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03.17.04
SCO Takes Linux Battle to Users
The SCO Group has stepped up its campaign to protect its intellectual property rights by making good on a promise to take aim at end users, but despite the flurry of legal activity last week customers and industry observers remain steadfast in their support of Linux .
"We, along with the rest of the Linux community, have been waiting for this," says Joe Poole, technical director at Boscov's Department Stores in Reading, Pa., which runs SuSe Linux. "It really has become a non-issue because nothing has been proven."
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Why the Linux Community Needs Open Source Insurance
Last year, after 10 years of almost unbelievably rapid adoption, two new things happened: Linux distributions began to dominate the commercially vital "Post-PC" market for embedded devices; and massive clusters of inexpensive Intel boxes running Linux became a viable way for huge IT-dependent enterprises to run applications from Oracle, SAP, and others, as well as their own custom applications, while saving tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in direct and indirect hardware and software costs. Providing Linux-related services to corporate clients was a $3 billion opportunity last year - but the explosion of Linux at both the device and enterprise levels now suggests it may well prove to be a $50 billion bonanza within 10 years.
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NetScout bundles server and Linux
NetScout Systems has bundled its nGenius network performance management software with Red Hat's Enterprise Linux server.
"There's no need to configure it, or buy licences, and we monitor for patches and provide them," said NetScout senior product manager Leslie Miller.
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Tech Jobs: Linux on the Move
The constant stream of headlines about Linux's advance in the seems to offer a glimmer of hope for job seekers. Given the many companies adopting the upstart operating system, employers certainly will need to hire legions of Linux techs, right?
In a recent quarter, for example, Linux server sales grew 42 percent year over year -- a breathtaking jump compared to the tortoise-like growth rate of the server market overall. And top players like IBM and Sun are poised -- or have begun -- to make massive pushes in the Linux desktop arena. Such initiatives are fueling a dramatic surge in Linux-related job openings.
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HP rolls out open-source Linux PC in Asia
TOKYO - With an Asia rollout announced Tuesday, Hewlett-Packard Co. becomes the first major PC maker to offer desktop computer lines running the open-source Linux operating system.
The move by HP, the world's largest PC maker, with about 17 percent market share, could be a threat to Microsoft Corp., maker of the market-dominating Windows operating system.
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Linux-Based Network Faxing
Despite the rise of e-mail and the Internet as alternative ways of communicating data, fax continues to be important for business communications. Fax server systems such as network fax or LAN fax products provide small, medium-size, and enterprise businesses with a solution that automates the delivery and receipt of fax documents in electronic format, and provides direct integration with e-mail or other office productivity tools. Fax servers provide a means of integrating fax with these other electronic data delivery systems. Businesses can save significantly on long distance costs, increase worker productivity, and streamline their business processes by simply connecting a fax server to their local area network.
One recent trend in the network fax market is the growth of Linux-based fax server applications. This growth is being driven primarily by end users who choose Linux to run their fax server applications due to the affordability offered.
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