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News The workshops will cover the use of Linux in enterprise environments and will be led by Linux specialist Eddie Bleasdale. IT user organisation NetProject is organising a series of open source seminars for IT directors backed by a number of high... [19 Apr 2000]
Linux for iPod: Cracked thanks to the click wheel
News Schneider set about trying to crack the inaccessible bootloader code with help from Bernard Leach, who works with Schneider on the 'Linux on iPod' project, which creates open source programs for the music player. [04 Mar 2005]
5 years ago: Linux ready for corporate use
News 19.05.99: Linux is ready for corporate use, say silicon.com readers in a poll. However, more than half of the Linux supporters say it's not ready for the desktop, because of lack of support and applications. [19 May 2004]
CIO Jury: Linux ready for the big time
News Linux is ready for business IT systems - although there are still concerns about the cost, compatibility and security of migrating systems to the open source software, according to the latest silicon.com CIO Jury. [16 Dec 2003]
Linux enlisted for mission-critical defence app
News Lockheed Martin selected Concurrent's RedHawk Linux operating system for its United States Army Theater High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) programme, according to Concurrent. RedHawk Linux is a Posix-compliant, real time version of the open source... [01 Dec 2005]
Linux group calls for appointment of Penguin Patch Lieutenant
News The tight-knit group of developers that control the progress of the Linux operating system is looking for a new recruit to manage updates to the code. In a letter to the Linux kernel mailing list, developer Rob Landley called for the post of... [30 Jan 2002]
Silicon.com Poll Result: Linux is ready for business
News The Linux operating system is ready for corporate use, according to an overwhelming majority of Silicon viewers. The survey, which marks the start of Silicon's week-long Linux Special, found that 71 per cent of viewers believe Linux is ready for... [19 May 1999]
Linux: Novell aims for the far east
News It has also launched a Chinese language site for OpenSuSE, the open development project for the SuSE Linux distribution that was launched earlier this month. Novell added that it had signed an agreement with China Standard Software Company, a... [18 Aug 2005]
Linux 'not secure enough for enterprises'
News At the launch, Robb Rasmussen, vice president of EDS Global Alliances, explained that the alliance does not consider Linux to be a suitable operating system for the largest of enterprise customers because the open source operating system has... [17 Mar 2005]
Linux means innovation not extinction for Microsoft
News Schlaeger told the conference that SuSE is aiming for a "flat learning curve" for users who migrate to Linux from other operating systems. Matt Asay, Novell's director of Linux business office, said on Tuesday at the Linux User and Developer Expo... [21 Apr 2004]
Linux is OS of choice for Web servers
News The Internet Operating System Survey has put Linux firmly in first place ahead of Microsoft's Windows NT as the favourite for Web servers. The Pope - who has his own domain for the Vatican City, .va - only uses Linux on his Internet servers. [04 May 1999]
Linux a nice little earner for HP
News Hewlett-Packard said it garnered $2.5bn selling Linux-related products and services in 2003. At that show a year ago, HP chief executive Carly Fiorina said HP earned $2bn Linux-related in 2002. In addition, HP is now selling several new Linux-based... [15 Jan 2004]
Linux build-to-order initiative in for rocky ride
News Larry Augustin, the CEO of VA Linux, told silicon.com: "This is a strategic move for us to gain more ground in the operating systems market. The success of Linux in the networking software arena is enough to prove that the time for restricted... [15 Aug 2000]
Microsoft: Linux is a threat, it may mean prices cuts and less business for us
News Microsoft has filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - and it looks like the Redmond giant could be in for a lean year ahead, even going as far as to hint that Linux and other open-source rivals might be to blame. [03 Sep 2004]
Linux community on the look out for Ramen worm
News The RPC.statd and wu-FTP flaws are commonly known throughout the Linux community. The self-spreading worm scans the internet for servers based on Red Hat 6.2 or 7.0 and then attempts to gain access by using the well known security flaws in the... [19 Jan 2001]
