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Red Hat Beats as Frugal Firms Embrace Linux
Linux specialist Red Hat(RHT Quote) edged past analysts’ estimates in its first-quarter results Wednesday, indicating that cash-strapped firms are increasingly turning to open-source software.
Unlike Microsoft’s(MSFT Quote) Windows technology, open-source Linux lets users change the software’s source code, giving firms greater control over their software development. The technology is touted as a cheaper option than proprietary software, a message which seems to be catching on.
Red Hat’s revenue, for example, grew 11% year over year to $174.4 million, beating Wall Street’s estimate of $171.8 million. Red Hat’s subscriptions business also enjoyed healthy growth, growing 14% year over year to reach $148.8 million.
The pros and “conns” of Intel’s ConnMan for Linux
Intel has created a new network management and configuration system for Linux called ConnMan—but not everyone is pleased to see it challenge NetworkManager. Ars looks at the pros and “conns” of the decision to create the new software.
Intel’s Linux-based Moblin platform for netbook devices has much in common with conventional Linux distributions. Intel has adopted many standard components of the Linux desktop stack and has made modifications where necessary in order to boost mobile performance and usability. Moblin’s extensive use of standard Linux components helps third-party developers because it guarantees a certain degree of portability between Moblin and regular Linux distributions.
Should Oracle’s Linux strategy be…Ubuntu?
Oracle has gone on a buying spree in the past few years, consolidating an impressive portfolio of market-leading technology. But there’s one thing it still lacks, despite awkward efforts to fill the void: an operating system. Though Oracle has unsuccessfully courted Red Hat as an acquisition target for years, its affections might be better placed on Ubuntu.
Yes, by acquiring Sun, Oracle is gaining Solaris, but as Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst indicated in the Red Hat earnings call on Wednesday, the exodus of Solaris-to-Linux users continues apace, as Sun’s attempt to neutralize Linux’s appeal with OpenSolaris have had zero effect on stopping the exodus.
Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10272966-16.html
Linux distributor Red Hat reports 7 percent increase in profits
Raleigh-based commercial Linux distributor, Red Hat Inc. reported a 7 percent increase in its fiscal first-quarter profit, kicking an industry trend of declining earnings.
As per Red Hat’s statement, the company’s net income for the three months ended May 31 rose to $18.5 million, or 10 cents a share, from $17.3 million, or 8 cents a share in the same period a year earlier.
Source: http://topnews.us/content/25781-linux-distributor-red-hat-reports-7-percent-increase-profits
Ksplice Executives Share New Ways to Make Linux More Secure, Reliable, and Maintainable
Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) June 25, 2009 — Helping Linux administrators and enthusiasts prepare for a new era in software upgrades and systems management, senior executives from Ksplice, an enterprise software company offering to make systems more secure, reliable, and maintainable through seamless updates, will speak this week at two of the world’s most prominent Linux conferences-LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin and Fórum Internacional de Software Livre (FISL10) in Brazil.
Source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2566334.htm
Debugging of embedded Linux applications on ARM9/ARM11 processors
Embedded Linux as an operating system for modern ARM processors? Maybe not such a bad idea? Linux is a multitasking operating system and therefore, each process must be assigned its own process address space. However, this partitioning greatly complicates the debugging of processors and inter-process functionality. So what can be done to tackle this? The following article illustrates some possibilities how you can successfully achieve your goal.
Source: http://www.embedded.com/design/218101370
10 Reasons Why Open Source Makes Sense on Smartphones
Open source brings a host of benefits to the mobile market, starting with cost savings but the advantages go much further — from better security to more customization options to more prolific application development.The mobile industry is getting really interesting. We have finally reached a point where the smartphone is actually smart and the average user can gain serious benefits from its usage. How did this come about? In a word: competition.
Is Ubuntu Linux Ready for the Enterprise?
Linux is an enigma. It has a loyal following. It’s a robust operating system. It’s free. It’s superior to both Windows and Mac OS X on a variety of fronts. And in recent years, it has become more user-friendly than ever before. It’s a fantastic operating system with a slew of distributions that would satisfy any user.
Source: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Is-Ubuntu-Linux-Ready-for-the-Enterprise-568056/
How To Run Windows Apps In Linux
Wine is an open source project that, on the face of it, seems to offer something wondrous: the ability to run Windows applications under Linux (or any other open source OS). It does this by attempting to recreate the Windows API layer in open source.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061902549.html
Sorry Linux but the chicken came first
I started my day on a hunt for Linux, preferably desktop Linux. It was depressing. It’s not just Asus and MSI who have gone Windows in Taiwan, it’s everyone. The Microsoft booth dominates in a corner of the show floor. Instead of bragging on what they have done, they are pushing embedded systems for games and home servers. They are pushing outward, not defending their turf but attacking.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4311
