Red Hat CEO Talks Up 'Open-Source Revolution', Jun 03, 2005

Red Hat Inc. CEO Matthew Szulik opened the company's first annual trade show, Red Hat Summit, with a keynote speech that was light on news but heavy on preaching to the choir.

The first product released under Novell's Validated Configuration Programme could persuade more companies to use open source software across their systems

The often-hostile relations between Microsoft and the open-source community are thawing, and new dialogues appear to be opening between senior officials in both camps.

The scene is much like any other modern office: an open-plan work space crammed with desks, telephones and computers. But there's one big difference. The word 'Microsoft' is nowhere in sight.

Some observers attribute the growth of Linux servers to the migration of lower-end platforms, such as old Windows NT or Novell file and print boxes, to Linux. The open source operating system is still at the periphery in enterprises and not in large data centers, they say.

Is Linux a better choice for business than, say, a proprietary operating system such as Microsoft Windows? The debate, full of passion and conviction, rages on both sides of this issue.

For the past few weeks, I have been looking at and working with SuSE Linux for EM64T as well as Win x64. Both operating systems are good and stable. However, the question that keeps coming up is, who needs 64 bits now?

This is the sixth and final update of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (codename ‘woody’) which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems.

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