X11 looks like "windows" to the uninitiated, but the basic structure is fundamentally different, just as the basic structure of Linux as an OS is fundamentally different than the DOS that MS Windows 9x still runs on today.
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The keynote was followed by technical presentations from system architects, CTOs, and CEOs from major embedded-Linux companies, as well as an afternoon keynote entitled "Linux -- The Embedded Cinderella" from Jim Ready, CEO and founder of MontaVista.
And I run them on the server whenever I run Linux as my client.
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But they see Linux as an opportunity, not a community -- much less a charitable cause.
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Other open-source companies have also attracted venture capital, though not as much as Linux firms.
He repeatedly referred to Linux as one choice among many operating systems in the server space.
In short, Microsoft will be not so much a loser from Linux as less of a winner.
That's sad, especially for those of us who enjoy the cheerful anarchy of Linux as it has been.
Fusion-io said that its Fusion-io virtualization caching software offers intelligent application caching for Linux as well as Microsoft operating systems.
Its success is no longer limited to basic software, such as Linux or Apache, a program that powers web servers.
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Open-source operating systems such as Linux can do some pretty big jobs.
What we will lose as Linux settles down is diversity and vitality.
Linux is front of mind for many large computer companies this week, as the annual Linux World technology conference takes place in New York.
In the first days of the antitrust trial, the company's lead lawyer used the rise of Linux as one reason Microsoft must play hardball to survive.
Coleman is one of dozens of new barbarians plotting the Cheap Revolution, the wholesale shift by corporate customers and techmakers to cheap chips and open-source (often free) software such as Linux.
But Mowrey concedes that Microsoft does have formidable threats on the horizon, including gains by Apple in its installed base of Macs, as well as Linux on the server and the apparent flop of the Zune player and platform.
The Wii was compromised pretty early on to be able to play burned discs and GameCube homebrew such as Linux, but until now Nintendo has managed to isolate Wii hardware such as the extra horsepower of the console and wireless connectivity from hackers.
But Mowrey concedes that Microsoft does have formidable threats on the horizon, including gains by Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) in its installed base of Macs, as well as Linux on the server and the apparent flop of the Zune player and platform.
That could cause pain for proprietary phone platforms, like Windows Mobile or Symbian, as well as other attempts to do mobile Linux, such as the LiMo Foundation, he says.
While on a full scholarship at Auburn, Spencer started Digium as a Linux consultant.
Yet the popularity of open-source programs such as the Linux operating system continued to grow.
When asked if an NT box running Sendmail would be as secure as a Linux box running Sendmail, Hodges demurred.
Supported operating system includes, but not limited to, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Embedded as well as other Linux distributions.
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If you're planning to set up your server as a Linux box, you probably don't need any further instruction from us.
In many ways, he said, it was a pale imitation of a version of Linux known as Back Track that also comes with many security tools already installed.
Linux advocates were angered because, as part of the deal, Microsoft agreed not to sue users of Novell's Linux distribution.
Industry efforts such as the Mobile Linux Initiative, however, would allow Google to move into mobile without pushing aside some potential partners.
It might as well be Linux for all its similarity to Microsoft.
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Just as with the Linux operating system, which started small with certain workloads, then expanded into large deployments, migrating to the cloud is likely to be an iterative process, with several learning cycles.
The object of Deltacloud is to open up competition and choice in the cloud market, just as Red Hat Linux did in the hardware market, eliminating the switching cost of investing in a new stack of proprietary offerings and allowing cloud users to invest the savings into conducting application development that truly differentiates them.
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