Linux: Who got it right, who got it very wrong? An in-depth article that looks at the uptake of Linux powered operating systems and servers. While Linux has enjoyed a moderate rate of adoption it hasn't quite been at the levels predicted several years ago. In 2004, IDC predicted that growing Linux adoption would push the operating system from three percent market share to seven percent by 2008, with sales ... Read full entry

Red Hat exec hits back at govt open source shyness Red Hat executive Craig Munzilla has rebuked recent comments made by Australian government department CIOs who feel open source technologies lack sufficient support, and are therefore not considering their adoption. According to Munzilla, companies and government departments tend to "like the flexibility of open source", but in many cases see it as unstable and volatile due ... Read full entry

Future operating systems to remain as Windows and Linux Looks like there's going to be no respite from the likes of Windows Vista for sometime, according to UNSW professor of operating systems, Gernot Heiser, who says the current "big name" operating systems (which, as some consolation, include Linux), are here to stay. Previously big companies had invested a lot of money to fight ... Read full entry

Red Hat: Open source driven by anti-US sentiment Anti US sentiment is driving up the demand for open source software, according to Red Hat boss, Jim Whitehurst. "I never thought I would say this but, actually, being very unpopular in the world, as frankly the US is these days, is a huge benefit to open source," said Whitehurst at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. In ... Read full entry

One Windows Per Child Here we go. The One Laptop per Child Foundation plans to start producing [] notebooks next month running a version of the Linux open source operating system. It hopes to eventually manufacture millions a year for school children in developing countries. But Microsoft isn't happy about the Linux Operating System part of the plan. The thought of all those children growing up without Windows is obviously ... Read full entry