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Stories · 6

  1. 56.2% of Software Developers use Open Source

    Software · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the and-more-probably-don't-realize-they-do dept. · 167 comments
    cfelde writes " 56.2% of software developers use open source components by ZDNet's ZDNet -- Evans Data has found a rising trend toward including open source modules in software development world. While 38.1% said they used OSS modules in their applications in Spring of 2001, in the most recent survey, 56.2% said they had."

  2. Novell Upgrades ZENworks Linux Management Software

    Linux · Novell · · posted by Hemos · from the major-upgrade dept. · 119 comments
    cfelde writes "eWeek reports that Novell launched a major new release of its ZENworks Linux Management software at CeBIT on Friday, with the aim of bringing management of Linux desktops and servers on par with that of Windows desktops and servers. ZENworks 7 Linux Management adds remote control, imaging, hardware and software inventory, a Web console, and ZENworks' automated policy management to make it a full life-cycle management suite."

  3. Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6%

    Tech · Os · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the lookit-all-them-numbers dept. · 314 comments
    cfelde writes "Linux servers up 35.6% and other Unix servers are up 2.7%. Also worldwide server revenue increased 6.2 percent to US$49 billion in 2004. The blade server market nearly doubled in size to over $1.1 billion in 2004 and 7 percent of x86 shipments in the U.S. were blade servers."

  4. IBM to Open Projects at SourceForge.net

    Developers · Programming · · posted by Zonk · from the go-big-blue dept. · 179 comments
    cfelde writes "On Friday, IBM said it is contributing some 30 open-source projects to SourceForge.net. IBM also said it is expanding its own developerWorks Web site with more resources including training in PHP and other popular technologies." This probably dovetails with IBM's new full on support of the PHP language.

  5. Study Finds Windows More Secure Than Linux

    Linux · Security · · posted by Zonk · from the an-interesting-definition-of-secure dept. · 796 comments
    cfelde writes "A Windows Web server is more secure than a similarly set-up Linux server, according to a study presented yesterday by two Florida researchers." In addition to the Seattle Times article, there is also coverage on VNUnet. From the article: "The researchers, appearing at the RSA Conference of computer-security professionals, discussed the findings in an event, 'Security Showdown: Windows vs. Linux.' One of them, a Linux fan, runs an open-source server at home; the other is a Microsoft enthusiast. They wanted to cut through the near-religious arguments about which system is better from a security standpoint."

  6. Gates tried to Blackmail Danish Government

    Yro · Microsoft · · posted by CowboyNeal · from the dancing-with-the-devil dept. · 774 comments
    mocm writes "The Inquirer has a story about how Bill Gates tried to pressure the Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen into accepting the European Union's proposed directive on software patents by threating to terminate the 800 jobs at Navision, which had been acquired by Microsoft." Update: 02/16 00:41 GMT by T : cfelde points out a CNET story which says that "The European vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions, Klaus Holse Andersen, denied on Tuesday that the jobs at Navision were ever at risk." Believe who you'd like.