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Entries from November 2007

What inroads has Linux made?

November 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

In our exclusive interview with Novell’s CEO Ron Hovsepian recently, he proclaimed that in his turnaround plan for the company, “One thing we decided was to develop desktop to data center Linux.” So why is there still so little Linux as a desktop OS?
Matthew Aslett over at analysts The 451 Group asked exactly that question […]

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What took you? Red Hat makes Java contribution “more official”

November 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Red Hat, which says it has always supported Sun’s attempts to build an open source community around Java, has made its support a little more official by signing Sun’s contributor agreement that covers participation in all Sun-led open source projects by all Red Hat engineers.
This goes to show that the father of Java, James […]

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Apple Macs not immune from viruses? Whatever next?

November 5th, 2007 · No Comments

IT security specialists Global Secure Systems (GSS) have warned Apple Mac users to revisit their IT security software and manually update it, following the arrival of the first serious Trojan Horse for the Apple Mac.
GSS’ warning comes as Intego, an Austin, Texas-based Mac security firm, has reported the first serious Trojan to affect the Apple […]

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