Ballmer security pitch leaves skeptics unswayed, Oct 25, 2004

At Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried to disabuse the thousands of IT executives attending the conference of two notions: Windows software is hopelessly insecure and Linux offers a better TCO (total cost of ownership) than Windows

A Solaris 10 that is “cheaper and faster than Red Hat Linux” was the highlight at Sun Microsystems’ quarterly launch of new products in South Asia on Oct 12.

Two MIT students relaunched MIT's believed-legal music sharing network today, using a Linux-based consumer audio device that also launches today as a commercial product.

Linux maker Red Hat is warning users about an e-mail that pretends to be an official security advisory but is actually a phishing-type scam that contains links to malicious code.

It's a roundabout way to challenge Microsoft's Windows monopoly -- attempting to refashion the Web itself as an operating system where every bit of software is controlled through the browser.

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