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Java virtual machine performance: Ubuntu wins over Windows

In May we reported results of a Windows Server 2008 power test conducted by Michael Larabel at Phoronix. Last week he released the results of his most recent open source versus Windows test, a...

User frustration with Vista prompts Ubuntu test-drive

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

Harvard Law professor outlines OS evolution

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/NgYE75gkzkM" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] According to Yochai Benkler, Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard, open source software is part of a shift to an economy driven by de-centralized non-market...

Ubuntu proponent debunks Windows edge in power test

In a recent story on SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, we reported that Windows Server 2008 eked out a narrow...

Users praise, pan Linux at Wall Street trade show

This blog post was written by Pam Derringer, news writer for SearchEnterpriseLinux.com.

Last week, lots of IT guys from New York’s biggest banks and stock brokerages took a day off to attend the sixth annual

Linux on the desktop: Soon, but not yet

This blog was contributed by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com expert Sander van Vugt. At Novell Inc.'s annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, I talked to Guy Lunardi, one of the most important guys behind Novell's SUSE Linux...

Google’s Linux-based Android takes on Ma Bell

When Google launched Android earlier this month, many people assumed that because it was an open, Linux-based mobile operating system, the target was Microsoft. Throughout the relatively brief history of Linux, the first competition was with legacy Unix systems and Microsoft Windows. Closed versus...

Analysts debate Active Directory’s role in Linux authentication

I had the interesting opportunity to...

Apache lead over Microsoft IIS shrinks again

Call out the chaperons -- they're practically touching! Apache and Microsoft IIS market share! They've almost met in the middle at 50%! Six inch space and no kissing, please! Well, close, but not quite. Apache continued its "winning streak" in September over Microsoft's Internet Information...