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LinuxAsia
2007: Before the event
The fourth edition of LinuxAsia beckons. This year the focus
is going to be on showcasing 20 globally recognised OSS projects.
By Faiz Askari
Enterprise
applications on Linux
With porting of enterprise applications onto Linux revving
up, companies are confident that their critical applications
can run on Linux. By Abhinav Singh.
A
Penguin in the enterprise
Indian businesses have overcome their initial reluctance to
use Open Source products. Fears of poor service, support and
reliability have been dispelled by strong endorsments from
server vendors such as IBM and HP. By Varun Aggarwal
Linux
server sales move northwards
While Linux server sales continue to be strong in technical
applications—HPC, oil & gas and EDA—the OS’s
footprint has expanded into commercial applications. By Akhtar
Pasha
Cat
among the penguins
Oracle’s announcement that it will distribute its variant
of Linux, a free clone of Red Hat, and that the company will
offer support to Red Hat customers for less than half of what
Red Hat charges put a cat among the penguins. Then Microsoft
and Novell announced an alliance to ensure the interoperability
of Windows Server and Linux. On top of all this, Sun has thrown
its hat into the ring with Open Solaris. These developments
threaten to fragment an already chaotic environment. By Dominic
K
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