Linux versus Windows

Collective Linux development model will be tough to beat, report says

The humble penguin is mascot of quite a treasure. According to an updated Linux Foundation study, to build from scratch today, the Linux kernel would cost $1.4...

American Idol vs. Britney: Why open source will prevail, Red Hat says

Red Hat CEO and supersalesman Jim Whitehurst sure knows how to keep things simple. In yet another global tour pitching Red Hat, Whitehurst compared the open source development model to American Idol, the TV show that propelled country singer Carrie...

‘Open source cheaper’ story sparks debate

October 2, 2008  2:17 PM

Fedora gets mixed review in ‘girlfriend test’

Posted by: Dkr
Fedora Linux, Linux, Linux blogs and news, Linux humor, Linux versus Windows, Open source applications, TechTarget Blogs

Everyone agrees that the Linux desktop has a lot of work ahead to transform itself from a techie obsession to the intuitive, user-friendly desktop of a Macintosh or Windows machine. Even Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the popular Ubuntu Linux desktop,

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August 21, 2008  1:24 PM

Microsoft buys $100 million more Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise certificates

Posted by: Dkr
Linux blogs and news, Linux versus Windows, Open source applications, SUSE/Novell, TechTarget Blogs

Microsoft Corp. recently announced that it will buy $25 million to $100 million in additional customer support certificates for

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August 18, 2008  1:22 PM

Microsoft win for OOXML could undermine open source

Posted by: Dkr
Linux blogs and news, Linux versus Windows, Open source applications, open standards, OpenOffice, TechTarget Blogs

On Friday, Aug. 15, the software behemoth from Redmond, Wash., won another victory over open source, when the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission...

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July 29, 2008  2:37 PM

User frustration with Vista prompts Ubuntu test-drive

Posted by: Dkr
desktops, Linux, Linux blogs and news, Linux desktops, Linux versus Windows, Microsoft Windows, TechTarget Blogs, Ubuntu Linux, Windows

I was relaxing, reading personal email on a leisurely Sunday afternoon when a note from a long-lost friend brought work, and Linux, front and center. The friend, from whom I hadn't heard in years, reported that her husband, frustrated beyond belief with

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July 18, 2008  4:57 PM

Open source: Get a (marketing) life, Yegge says

Posted by: Suzanne Wheeler
CRM, Linux, Linux blogs and news, Linux versus Windows

“You are a brand,” Steve Yegge, technology prodigy and renowned industry blogger, told listeners in a podcast on software marketing...

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