Get the facts you need to make the choice between Windows and Linux. Just click on the whitepaper of your choice to download: Bearing Point: Despite Perceptions, Licensing and Support Acquisition Costs Comparable for Windows Server, SUSE Linux, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux "Server OS Licensing and Support Cost Comparison-Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, and Novell/SUSE Linux 8" shows that despite perceptions, licensing and support costs do not significantly differ. Forrester: Detailed Financials Show Total Linux Costs Higher Than Windows Costs by 5 to 20 Percent "The Costs and Risks of Open Source," analysis of long-term Linux deployments, concludes that operating expenses for some companies can overcome initial purchase savings. Veritest: Independent Audit Measures Swifter, Easier Deployment for Microsoft Windows Yankee Group: Large Enterprises: Switching from Windows to Linux "Prohibitively Expensive, Extremely Complex, Provides No Tangible Business Gains" Meta Group: Windows Server Offers Compelling Advantages over UNIX as ERP Hosting Platform. Today's Most-Read Story internetnews.com: Microsoft Collects a Pair of Patents Editor's Picks The Inquirer: OpenOffice 2.0 Preview Released "The Sun-sponsored OpenOffice.org project based on open sourced StarOffice code has released a preview of the upcoming OpenOffice 2.0 product..." (Dec 20, 2004) Linux Today Features CNET News: Torvalds: A Solaris Skeptic "When Linus Torvalds successfully harnessed the talent of thousands of programmers to create Linux, the operating system that arguably suffered most was Sun Microsystems' Solaris..." (Dec 21, 2004) Small Features No small feature. More News Linux Planet *OSDL Linux Summit--A Conference with Some Differences *Novell Linux Desktop--A Linux Distribution for Enterprise Desktops *CentOS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Minus Red Hat *Building Attractive Web Photo Galleries *SUSE Linux 9.2: Let the Branding Begin! Linux Jobs Click here for the latest Linux jobs LinuxPR SoCal Linux Expo Early Registration Ending (Dec 29th) Deploying OpenLDAP: A New Book from Apress (Dec 29th) The Gift of Giving: An Accessible IT Certification in the Developing World (Dec 29th) Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL E-Commerce: A New Book from Apress (Dec 23rd) Tips, Tricks and Thoughts from the Perl Legend, Randal Schwartz (Dec 23rd) Apache Today •Web Servers, BIND Top 2004 Vulnerabilities List •IBM Tosses Embedded Database to Apache •BEA Opens Up to Developers •Zend Brings PHP to the Enterprise •June 2004 Security Space Survey Results PHPBuilder.com New Articles •Tour MySQL Administrator •Creating a PHP-Based Content Management System •Creating a Simple Extendable Module System •Contribute 3 Software Review •Eclipse for the PHP Developer •Enjoy the Openness of MySQL •Getting Started with PHP-GTK: Part 1 •SQLite Support for PHP4 •Creating a PHP-Based Content Management System •Protecting MySQL Sessions With SSH Tunnel (Port Forwarding) Content settings.

NewsForge: NewsForge Looks Back on the Key Stories of 2004
(Jan 1, 2005, 01:00 UTC) (189 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"It's time to look back on the events that shaped the free and open source software world in 2004. And why not--you expect this kind of story on December 31, right...?"

Top 10 Linux Today Stories of 2004
(Dec 31, 2004, 23:30 UTC) (513 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Lawsuits, patents, copyrights... it seemed a never-ending legal battle surrounded free and open source software. And while these stories were widely read, LT readers chose other topics of interest to focus their attention, too. Find out what your most popular stories were in 2004.

PR: Voting Has Opened for the 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards
(Dec 31, 2004, 22:00 UTC) (249 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"LinuxQuestions.org is proud to announce that voting for the 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards is now open..." Release within.

Knight Ridder/LinuxInsider: Future of Open-Source Software
(Dec 31, 2004, 20:30 UTC) (649 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
"The hottest topic of discussion in the IT sector today is whether Microsoft will open its source code. If Microsoft chairman Bill Gates surrenders to the Linux challenge, it will be the biggest corporate story of this generation..."

NewsForge: My Workstation OS: My Own
(Dec 31, 2004, 19:00 UTC) (1102 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"This is an unusual article in the 'My workstation OS' series. It's not about using a specific OS distribution. Indeed it's about not using any OS distribution at all..."

ZDNet UK: vTiger Launches Open Source CRM
(Dec 31, 2004, 17:30 UTC) (598 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"The Indian software vendor has released the first production version of its open source CRM application, which is based on SugarCRM..."

