Tim Fletcher, IT project officer, Powys County Council, claimed he saved a fortune by rolling out Linux instead of NT. Microsoft proponents say the lack of support for Linux will lead to escalating costs for users in terms of staff training, server...
Four major Linux vendors are to join forces on developing and distributing the open source operating system. Caldera, Conectiva, SuSE and TurboLinux have all confirmed their participation in the alliance, dubbed United Linux.
Microsoft's competition with Linux is unlike any other they've had before," said Gartner analyst David Smith. Smith said that Microsoft "can't use.tactics that have been successful over the years, such as bundling or tying.
As in other parts of the developed world, in Asia, open source platforms such as Linux are used mostly at the edge of the data centre, in smaller, non-critical file, print and email servers. Three North Asian countries are closer to signing a deal...
Even though the global services push got started under Gerstner, it was Palmisano who drove that train. But with all due respect to Dell, whose eponymous company did much to force Big Blue's hand, IBM won't regret its exit from the PC world.
Written on AA173 whilst flying London to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and dispatched from an open LAN at a friend's home. The dark side of the force became more cunning. If your filter is 97 per cent efficient, then the three per cent that gets...