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Interview with Christophe de Dinechin, HP-UX Engineer

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-08 Original OSNews Interviews 40 Comments

Today we host an interview with Christophe de Dinechin, Software Architect in HP-UX (Software business unit, Infrastructure Solutions). Most of you already know HP-UX, the leading "traditional" UNIX today feature-wise (second only to Solaris in Unix market-share, mostly competing with AIX). With Christophe we discuss HP-UX's competition, the other... 5 OSes HP supports with its various products, the Itanium platform and more.

Microsoft Girds Public Sector Unit to Combat Linux

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-08 Microsoft 18 Comments

Redmond is making waves with plans to take on Linux in government and education even as it beats the drum for new .Net conquests. It's also shaking up its own incentive program with a scheme that replaces options with shares.

HP Announces OpenVMS Evaluation Release Version 8.0 for Itanium

Submitted by Sagres 2003-07-08 OS News 26 Comments

HP announced the evaluation release of OpenVMS version 8.0 for Itanium-based HP Integrity servers. This release is for selected ISVs including BEA, Cerner, Computer Associates, Brooks Automation, Attunity, Synergex, Legato and TECSys. These partners have begun porting their applications to the OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 (OpenVMS I64) operating system, utilizing the HP rx2600 server. In addition, HP partners have committed porting over 450 applications to this new version to date.

FreeBSD 5.1 Worth a Look

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-08 FreeBSD 79 Comments

"New tech" release supports more platforms but is less stable than 4.8, says eWEEK for FreeBSD.

Torvalds on OSDL, 2.6, the future; Summary of Upcoming 2.6 Linux

Submitted by bogey 2003-07-08 Linux 53 Comments

Given Linus Torvalds's recent leave of absence from Transmeta to take a full-time position at OSDL to work on Linux kernel development, and with the approaching release of Linux 2.6, NewsForge thought now would be a good time to quiz Torvalds by email. Version 2.6 of the kernel is expected to come out late this fall. Here is a summary of new features. UPDATE: Another Torvalds interview, at C|Net.

A Tale of 2 Operating Systems: SCO OpenServer Vs Red Hat Linux

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-08 Red Hat 19 Comments

"Our clients have signed purchase orders for RedHat Linux ES, but the SCO upgrade path was a cheaper cost option." Read the story at LinMagAU.

Cost Economics of Grid Computing

Submitted by Will Sutton 2003-07-08 General Development 10 Comments

Slashdot first reported that Jim Gray (a Microsoft researcher) explains the relative cost of supercomputing/clustering/gridding for various types of task.

Migrating from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2003

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-08 Windows 30 Comments

This guide provides a prescriptive migration path with step-by-step instructions for small and medium-sized organizations planning a migration from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003. Elsewhere, this set of code samples show how to work with the most essential components of the .NET Framework and accomplish the most common coding tasks in C#.

Microsoft Moves on Mobiles; Microsoft Gains Ground in Storage

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-08 Microsoft 29 Comments

The biggest new feature in both Ozone and v.Next is the .NET Compact Framework in ROM. This is a run-time layer that isolates applications from the operating system, managing memory and enforcing security. It should prevent buggy apps from crashing the device. Read the article at NewsFactor. Head over at NewMobileComputing for more mobile technology news. In another market arena, the market share for Windows in Network Attached Storage devices rose 8 percent in the first quarter to 41 percent.

Sun Plans Orion Beta For Late July

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-08 Oracle and SUN 20 Comments

Eleven software products planned for initial OS bundle. After two delays, Sun Microsystems intends to debut a beta of its much-hyped Project Orion later this month, with a formal introduction of the product bundle at September's Sun Network show at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CRN has learned.

Linux & Open Source is Better for Business than Microsoft Windows

Guest post by Alex Chejlyk 2003-07-07 Linux 138 Comments

I can say this with 100% certainty. I've come to this conclusion by simply reviewing server administration times over the past three years. Admittedly not the most scientific approach, but it is all the info I need. Remember, experience is the best teacher.

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Will Not Be a 64-bit OS

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 macOS 223 Comments

Mac OS X 10.3, aka Panther, will not be a 64-bit operating system, despite running on a 64-bit processor, the PowerPC 970 aka the G5. Instead, the next major release of the Mac operating system will be a hybrid, much like version 10.2.7, codenamed 'Smeagol', which Apple has running on its pre-production Power Mac G5 machines and with which it will almost certainly ship production units, TheRegister reveals. TheRegister also has an article about a possible roadmap of the G5 CPU family. Also, this the second installment of ThinkSecret's "Inside Panther" series, covering Mac OS X 10.3.

LindowsOS 4.0 Reviewed; Lindows.com Partners with Netraverse

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 Linspire 28 Comments

"Lindows makes the claim that their Linux distribution is user friendly and ready for the desktop. We review their latest version, 4.0, and see if it lives up to their claims. We evaluate everything from the company, to the presentation and marketing to the actual software itself. As Lindows is geared towards the beginning Linux user, so is our review." Read the review at Linux-Universe. Also, Netraverse partners with Lindows.com and offers a wider application support and eases customer transisition to Lindows.

UNIX: Far From Legacy, but Far More Challenged

Submitted by Anonymous 2003-07-07 Unix 30 Comments

With Windows and Linux becoming increasingly attractive options in the data center, IT managers have good reason to reassess their Unix strategies. Read the analysis at ComputerWorld and here's ours.

.Net: 3 Years of the ‘Vision’ Thing

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 .NET 42 Comments

The end of last month marked the third anniversary of Microsoft's launch of its .Net strategy, which executives such as Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said at the time was a "bet-the-company thing." But three years later, reactions are mixed as to whether that strategy, along with the vision that accompanied it, has played out as the Redmond, Wash., software developer had hoped.

SCO’s Chief Takes Linux Beef To Japan

Adam Scheinberg 2003-07-07 SCO 42 Comments

SCO CEO Darl McBride has travelled to Japan to conduct a series of coversations with Japanese companies in an effort to share his views on Linux, presumably to convince them to hold off on any Linux implemenations. Yahoo has the article.

GNOME Development Series Desktop 2.3.3 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 Gnome 49 Comments

This Gnome 2.3.3 release is a feature-frozen, development series snapshot. It is used by developers and testers as their day-to-day working desktop, and is ready for wider testing by our user community. Full changelog here.

Adobe Pares Mac Support

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 Apple 81 Comments

Adobe Systems plans to announce new versions of its video-editing software Monday, including a Windows-only application that marks another high-profile defection from Apple Computer's Macintosh operating system, News.com says.

Robotics: Cognitive Machines

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 QNX 14 Comments

As seen at NewMobileComputing: Meet Cog, an aluminum robot born in the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a compelling experiment in robot cognition. It's tethered to dozens of rack-mounted PCs running QNX, the popular embedded systems OS.

Slackware Package Management, Part I: Anatomy of Slack Packages

Guest post by Daniel de Kok 2003-07-06 Slackware, Slax 66 Comments

If you ask a Slackware fan why she likes Slackware, she will probably mention Slackware package management as one of the features she likes. In what way does the Slackware package system differ from most other package managers? In one word: simplicity. In three articles I am going to cover some important aspects of Slackware package management. In this article I am going to show the anatomy of a Slackware packages. In part 2 and 3 I will cover the package tools and the process of creating a Slackware package.