Groklaw: Antitrust Law Can Curtail or Trump a Patent--Patent Lesson One
(Dec 31, 2004, 16:00 UTC) (977 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"It matters that we understand it, because if Microsoft intends to use patents as a weapon against free and open source software, it is prudent to know what weapons the community has in return that it can use..."

internetnews.com: Microsoft Collects a Pair of Patents
(Dec 31, 2004, 14:30 UTC) (2384 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
"The United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) has granted Microsoft a pair of software patents, one that deals with software compilation and another that addresses software editing...." [Note: Also, potential impact on open source briefly examined. -ed]

BNAmericas/LinuxInsider: Brazil's TJDF Budgeted US$4.4 Million for IT in 2004
(Dec 31, 2004, 13:00 UTC) (560 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Part of the budget was used to migrate all of its 16 databank servers to Linux software..."

TUX: Adding and Removing Programs in Fedora
(Dec 31, 2004, 11:30 UTC) (1245 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"So you have your new installation of Fedora up and running and so far you're quite happy with the results. Then you decide that it's time to start installing some new programs..."

NewsForge: Xandros Desktop OS 3 Deluxe Edition
(Dec 31, 2004, 10:00 UTC) (777 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
"This release should prove a good fit for many, combining the ease of use and elegant good looks that Xandros brings to the table with the underlying power and stability of Debian..."

Linux Journal: An Introduction to Embedded Linux Development, Part 3
(Dec 31, 2004, 07:00 UTC) (699 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Part 3 explores different scenarios for updating and/or replacing the root filesystem, the kernel image or even the bootloader on our embedded development system..."

KernelTrap: Realtime Linux Security Module, 2.6 Latency
(Dec 31, 2004, 04:00 UTC) (1070 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Lee Revell resubmitted a small patch written by Torben Hohn and Jack O'Quin to provide selected nonroot users with the ability to run tasks with realtime permissions, utilizing the Linux Security Modules (LSM) framework..."

LinuxForums: A Month later with Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official
(Dec 31, 2004, 01:00 UTC) (2423 reads) (15 talkbacks) (feedback)
"I was so impressed with the community edition that I also changed my home server from Ubuntu 4.1 to Mandrake 10.1 Official..."

LinuxInsider: Comparing Linux to SVR4.2 and Looking for Help
(Dec 30, 2004, 23:30 UTC) (2590 reads) (11 talkbacks) (feedback)
"About two weeks ago Linus Torvalds was reported as having said that Solaris has nothing to teach him..."

Groklaw: SCO to the Judge: We Demand More Discovery & Throw In Some Sanctions
(Dec 30, 2004, 22:00 UTC) (2779 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
"SCO is unhappy with IBM's affidavits from its executives stating presumably that they have no further documents in their possession to turn over in discovery regarding their 'Linux strategy...'"

LinuxPlanet: OSDL Linux Summit--A Conference with Some Differences
(Dec 30, 2004, 21:15 UTC) (676 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"At first glance, the upcoming OSDL (Open Source Development Lab) Linux Summit looks more or less like any other industry conference. But Summit organizers have something different in mind for this conference, which is soley aimed at promoting Linux adoption in the enterprise..."

ZDNet UK: Linux Distro Tackles Spam
(Dec 30, 2004, 20:30 UTC) (845 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Astaro claims to have added sophisticated spam-blocking features in the latest version of its distribution, but security experts say it's nothing new..."

Venezuelanalysis: Venezuela�s Public Administration to Use Open Source Software
(Dec 30, 2004, 19:45 UTC) (677 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"President Chavez issued a decree this week which says that Venezuela�s public administration will switch over to use so-called Open Source software, such as the Linux operating system, over the course of the next two years..."

ZDNet UK: Patent Intervention Gives Poland the Popular Vote
(Dec 30, 2004, 19:00 UTC) (1284 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"More than 25,000 people have registered their signatures on a Web site to thank Poland for stopping the EU from ratifying the patent directive last week..."

The Heartland Institute: 'Free' Software Isn�t Free
(Dec 30, 2004, 17:30 UTC) (3131 reads) (30 talkbacks) (feedback)
"At the same time, a worldwide movement for 'free and open software' falsely promises something for nothing plus the ability to modify code and share changes among users..."

Tom's Hardware Guide: Does Linux Have Game?
(Dec 30, 2004, 16:00 UTC) (3593 reads) (14 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Earlier this year, our Linux Comes to the Desktop article caused a stir, when we stated that gaming on a Linux platform remained a limited proposition..."

ZDNet UK: Migrating to Desktop Linux? Take a Look at Norway
(Dec 30, 2004, 14:30 UTC) (4220 reads) (8 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer has demanded evidence that desktop Linux is gaining ground: Norway's second city Bergen has the answer..."

