Taking On the Database Giants, Feb 07, 2006

Can open-source upstarts compete with Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft? It's an uphill battle, but customers are starting to look at the alternatives

Is Motorola's switch to Linux a hit for the company but a miss for end users?

Open-source software was for techies who didn’t want to be slaves to the commercial big boys. But, as Barry Collins discovers, it is now leaping into our homes

Now that many businesses have firmly embraced Linux and other open-source software for servers, what's next?

Nigeria-based software vendor Leapsoft Ltd. on Friday launched a new Linux distribution aimed at West Africans who speak English, Hausa, Igbo, or Yoruba.

Novell has released new software that could boost Linux's glitz and glamour at a time when eye candy is a major feature of rival operating systems.

Developers can use Google and other search engines to find source code, but it's not easy. A Silicon Valley startup claims to have come up with a better alternative -- a search engine for source code and code-related information.

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