04.07
Round-Up Pre-installed Linux (currently over 128,000 votes), Open Office pre-installed (over 92,000), FireFox installed as the default browser (over 68,000) and no operating system pre-loaded at all (over 61,000) are currently topping the wish list. [27 Apr 2007]
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