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For years, Microsoft has insisted that open-source vendors acknowledge that its patent portfolio is a precursor to interoperability discussions. On Monday, Microsoft shed that charade and announced an interoperability alliance with Red Hat for virtualization. The deal includes several key components, all related to virtualization: Red Hat will validate Windows Server guests to be supported on Red Hat Enterprise virtualization technologies.Microsoft will validate Red Hat Enterprise Linux server guests to be supported on Windows Server Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server. Once each company completes testing, customers with valid support agreements will receive coordinated technical support for running Windows Server operating...

The hedge fund industry is hurting. Perhaps more collaboration among funds will help I read closely BusinessWeek.com's recent special section for CEOs about open-source software, and I wanted to offer some modest suggestions about what open source might do for the hedge fund industry. I run a San Francisco-based hedge fund called Algert Coldiron Investors. Our industry is in a lot of hurt right now, and I want to see some open-source love, too. The financial-services implosion was like an atomic bomb hitting our industry. It nuked profitability. Experts predict anywhere from 30 percent to 70 percent of hedge funds...

Following several months in development, Red Hat has just released Fedora 10 (codenamed Cambridge). A number of new Red Hat innovations can be found in this release, such as Plymouth, and there are many updated packages such as those from X.Org and the Linux kernel. In this article are some screenshots from Fedora 10 final along with some of the other features that make up the tenth release of this very popular Linux distribution.

Chinese impose blackout over new Tibetan monk deaths Jane Macartney in Beijing Two monks at a monastery in western China were killed in a clash with paramilitary police last weekend, three Tibetan sources have told The Times. The monks, at a monastery in western Sichuan province, which borders Tibet, were killed in a clash on July 12. For monks of what are popularly known as the “red hat” sects, the date marks one of the most auspicious festivals of the year. It is the first report of the lethal use of gunfire against Tibetan protesters demanding the return of the...

Some people are still under the delusion that Linux is written by unwashed hackers living in their parents' basements whose only social life is playing D&D and having flame wars over IRC (Internet Relay Chat) about whether vi or EMACS better and debating Picard versus Kirk. Nothing, nothing could be further from the truth. The LF (Linux Foundation) has just released a new report, "Linux Kernel Development: How Fast It is Going, Who is Doing It, What They are Doing, and Who is Sponsoring It." This comprehensive study of the last three years of Linux kernel development, from version 2.6.11...

I am looking at purchasing a laptop in the next few days. My top price is 2K (possibly more depending features). Few things I am looking for:64 bit, dual core2-3GB Mem160GB+ HDD17 inch screenCD/DVD R (write would be cool).Not too worried about weight or how "thin" it is.I intend to run Redhat Enterprise WS 5 Looking to see what your experiences have been in laptop land.

Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat & Novell - Just Like Ballmer Predicted Thursday, October 11 2007 @ 09:41 PM EDT IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case no. 2:2007cv00447, IP Innovation, LLC et al v. Red Hat Inc. et al, in Texas. Where else? The patent troll magnet state. The first ever patent infringement litigation involving Linux. Here's the patent, for those who can look at it without risk. If in doubt, don't. Here's the complaint [PDF]. And now let's play, where's Microsoft? You...

HP launches RedHat Linux desktop PC 30th August 2007Dan WarneLinux, Open source, PC Hardware HP Compaq DX2250: cheap, cheerful and Linux-basedHewlett-Packard, the world’s largest PC manufacturer, has announced it will start selling Linux-based PCs from $AU600 in Australia. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop will come pre-loaded on the HP dx2250 desktop computer -- an AMD-based model.The PC itself comes with a range of AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core, Athlon 64 and Sempron processors.“With the cost of proprietary systems continuing to rise, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop minimises acquisition and ongoing deployment costs, leaving more money and resources for...

SINGAPORE Airlines is to install a PC running Red Hat Linux operating system in every seat on its newest A380 superjumbo. According to Network World, the system consists of a central Linux server that connects to a network of PCs installed under every seat on the aircraft.

Red Hat Inc., a provider of open source platforms, said Tuesday it has taken steps to expand its footprint in the telecommunications market. Those steps include the acquisition of Mobicents technology and new membership to the SCOPE alliance. Mobicents adds a service logic execution environment (SLEE) to Red Hat's technology portfolio and complements J2EE to enable convergence of voice, video and data in next-generation applications, Red Hat said. Mobicents is certified for JSLEE 1.0 compliance. Red Hat said it intends to develop a communications platform that integrates Mobicents with Red Hat middleware offerings. The company said more information about subscription...

-- Red Hat Linux has received a new level of security certification, one that should make the software more appealing to some government agencies. Last week IBM Corp. was able to achieve EAL4 Augmented with ALC_FLR.3 certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, putting it on a par with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Trusted Solaris operating system, said Dan Frye, vice president of open systems with IBM.

