Archive for December, 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Survey says … Linux desktop is ever more popular

From this article. The Linux Foundation survey found that the Linux desktop has become a mainstream desktop replacement. While many businesses use Linux as a development desktop (53.3 percent), almost two-thirds (66.1 percent) use it as a client desktop. Linux is no longer just an operating system for the technically inclined. It also is an […]

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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Should IBM’s OS/2 Be Open-Sourced?

From CIO.com A group of die-hard OS/2 users are petitioning IBM—again—to release the operating system’s source code as open-source. The question may not be whether IBM wants to do so… but if it can. Not, I expect, that IBM will actually say this out loud. This is definitely a good thing and I sincerely hope,  […]

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Monday, December 17th, 2007

The New York Stock Exchange goes Linux

If the most critical businesses can run Linux why all the other businesses can’t? Read more on how the New York Stock Exchange is moving to Linux.

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