Alexander Wolfe

Thanks to explosive growth in the market for Linux servers, more IT managers are pondering what might be involved in a Windows to Linux migration. In a bid to turn potential interest into action, Linux support shops such as IBM and Timesys are trying to nudge customers off the fence about whether to switch. In […]

Aiming to whet interest in advance of its BrainShare conference this week, Novell has unveiled its GroupWise 6.5 for Linux collaborative computing package. The toolset, which debuted Friday, handles e-mail, calendaring, instant messaging, contact management, document management, and workflow services across networks. The new release adds Linux alongside existing ports of the groupware package for […]

UPDATE: After a week of telling the story about its latest Linux lawsuits on its own terms, SCO Group is getting some major pushback from the open source community. In one development, open source guru Eric Raymond posted a leaked e-mail from an outside SCO Group consultant to a SCO Group vice president. The e-mail, […]

The European Commission is preparing a ruling in its antitrust case against Microsoft that will find the software giant guilty of abusing its dominant position in the operating system market, according to reports this morning. Separately, the Japan Fair Trade Commission has raided Microsoft offices in Tokyo as part of its independent investigation as to […]

Saying its tough times are behind it, embedded software player Wind River is embracing Linux in a new bid to expand the use of open source on a wider array of computing devices. As part of its newly-enhanced embrace of Linux, the Alameda, Calif.-based Wind River is teaming up with number one Linux distributor Red […]