PC Pro: The Linux Year
(Dec 30, 2004, 07:00 UTC) (2544 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
"The year of the penguin, some people hailed 2004 at the turn of the year. And in many ways it was..."

The Linux Box: Community Announcement for The Linux Box Show
(Dec 30, 2004, 04:00 UTC) (1182 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
"The Linux Box is preparing to create an original internet radio show, which will air biweekly and provide the FOSS community with an audio format to help raise awareness of the many pertinent issues we are facing..."

Enterprise Linux IT: Open Source Alternatives: Weighing the Pros and Cons
(Dec 30, 2004, 01:00 UTC) (1838 reads) (13 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Open source alternatives only make sense 'when workers are doing really simple stuff and don't actually need all the functionality of a complex software suite, such as Microsoft Office,' said Gartner research analyst Mark Driver..."

Lenz Blog: Learning from EICTA
(Dec 29, 2004, 23:30 UTC) (1471 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
EICTA has expressed "extreme disapppointment" over last week's deferrment of the EU's adoption of new patent directives. One blogger has the news, and his own analysis of the EICTA's reaction.

NewsForge: Reading External Data Sources with OpenOffice.org
(Dec 29, 2004, 22:00 UTC) (2046 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"One of OpenOffice.org's more advanced features is its ability to access external data sources from within its applications..."

Groklaw: Novell Hearing Reset to February 1st in SCO v. Novell
(Dec 29, 2004, 20:30 UTC) (1769 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"The hearing set for January on Novell's Motion to Dismiss in SCO v. Novell has been rescheduled for February 1st at 3:00..."

E-Commerce Times: Firefox: A Browser for Embedded Applications
(Dec 29, 2004, 19:00 UTC) (1855 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Still, Firefox should be of interest to developers who target platforms other than Windows-based systems, which are the only places where Internet Explorer will run..."

Groklaw: Plugging the Knowledge Gaps on FOSS Licenses--OSDL Conference
(Dec 29, 2004, 17:30 UTC) (1180 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Companies do need to honor the GPL and other FOSS licenses, but the article put a spin on it, attributing the need to do this to fear SCO might sue over FOSS code, particularly over GPL code..."

iTnews: NT Exit Ups Linux Chances
(Dec 29, 2004, 16:00 UTC) (2645 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
"The demise of general support for Microsoft's Windows NT 4.0 on 24 December may give alternate operating systems, such as Linux, a temporary opportunity..."

ZDNet UK: Say Hello to the UK's 'Open Source Dating Agency'
(Dec 29, 2004, 14:30 UTC) (1153 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"OpenAdvantage, which has received funding from a regional government body, says its remit is to bring together people who provide something in the open source area with people who have software needs..."

Linux Journal: An Invitation to SETL
(Dec 29, 2004, 13:00 UTC) (1724 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Mathematicians, rejoice. The SETL programming language, almost as old as C, is closely modeled on set theory and looks like a version of Perl with a mathematical flavour..."

DesktopLinux: Installing the Knoppix LiveCD on a Hard Drive
(Dec 29, 2004, 11:30 UTC) (2873 reads) (8 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Majid Hameed details the step-by-step process of installing the Knoppix LiveCD on the hard drive of a PC, in a dual-boot configuration along with Windows..."

NewsForge: Dual-booting Multiple Linux Distros
(Dec 29, 2004, 10:00 UTC) (2234 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
"All the Linux flavors I have tried have no problem dual-booting with Windows, but how do you boot multiple Linux flavors, like Fedora and Ubuntu...?"

MySQL Developer Zone: What Makes a Good Product
(Dec 29, 2004, 07:00 UTC) (1209 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"This article explores a few thoughts and observations that I see as relevant for the creation and marketing of open source in the real world..."

Accelerate Your Mac: Review of Linux on the iPod
(Dec 29, 2004, 04:00 UTC) (2777 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Recently, I saw a note about a new release of the iPod-Linux Installer for Mac OS X. I was intrigued, and decided to go check it out. I'm glad I did..."

ZDNet: Next-Generation Shells--Is Linux Falling Behind?
(Dec 29, 2004, 01:00 UTC) (6189 reads) (20 talkbacks) (feedback)
"While Microsoft�s command-line shell has improved somewhat over the years, it�s definitely inferior to Bash and other *nix shells by a long shot..."

eWeek: Novell Finally Finds the Linux Way Back to Success
(Dec 28, 2004, 23:30 UTC) (2467 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"By embracing Linux and not forsaking NetWare with its Open Enterprise Server, Novell may have made its best move in years..."

( UTC) ( reads) ( talkbacks) (feedback)

Receive news via our XML/RSS feed