Wednesday, April 22, 2009

OpenSolaris, Linux could merge under Oracle; Why I Use Linux

Has Microsoft lost its war on open source?; Mozilla patches 12 Firefox bugs
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OpenSolaris, Linux could merge under Oracle

By Elizabeth Montalbano
Oracle may end up merging the best of OpenSolaris with Linux once it takes control of Sun Microsystems, but it is unlikely to kill off Sun's widely used Solaris OS, analysts said. Read full story


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Why I Use Linux As I've mentioned in a previous Linux Line post, I am not a programmer. Yet Linux is built on the philosophical principle of freely sharing source code. This is how those who create Linux frequently advocate it.

Mozilla patches 12 Firefox bugs, a third of them critical Mozilla Tuesday patched 12 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3, just days before it hopes to roll out the newest beta of its next open-source browser, Firefox 3.5.

Sun's MySQL could thrive under Oracle ownership, analysts say Despite competing against Oracle's flagship database management system, MySQL should be in good shape under Larry Ellison, analysts say.

Has Microsoft lost its war on open source? Is Microsoft a friend or foe of open source? Going by the company's actions, Microsoft can't seem to decide whether to make love or war. But if it's war, Microsoft appears to lack the legal weaponry to defeat or even disturb its adversaries.

.Net Services: Microsoft's key to cloud security and Java interoperability Microsoft Subnet asks 10 questions of Burley Kawasaki, director of developer platform product management, about “M5” (Milestone 5) CTP (Community Technology Preview) beta of .Net Services.

A faster, sleeker way to do MySQL? The archetypal MySQL database chugs along in the server room of a Web 2.0 start-up, powering a small but promising Web site. In fact, a quarter of the 12 million MySQL installations are data warehouses doing business intelligence and analytics for companies.

Users: Oracle has lots of questions to answer about Sun deal Oracle Corp.'s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. is raising questions among users on, well, just about every aspect of the deal.

Oracle's Sun buy: Ellison praises Solaris, snubs IBM Oracle may have decided to buy Sun Microsystems because it was worth far more to the database market leader than it was to IBM. It's not a question of the price - at $7.4 billion, Oracle didn't agree to pay much more than what IBM reportedly was considering. But Oracle may have more use for Sun's technology than IBM ever did.

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Cisco offers Microsoft Exchange replacement: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols LinuxWorld.com author Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, who recently wrote "Can Open Source replace Microsoft Exchange?" explains the technical and business rationale behind Cisco's entry into the e-mail and groupware market. Postpath promises to be not just easier to license, but less stressful on the hardware budget. (19:59)

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