Dell Computer and other industry giants may be pessimistic about Linux's chances on the desktop, but HP executive and Linux veteran Bruce Perens believes the open source OS will still triumph in the ...

Ransom Love, the former chief executive of Linux archenemy SCO Group, jumps back into the Linux business by joining the board of a start-up called Progeny. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Nick Donofrio, IBM's senior VP of technology and manufacturing, pledged Wednesday (Aug. 5) not to use his company's extensive patent portfolio against Linux, a line that drew applause from attendees ...

Adam Jollans, Linux strategy manager for IBM, discusses in an interview with IDG News Service how he sees Linux adoption evolving across vertical industries and in businesses both small and large, and ...

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — An ongoing legal challenge to Linux is not likely to stop the market’s march to Linux overall, but it may stall some movement to the open source platform, an Oracle official said ...

Penguin Computing plans to announce Monday that it has hired Pauline Nist, who long led HP's NonStop server group. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

One of the paradoxes of the industry is that while IBM is an ardent supporter of Linux as an open-source operating system, it has a more proprietary approach to the middleware given its history with ...

The Jobs Platform is expected to be open in 2026. Separately, the CEO of applications expects 10 million people to complete AI-related certifications by 2023. Dyson unveils a new AI robot vacuum, ...

Al Zollar, a general manager of sales for IBM eServer iSeries, told delegates attending the company's Asia Pacific Strategic Planning Conference in Queensland, Australia, on Tuesday that a "set of ...

Open-source software may not make major inroads into industry-specific enterprise applications, according to an IBM open-source guru. The next 10 years will be “do or die” for this type of application ...

WALTHAM, Mass. — Novell Inc.’s $290 million in revenue in its most recent quarter fell short of expectations. David Patrick, vice president and general manager of Novell’s Linux, open-source platforms ...