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IBM to expand Linux Lab
IBM Australia plans to boost its Linux development operation located in the ACT with support of the local government. Read more »
IBM asks for Linux ban on SCO
IBM asked a federal court to bar the SCO Group, a Linux adversary, from distributing any Linux software, in the latest filing in their ongoing legal battle. Read more »
IBM teams with Linux firms for Microsoft-free PCs
IBM has launched its latest attack on Microsoft in the enterprise, forming an alliance with three top Linux distributors to promote Microsoft-free PCs around the world. Read more »
Aussie business can learn from Linux: IBM chief
Australia's future economic prosperity will depend on it embracing the principles of community-driven technologies such as Linux and Second Life, according to IBM CEO Glen Boreham. Read more »
UK government and IBM test a secure Linux
The U.K. Cabinet Office and IBM are working together on a secure open-source environment for public and private sector organisations. Read more »
IBM debuts new Linux-only server
IBM has announced a new low-end server, its first Power processor-based system that can run the Linux operating system without needing IBM's AIX as well. Read more »
IBM set to release Linux-only Power server
The Power5 processor-based servers will only run Linux, and will come with an aggressively low price tag, sources say. Read more »
IBM not re-entering PC world with Linux machine
The company says it is not getting back into the PC market, despite selling 'Microsoft-free' PCs, running Linux and OpenOffice, in eastern Europe Read more »
Linux cheaper than Windows, say IBM reports
Linux is cheaper to install and run than Windows, says two reports sponsored by IBM. Read more »
IBM moves Linux beat to Brazil
IBM is taking its love of Linux to South America, introducing consulting services to promote the open-source operating system in Brazil. Read more »
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Building the Linux business infrastructure
IBM has the Linux middleware tools you need today--but so do Oracle, BEA, and many other enterprise software vendors. Why the rush, and what's in it for you? Read more »
Start-up beats IBM for Linux software
A revamped version of key disk drive management software in Linux will be based on a project from a start-up, spurring a retreat by IBM programmers working on competing software. Read more »
Who's liable for Linux?
It's the next big Linux controversy: Who should be liable if customers wind up using software that was created from misappropriated intellectual property? Read more »
The FUD war against Linux
Open-source activist Bruce Perens uncovers the SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince users that trade secrets of Unix have been copied into Linux. Read more »
Open-source Visionary: Linux red-flags to fall
Linux developers will cure corporate buyers of any lingering Linux phobias according to open-source guru, Dan Frye. Read more »
IBM DB2 9.0 Review
DB2 9.0 has a lot for the newcomer or seasoned hand alike. Read more »
IBM lights up mainframe's 40th birthday
Forty years after Big Blue introduced the S/360, the zaftig systems are still going strong and finding a way to fit into 21st-century computing. Read more »
Octopiler helps multicore coders
IBM's compiler helps adapt programs to use the Cell chip's nine cores. Read more »
Who says standards are sacred?
The latest Java dispute opens the window on a little-discussed truth: Standardisation usually favors bigger companies. And many companies are much better off without them. Read more »
The beginning of the end of Java as we know it?
Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated. Read more »
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IBM: Linux in 2018?
At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, IBM executive Bob Suter talks about what a desktop will mean in the future, saying it will focus more on mobile devices like iPhones and collaborations across platforms. He then calls for better graphics designers in the open-source world to make them easier... Read more »
Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'
The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local executive for Sun Microsystems. Read more »
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Lack of turn out shows Linux's crossover
-- This week's Roundup looks at the lack of excitement surronding this year's LinuxWorld conference, Dan Kaminsky has finally revealed the details of his DNS flaw and we take a look at the new features to come in Firefox. Read more »
The Fud is Flying! (Again)
-- It seems like that the latest marketing technique for software vendors is to sling a little FUD and see if it sticks. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt make for some attention-grabbing headlines and are great for scaring potential customers away from a competitors offering. Read more »
Ubuntu gets jaunty
-- This week's Roundup looks at Ubuntu's new Jaunty Jackalope, new rules of virtualisation, the world of browsers and more. Read more »
Irony of it all
-- Sun has finally announced the full details of their open sourcing of Java -- a move intended to reinvigorate a language badly needing fresh momentum. But let us to cut through the hype and see what we can find. Read more »
The best news Linux could ever receive: LinuxWorld's a bust
-- The latest proof that Linux has conquered the corporate data center crowd: LinuxWorld is a dud. Read more »
Linux.conf.au hits top gear
-- The public holidays and mini-conferences are over -- it was time for linux.conf.au to move into the schedule proper. Read more »
LinuxWorld Conference
-- The LinuxWorld Conference and Expo is bearing down upon us! Read more »
Drop in on Builder AU at Open CeBiT 2008
-- Got a question on open source you need answered? Need a way to help convince your boss that open source is the way to go? Or just curious to learn what all the fuss is about?
Then drop in to the Builder AU Open Source Afternoon on Wednesday May 21. Read more »
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Ever wonder why your lawyer uncle leaves the room whenever you turn over to Boston Legal? Or why your forensic science cousin can't stand crime drama? You know the answer: it’s the horrid trivialisation and dumbing down of an occupation to make it appear entertaining. Sometimes it is so unbelievable that it actually hurts and yelling at the screen is the only outlet. Read more »
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