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Open Source Leader Takes Suns Schwartz to Task

Linux supporters were seeing red after Jonathan Schwartz, president of Sun Microsystems Inc., made several claims in a news story earlier this month. In particular,...

A Year of Victory for Linux

Looking back at Linux in 2004, I see one thing as clearly as I see my hand in front of my face: Linux is...

Torvalds Slams EU Patent Proposal

Linus Torvalds and two other European software luminaries have thrown their weight behind a campaign to block software patents from being legitimized in Europe,...

Jabber 3.0 Is Enterprise-Ready

With a more configurable user interface and hooks that more easily customize the application, the new Jabber 3.0 client makes Jabber Inc.s Jabber platform...

NEC Blade Server Bundles Linux

NEC Solutions America is shipping a version of its blade server bundled with a fault-tolerant version of Linux.The fault-tolerant Express 5800/320Lb offers the companys...

OpenBSD Widens Its Scope

Already well-regarded as a security-focused network operating system, OpenBSD stands to further upgrade its reputation with Version 3.6, which combines enhanced services with wider...

Browser Wars Back On

The Mozilla Foundations release of Firefox 1.0 earlier this month reignited the browser wars on consumer desktops. But on corporate machines, the free open-source...

Messaging, Calendar Apps Boost Firefox

Firefox is a stand-alone browser, but the Mozilla Foundation is developing messaging and calendaring applications that can be used with Firefox. eWEEK Labs ongoing...

GPL 3 to Take on IP, Patents

With a relatively hostile environment that has pitted proprietary software against open source as a backdrop, the Free Software Foundation, the steward of the...

PortBrowser Eases OpenBSD Tasks

OpenBSD boxes typically arent configured to run with graphical interfaces. However, I find that a GUI makes certain tasks much easier. For instance, browsing...