Open source startups can hit profitability sooner than it took closed source incumbents, as long as they steer clear of rivals' costly business practices. That's according to MySQL chief executive Marten Mickos, who told vendors and venture capitalists open source companies could cut their costs by not ploughing money into expensive sales and marketing activities. However, start-ups shouldn't expect a fast track to growth just because they have adopted open source code or development methodologies. "Maybe we [MySQL] come from Scandinavia, but open source is not socialism, it's not a party. Open source is not a business model. Open source...

A few days ago Red Hat shared with the world the first ISO images of the system that is planned to be installed on the OLPC laptops. I suddenly felt an irresistible urge … I downloaded the 291 MB ISO, burned it on a CD and started testing. Here is what I got. If you are looking for the technical details of OLPC project, take a look at our previous article: One Laptop Per Child: XO Phase 2 Progress which explains the technological progress made recently in the project. Author: Piotr MalińskiA journey to the unknown After booting the CD...

Oracle Corp. executives have finally revealed the names of 26 enterprise-class customers that have gone with that company for their Red Hat Linux support needs. However, the number of customers in that list doing wholesale migrations to Oracle's brand of Linux is much smaller. Only the International House of Pancakes is on the record saying Oracle Enterprise Linux completely replaced Red Hat in its data center. In a statement, IHOP CTO Patrick Piccininno said the switch from Red Hat to Oracle Enterprise Linux "couldn't have been easier." Yahoo was previously on the Red Hat-to-Oracle Linux migration list, but that migration...

Eric Raymond, influential developer and co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, has delivered a public rebuke to Red Hat's Fedora project. In a message distributed to several high-profile Linux mailing lists and news organizations, Raymond said he is switching to the Ubuntu distribution after 13 years as a loyal Red Hat user, citing numerous technical and governance problems around Fedora. Fedora is Red Hat's freely distributed Linux distribution, and is closely linked to the company's commercial versions, serving as a testing ground for technologies that will eventually go into Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It is also intended to form...

RALEIGH, N.C. – In another sign of the approaching apocalypse, Red Hat is apparently preparing to announce a deal to work with Microsoft on interoperability. Yes, the dreaded Borg of the proprietary software world is talking cooperation with Linux leader Red Hat, reports London-based vnuet. In fact, vnunet described the potential relationship as a “partnership.” After a decade of strife and discord – and in some cases downright hateful words – it appears Bill Gates and company are moving to embrace their open source rivals just as they did recently with Novell. "We have had ongoing discussions with Red Hat...

Red Hat Inc's CEO has said the company is encouraging customers to adopt Microsoft Corp's offer of support vouchers for Novell's Inc's rival Linux operating system in order to get the issue over with. Microsoft announced in November 2006 that it would distribute 70,000 Linux support certificates a year for five years, at the cost of $240m as part of an interoperability and patent deal with Novell. Speaking at the Merrill Lynch internet, software and services conference, Red Hat's CEO, Matthew Szulik, dismissed the impact that deal has had on Raleigh North Carolina-based Red Hat's business. "I think that there...

JBoss founder to pursue personal interests, says he’s ‘done what I can’ to promote open source.JBoss founder Marc Fleury will leave Red Hat, the company said Friday, a month before the launch of the latest version of Red Hat’s commercial-use Linux operating system. Mr. Fleury became part of Red Hat after the latter bought JBoss, the open source support startup based in Atlanta, last year for $420 million. Red Hat now bundles its Linux for the enterprise with JBoss’ open-source application server. The news is bittersweet for fanatics who believe strongly in open software for all and idolize those who...

Red Hat said its acquisition of the JBoss open-source Java server software would mean $22 million to $27 million in new revenue from June 2, 2006, when the acquisition was completed, and February 27, 2007, when the Linux seller's quarter ends. The company's quarterly report, released Tuesday, indicates that the company will just make that goal. In the most recent quarter, JBoss generated $7.8 million for the company, an 11 percent increase over the $7 million from the first quarter in the Red Hat tent. "Extrapolating these numbers puts JBoss on track for about $22 million to $23 million in...

Red Hat dismisses threat posed by Oracle and Microsoft 11th December 2006 By Matthew Aslett Red Hat Inc's executive vice president of worldwide sales, Alex Pinchev, has dismissed the impact that Oracle Corp's entry into the Linux support business could have on Red Hat, insisting Oracle does not really know what it is doing. Pinchev also described Microsoft Corp's recent interoperability and patent peace deal with Novell Inc as a "non-event" and dismissed the suggestion that Linux users are at risk of a patent infringement lawsuit from Redmond. Advertisement "They rolled out something that they don't understand," Pinchev told ComputerWire...