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?
Tags : HP, IBM, Unix, Solaris, Sun

Tukwila is formally dubbed Itanium 9300, and HP, Intel's partner in building the RISC processor, is first out of the gate with a series of systems. More will follow.
Tags : Intel, HP, server, Itanium, Unix

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?
Tags : IBM, Unix, mainframe, system z

Open Group execs discuss Unix's direction -- and what Linux's growth means for the platform's future.
Tags : standards, Unix, OS

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.
Tags : open source, Windows, Linux, Unix, Windows Server 2008

Tip of the Trade: Want vim to share newlines? You're only two characters away.
Tags : Linux, Unix, vim

OS Roundup: Not Red Hat users, certainly. Sales and profits are up for the feature-laden OS. Meanwhile, HP UX's latest semi-annual update is out, and the verdict on its value is in.
Tags : Linux, Red Hat, Unix, HP-UX, HP UX

The latest HP UX release focuses on memory, availability and security features.
Tags : HP, Linux, Windows, Unix, HP UX

Server Snapshots: Think x86 servers are the only ones worth looking at? IBM's mainframe (System z) and Power Systems (the combination of Systems p and i) may not be "standard," but they're powerful enough for pretty much any task thrown at them.
Tags : IBM, Unix, mainframe

OS Roundup: Happy birthday, Unix. There's much more to be said than 40 years old and not yet dead.
Tags : Linux, Apple, Unix, Microsoft, OS