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Virtualization: The race is on to corner the market

Friday, September 19th, 2008

As the technology goes mainstream, competitors such as Microsoft are eager to dislodge VMware from the top of the virtualization tree. Most of the servers installed next year will be virtualized from the outset, experts have said. But, as the technology goes mainstream, will moves by Microsoft…
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Shuttleworth: Open-source desktops need a facelift

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, is hiring a team to help make open-source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use. Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, is hiring a team to help make open-source software on the…
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Red Hat: Virtualization will be free

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on, Red Hat has predicted virtualization will be included in all operating systems for free Red Hat has predicted that virtualization will be included in all operating systems for free, while setting out the roles of…
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SCO chief testifies: ‘Linux is a copy of Unix’

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Open-source fans have dismissed Darl McBride’s court comments in the lawsuit brought against SCO by Novell Troubled software maker SCO’s chief executive has claimed the Linux operating system includes Unix source code, during a court case in which Novell is suing SCO for royalties on Unix. …
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Details emerge of ’shocking’ OOXML meeting

Monday, March 31st, 2008

At last month’s OOXML ballot resolution meeting, 81 percent of the technical issues around the format were apparently resolved without being properly addressed As Microsoft’s bid to have its Office Open XML specification made an ISO standard the counting of the votes on Monday, more details have emerged of…
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