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Redmond will support it inside Azure and send code back to the FreeBSD Foundation Microsoft has published its own distribution of FreeBSD 10.3 in order to make the OS available and supported in Azure. Jason Anderson, principal PM manager at Microsoft's Open Source Technology Center says Redmond “took on the work of building, testing, releasing and maintaining the image” so it could “ensure our customers have an enterprise SLA for their FreeBSD VMs running in Azure”. Microsoft did so “to remove that burden” from the FreeBSD Foundation, which relies on community contributions. Redmond is not keeping its work on FreeBSD...

Most leading technology firms have reported quarterly results in the last few weeks. Rovi Corp. (ROVI), NetApp (NTAP) and Aruba Networks (ARUN) finally report this week. But don’t call them laggards. All three are on the IBD 50 list of the very best stocks based on fundamentals and technicals. All three are leaders in their fields.

The bulk of the S&P 500 has already reported quarterly results. But a number of top-quality stocks are still due out this week. Tuesday, Nov. 16 32. Sina (SINA) Shares of China’s most popular Web portal have soared since mid-July. After four straight quarters of declining profits and revenue, Sina has reported EPS growth of 48% and 45% in the last two quarters on modest sales gains. For the latest quarter, analysts officially are expecting a 29% EPS rise to 44 cents as revenue climbs 7% to $103.2 mil. However, Sina beat views by 26% and 20% in the last...