Articles by The Linux Foundation

CMIS Standards Bode Well for Alfresco

The interweaving of open standards and open source software is common enough that it doesn’t always register with folks why open source companies prefer open standards. There’s this automatic assumption that if a company uses open sourced...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 11, 2009

Voting Time Is At Hand: Who's Your Fav Fake Torvalds?

While I was away on vacation a couple of weeks ago, the Fake Linus Torvalds were unleashed upon the Twitter community. Four–count ’em–four prominent members of the information technology community are sharing their inner ids with the rest...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 10, 2009

2.6.31 is Out

Article Source Linux Weather Forecast Blog September 10, 2009, 8:14 am After a development cycle lasting exactly three months (June 9 to September 9), Linus Torvalds has released the 2.6.31 kernel. This cycle saw the inclusion of almost...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 10, 2009

Protecting Linux from Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft Got Caught)

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog September 9, 2009, 1:49 pm Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal‚Äôs Nick Wingfield broke a story on Microsoft selling a group of patents to a third party. The end result of this story is good for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 9, 2009

RHEL 5.4 Story Avoids Sad Vendor Lock-In Ending for Clouds

Article Source Community-cation September 3, 2009, 1:40 pm The big news coming out of Red Hat for this year’s Red Hat Summit is, at first blush, a little anti-climatic. The release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 seems like just another...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 3, 2009

PS3 Slim Roadmap Leaves Linux Cluster Users Lost

The announcement earlier this month for the new Playstation 3 (PS3) Slim model caused some consternation for Linux users, as it revealed that PS3-maker Sony would no longer support the “Install Other OS” feature that currently operates on...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 31, 2009

Open vs. Closed: the iPhone’s Future or Folly?

Article Source Andy Updegrove’s Blog August 31, 2009, 9:00 am Steve Jobs is a genius of design and marketing, but his track record on calling the right balance between utilizing proprietary arts and public resources (like open source and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 31, 2009

Technology’s Reach and Security’s Grasp

Article Source Andy Updegrove’s Blog August 28, 2009, 6:39 am Modern society harbors many bad habits. One is its penchant for enthusiastically embracing the benefits of new technologies before considering their less desirable side effects....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 28, 2009

Kernel Improvements, Controversies Will Be Focus of LinuxCon Roundtable

Article Source Community-cation August 27, 2009, 6:16 am One of the more popular sessions at LinuxCon is sure to be the Linux Kernel Roundtable, featuring several notable kernel developers, including Jonathan Corbet and Linus Torvalds....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 27, 2009

Korean OSS Contest Opens Doors to Worldwide Developers

The deadline is fast approaching for open source developers to participate in Open Source Software Challenge 2009 contest, hosted by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy of South Korea. Until August 30, students and any other developer who...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 21, 2009

So What About Those XML Patents, Anyway?

Article Source Andy Updegrove’s Blog August 21, 2009, 8:43 am Mea Culpa. I am uncharacteristically late in commenting on the XML Wars of August, 2009, which have already received so much attention in the press and in the blogs of the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 21, 2009

How Safe is your Credit/Debit Card?

Article Source Andy Updegrove’s Blog August 20, 2009, 8:56 am Cybersecurity is an increasingly frequent topic in the news, and this week brought word of the indictment of someone who must be the leading contender for the title, Master...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 20, 2009

New Linux.com Features Encourage Contribution

When Linux.com first launched, we knew that as feature-packed as the site was, there were some additional features we wanted to add to the site when the time came to make Linux.com even better. That time has come. As you can see from the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 19, 2009

Oracle Pitches Software Appliances to ISVs

OpenSource World got started today, and Oracle was one of the first companies to use the revamped event as a platform to announce some interesting news: a bigger push into software appliances with the launch of their new Oracle VM Template...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 12, 2009

LinuxCon: When Open Source Is Not Enough

As LinuxCon moves closer, we’ve been talking to the keynote speakers for the event, to get a sense of what their message to attendees will be and to give attendees a better sense of where the message is coming from. Next up in our series...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 11, 2009

Programming

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog August 9, 2009, 12:48 pm I’ve actually written code lately, although for some reason it’s been all these stupid projects. First I needed to fix the kernel tty refcounting, then I got all OCD on the git...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 9, 2009

IBM: UNIX to Linux Migration Rate Growing

Article Source Community-cation August 7, 2009, 9:24 am The question of whether Linux is ready for the enterprise has long been answered by the enormous success the operating system has had in enterprise and data center adoption. The new...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 7, 2009

The Value of Linux Job Skills Rises 50%

Article Source News and Thoughts from Inside the Linux Foundation August 6, 2009, 11:17 am Last week, Datamation published an article on the rise in value of Linux job skills in today‚Äôs economy. Linux system administration skills are now...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 6, 2009

How To Survive LinuxCon

Article Source News and Thoughts from Inside the Linux Foundation August 3, 2009, 4:02 pm I‚Äôve frequently been accused of packing too much into our Linux Foundation events, making it nearly impossible to choose one session without...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 3, 2009

Sharing at Every Level

A very nice thing about the Linux community is the sense of altruism that pervades throughout. While the technology is all very well and good, I truly do not think Linux as a concept would keep people around as much as it does without the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 31, 2009

Open Source as a Healthcare Solution

Article Source Community-cation July 29, 2009, 7:12 am The headlines in the US media warble every day with dispatches of how the government wrestles with the question of providing better healthcare for the nation’s residents. The debate...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 29, 2009

Enterprise IT Hits Bottom-Open Source Holds an Intervention

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog July 29, 2009, 10:33 am Sometimes you need to hit rock bottom before you can get the help you need. IDC acted as an ‚Äúinterventionist‚Äù today publishing a new report showing how open source is growing in...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 29, 2009

Parsing the Microsoft - EU Interoperability Commitment

Article Source Andy Updegrove’s Blog July 27, 2009, 9:32 am Last week, Microsoft and the EU each announced that they had reached a proposed settlement of the various anticompetition law violation claims that had been brought against...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 27, 2009

Linux Paves Way for New “Open Source in America” Coalition

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog July 22, 2009, 8:16 am Linux has a strong history of deployments in government agencies around the globe and has helped drive the adoption of open source applications in government in recent years. But, we...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 22, 2009

A New Voice for Open Source in Government

Article Source Andy Updegrove’s Blog July 22, 2009, 5:42 am I‚Äôm pleased to report this morning on the formation of a new advocacy group for the use of free and open source software in the U.S. Government. The Linux Foundation is a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 22, 2009