Business Open Source Use Up 26% in One Year
CBR is reporting that open source use in the workplace is continuing to grow at an astonishing rate. Up 26% since last year, businesses are using 94 different open source tools to get the job done.
Oracle to Compete With Red Hat for Linux Support
It's not Oracle Linux, but Larry Ellison has announced that Oracle will be providing full enterprise support for Linux.
Dell & Oracle will deliver solutions with Linux
Dell and Oracle announce their partnership to deliver high-performance database solutions on Linux, with specific plans to build Oracle's next generation database software for Linux using Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell/EMC storage.
Linux used in $200 Billion JSF program
A core group of Filipino programmers belonging to European-based Linux programmers SuSE Linux is currently developing software applications for aircraft maker Lockheed Martin, which will use the programs to design fighter jets for the U.S. State Department's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
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Linux used by NASA for satellite control
A NASA project run by a rocket scientist. NASA also has a page for FlightLinux.
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Linux used by US Army
US Army is going use embedded version of Linux on portable vehicle diagnosis devices. Redhat got the contract. Here is an article at Red Hat's site.
Linux-Powered Robot
During RoboCup 2000 in Melbourne, Linux is being used by most teams. LinuxWorld.com.au has an article on how Linux was used by different teams to optimise communications, hackup wavelan ethernet and build in sensory and visual intelligence to the Robots.
Linux Replaces Sun At Weather.com
Linux running on IBM Netfinity servers will be replacing Sun Enterprise 450 servers at weather.com. You can read about it here at CNet.
Microsoft -- Designed for Insecurity
News services all over the world reported today (14 April 2000) that Microsoft programmers had inserted a security-compromising back door in their FrontPage web server software. Thousands of websites worldwide may be affected. Representative coverage of this story can be found here
This article from slashdot makes some good points about Open Source. How can you trusts the security of closed-source software.
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Highly tuned NT whips barely tuned Linux
Mindcraft Inc., in a new study commissioned by Microsoft Corp., found that "Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 is 2.5 times faster than Linux as a File Server and 3.7 times faster as a Web Server."
Notice that it's a Microsoft-backed test!
Here's a ZDNet story about the Mindcraft rematch.
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