By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published February 23, 2010
OS Roundup: When it comes to Linux server management, if your Red Hat Enterprise Linux distro isn't supported by Red Hat, is it still Red Hat Linux, or is it 'Frankenstein Linux'?
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published February 16, 2010
OS Round Up: Despite the strength of backers Intel and Nokia, Meego has already fallen prey to a common open-source software pitfall -- a moronic name. Can it overcome its nomenclature handicap and help make Linux the OS of choice for mobile computing?
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published February 09, 2010
OS Roundup: The UNIX server market is steadily shrinking, yet the three top heavyweights are about to launch new products. It's a dog-eat-dog market, and IBM has already nibbled at Solaris. Is HP-UX the next course for this seemingly large and aggressive mutt?
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published February 02, 2010
OS Roundup: Supersizing is out of style in the restaurant world, but Apple's iPad announcement last week and Microsoft's commercial launch of its cloud platform Azure yesterday prove it is very much alive in the tech industry.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published January 26, 2010
OS Roundup: The contrast couldn't be any starker: On Wednesday, Oracle will tell the world why it means business, and Apple will likely show off some new playthings.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published January 19, 2010
OS Roundup: Chinese hackers used a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer to attack Google. PR disaster? Far from it. Both companies are now poised to benefit from the whole affair.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published January 12, 2010
OS Roundup: Google might paint itself as benevolent market leader, but make no mistake, it's following the playbook written in Redmond. And Microsoft's not about to give up so easily. With the hype for Chrome OS growing, expect things to get ugly -- fast.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published January 05, 2010
OS Roundup: Cut prices enough and customers will eventually bite is a common tactic for those selling commodity goods -- not high-end mainframes. Yet IBM recently did just that when when it marked down and bundled System z. Is this a sign the mainframe has lost its luster, or will the move unlock new markets?
By Sean Michael Kerner
| OS Roundup Article Published December 29, 2009
Open Group execs discuss Unix's direction -- and what Linux's growth means for the platform's future.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published December 15, 2009
OS Roundup: SCO and NetWare face extinction; Ubuntu may or may not hit the big leagues. Who else will win or lose big in the coming decade?
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published December 08, 2009
OS Roundup: As Unix's market share declines, Windows is gaining seats faster than Linux. One theory is that many enterprise decision makers perceive a higher price tag as an indicator of higher quality.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published December 01, 2009
OS Roundup: FreeBSD's response to a recent bug presents a sharp contrast to how Apple handles similar issues.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published November 24, 2009
OS Roundup: Microsoft is heading for the cloud, but its mission will not be without turbulence.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published November 17, 2009
Is innovation overrated? Both Windows and Mac OS X have found success by borrowing from each other and building on it -- a model not that dissimilar from Linux and the open source software movement.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published November 10, 2009
OS Roundup: Red Hat last week released its eagerly awaited Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers and the corresponding hypervisor. Exciting? Perhaps, but Red Hat users need not apply.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published November 03, 2009
OS Roundup: Windows 7 has been out for barely two weeks, and its market share already rivals that of Mac OS X, despite years of marketing and strategizing on Apple's part. Does Windows stand a chance of being dethroned?
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published October 27, 2009
OS Roundup: Apple last Friday announced ZFS would not be making an appearance in Snow Leopard. An interesting choice, given that some believe when the Sun-Oracle deal closes, the new entity may have the two most powerful file systems around.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published October 20, 2009
OS Roundup: Windows 7 launches in two days time. For many organizations its debut won't be welcome.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published October 13, 2009
OS Roundup: The operating system isn't nearly as important as the data, yet neither Microsoft nor Apple seems to realize this. When it comes to protecting your data, you're your own best defense.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published September 22, 2009
OS Roundup: With arguments against cloud computing becoming irrelevant, Red Hat and other OS vendors are scrambling for slots as key players in the 21st Century data center -- wherever it may reside.
By Paul Rubens
| OS Roundup Article Published September 15, 2009
OS Roundup: While the world waits for Oracle's acquisition of Sun, IBM and HP aren't wasting any time going after Sun's customer base. Will there be a place for Sun hardware or Solaris when the sale completes, and does Oracle care?
