Citrix’ strategy is your moment of Xen

21:23 11.09.2007

You’ve seen all these VMWare announcements? Look at these as two paths for OEMs. Most will choose both, I believe. The deals VMWare announced are non-exclusive. We’re talking to the same people.

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Ubuntu Chief: Microsoft Invests Big $ On OpenXML Standards Effort

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth is on a personal mission to crush Microsoft’s Open XML standards effort. On his blog Tuesday, the Canonical executive and Ubuntu developer encouraged members of the global open source community to reach out to their respective International Standards Organization (ANSI in the U.S.) and push for a single document format standard:

Is Oracle’s latest spin actually right?

Are mySQL, PostgreSQL and Ingres really better than Oracle, because they are continuing to gain share. Or are their gains down, at least in part, to the fact that they're open and free?

Can Linus pass on his media power?

Many CEOs with even less personality than Jim Zemlin have been turned into media stars. Linux, as an operating system and a programming movement, needs such a star.

Microsoft takes side of angels on open spectrum

When the combined lobbying muscle of Silicon Valley goes toe-to-toe with Verizon and AT&T, a compromise is the most likely result. Any compromise here will kill the phone companies.

Delay in SCO justice gives Microsoft hope

SCO lost. Novell owns the UnixWare copyrights SCO claimed. So does this mean any legal threat from Microsoft against Linux is over? I don't think so. Here's why.

Can mySQL take it back?

What is happening is that mySQL FOSS and mySQL open source are now different products.

Xen vs. KVM: round 1 bell to ring soon

Industry executives are downplaying concerns about a growing schism between rival open source virtualization factions but a market battle between Xen and KVM appears increasingly likely, and imminent. At the San Francisco, Calif. conference this week, Qumranet, a Santa Clara, Calif-based commercial startup that funds KVM, told ZDNet that the company’s first product will be unveiled in

Is the era of Microsoft ending?

All the respect shown Big Green at Linuxworld can't mask the fact that its era is ending, and that in time the open source model will triumph.

To Linus it’s not just business

Why should a gung-ho programmer schmooze strangers in an amphitheater when there are great code problems waiting in his or her cubicle? It's like expecting Banksy to drink wine with you at an art show, or Thomas Pynchon to sign your book at a Barnes & Noble.

Linux-Microsoft Lovefest at LinuxWorld Expo

For open source backers who love to bash Microsoft (and other proprietary software companies), this LinuxWorld was not for you. At the conference in San Francisco, key industry figures emphasized the need for respect and cooperation between open source companies and Microsoft because of the reality that customers will be using a mix of open source

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