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Self-support tools work with Java, Linux
Mar. 19, 2008
A small start-up based in Seattle has started selling a "self-support" tool for developers working with Java and/or Linux. SourceLabs says its "Self-Support Suite" can quickly identify problems and locate solutions for users of Hibernate, Spring, Struts, Axis, and Tomcat, as well as select Linux applications. ...
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Novell, SAP aim to entice SMBs to SUSE Linux
Mar. 18, 2008
Novell and SAP have announced that they will customize SAP's enterprise applications to work even more efficiently with SUSE Linux Enterprise and its associated virtualization and identity management technologies. ...
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Novell starts talking SLES 11
Mar. 17, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY—Novell used its BrainShare 2008 conference here to start talking publicly about its development plans for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, the next version of its server operating system. Among the company's lofty goals is to make SLES 11 available as an appliance that will be supported by ...
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Biggest legal victory ever for GPL
Mar. 17, 2008
For decades, almost no one challenged the General Public License in legal matters. In fact, no one has even dared to try to break it in court. That record remains unsullied ...
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Eclipse launches OSGi-based runtime project
Mar. 17, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Eclipse Foundation is announcing a runtime initiative based on Equinox, the organization's implementation of the Open Services Gateway Initiative technology. ...
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Novell ships Mono development tool
Mar. 17, 2008
MonoDevelop 1.0, a Novell development tool and part of the company's project to deliver an open-source platform compatible with Microsoft's .Net Framework, is now available, the company announced March 12. ...
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SpringSource releases tool suite
Mar. 17, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – SpringSource, the company behind the Spring Framework, is rolling out the SpringSource Tool Suite. ...
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Sun unveils NetBeans 6.1 beta
Mar. 17, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Not to be outdone by the confab for Eclipse developers at EclipseCon here, Sun Microsystems is announcing the beta of its NetBeans 6.1 integrated development environment. ...
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Novell CEO looks to the future
Mar. 17, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY – When Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian takes to the stage to open the company’s BrainShare 2008 conference here March 17, he will talk about what has been achieved over the past year and what he hopes to do in the year ahead. ...
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Parallel Computing's Already Here
Mar. 14, 2008
The future is today. When Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, looked into his crystal ball and predicted that parallel computing would be the next revolution in computing, he was quite correct. ...
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Windows Home Server: Unbelievably bad storage
Mar. 12, 2008
Believe it or not, recently I've seen several Microsoft products -- Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V virtualization -- that I think are winners. But then, just when I think Microsoft might finally be getting its technology act together, it comes up with a complete disaster: Windows Home Server. ...
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Microsoft admits to Home Server data corruption problem
Mar. 12, 2008
Microsoft admitted on a technical blog on March 10 that Windows Home Server can corrupt data when used with a wide variety of common applications. According to the blog posting, Microsoft has been aware of the "data corruption issue" since "late December 2007." ...
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Why Sun`s CEO Is fast becoming a leading spokesperson for the open-source community
Mar. 12, 2008
STANFORD, Calif.—Walking into the big meeting room at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on the Stanford University campus March 7 for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research summit, the first thing one noticed were the comfortable-looking, overstuffed dark leather chairs on the podium for speakers and panelists. Conferences ...
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LinMin Bare Metal Virtualization Provisioning program arrives
Mar. 11, 2008
There are major, usually expensive, commercial virtualization programs, there are major open-source virtualization programs that require expertise to set up properly, and now, LinMin, a new Linux system management company, says there's another alternative: LBMP (LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning). ...
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GPL scores another win
Mar. 07, 2008
The Software Freedom Law Center and High-Gain Antennas jointly announced March 6 that High-Gain will conform to the General Public License and that as a result the SFLC will dismiss its GPL lawsuit. ...
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Microsoft, Eclipse make plans
Mar. 06, 2008
LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft continues to show its openness. At a panel at the MIX conference here March 6, Sam Ramji, director of open source and strategy at Microsoft, said that in addition to many recent overtures the company has made ...
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Red Hat adds top intellectual property lawyers
Mar. 06, 2008
It's a sign of the times when a major open-source company makes a big deal of hiring not top developers, but top lawyers. On March 5, Red Hat announced that it is hiring top intellectual property attorneys ...
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SCO CEO McBride gets ready to leave
Mar. 04, 2008
It's been an open secret that controversial SCO CEO Darl McBride was being forced out. Now, in an interview with the Salt Lake City Tribune, McBride admits that his days at SCO are numbered.
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The best Linux system repair disk graduates to 1.0
Mar. 03, 2008
Opinion -- If you need to repair PCs, even if you don't use Linux as a rule, you should have a Linux repair CD. These self-booting Linux distributions give you all the software tools you need to bring all but the deadest computers back to life. The best of these ...
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