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Myron Hrycyk
Q&A Microsoft vs Linux, SAP vs Oracle; what new technologies will be available in three years; what companies will have disappeared and what the shape and content of my business will be. Employer and official job title: Unipart Logistics - IT Director. [25 Apr 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.04.06
Round-Up Many uncouth troublemakers have suggested that by curbing the sale of naked PCs Microsoft is also damaging the potential market for open source operating systems such as Linux. The formalities were followed by a hearty, home-cooked evening meal at... [21 Apr 2006]
Leader: Linux in government - better late than never
Leader Some people might be surprised that the government is only just waking up to the idea that open source is secure, stable and attractive to end users. Better late than never, though. And to be honest, Whitehall has been getting cannier about its... [02 Mar 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: The search for intelligent web info
Comment Try leaving a post on Slashdot that says Linux on the desktop is a small blip in modern commerce, and see what result you get. Is there a way to make the information we find on the web more reliable? [16 Feb 2006]
Leader: Microsoft needs an 'A'
Leader So just as Microsoft is fighting the rise of Linux around the world with stripped-down versions of its operating system, it could face new generations of computer-literate kids who aren't necessarily going to need (or want) Windows on their PC... [09 Jan 2006]
Opinion: 2006 - the year for open source
Comment I sometimes wonder if the author Salman Rushdie gives an occasional sigh of relief that he wrote the Satanic Verses and not a column on Linux. For this to happen, then, we need to recognise the fundamental differences in the Linux and Windows... [09 Jan 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Gov't IT - get it right
Comment Secondly, then, government IT should go for standards-based solutions wherever possible - these can be open standards such as Linux or Java, or de-facto standards such as Microsoft's .NET. The latest government IT strategy is not all bad but could... [01 Dec 2005]
Leader: Open systems, open minds
Leader Physicists will be the first to benefit from the world's biggest computing grid, being built to help process the vast amounts of data which will flow from CERN's particle smashing experiments. It's rare that the public sector, and in particular... [24 Nov 2005]
Opinion: Microsoft vs Linux - the Empire strikes back?
Comment The struggle between Windows and the open source movement calls for epic metaphors, says Simon Moores, but the battle will be fought in the middle ground and can we really expect Linux to defeat the Empire there? [23 Nov 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.11.05
Round-Up Petrick, a Mac enthusiast, is also a whiz with Linux apparently. Behind every master criminal is a master lawman - think of the evil Moriarty to Sherlock Holmes, albeit a fictional example. And in the grand scheme of things we are led to believe... [18 Nov 2005]
Leader: Nokia - PC maker?
Leader The 770, for example - a Linux-based tablet device - has no voice functionality at all. Yesterday handset giant Nokia announced more new phones. Same old stuff, different day? Well, not quite. These handsets are different. [03 Nov 2005]
The anti-establishment vote
AS Analysis Brampton said: "He still maintains a close grip on Linux, which is a pretty core element of the open source movement, one of the validating elements of the whole thing. Russell Altendorff, IT director of the London Business School, said: "I think... [26 Sep 2005]
The east Asia story
AS Analysis It is working with China and Japan to develop an Asian version of Linux that can read any program from the three countries and has unveiled plans to roll out the platform to 10,000 schools. Indian players still loom large on the Agenda Setters poll... [26 Sep 2005]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile Born in 1991 while Torvalds was at university, Linux is "one of the validating elements" of open source, according to one Agenda Setters panellist - and Torvalds still keeps a close grip on the operating system's kernel development. [23 Sep 2005]
Bob Young
AS Profile Bob Young, best known for the years when he was CEO of Linux distribution leader Red Hat, squeaks on to this year's list. He wasn't one of last year’s 50 but has been in the past. Post-Red Hat, he is still considered a mover and shaker - this time... [23 Sep 2005]
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