IBM Challenges Microsoft With $300 Million Ad Campaign, Apr 03, 2006

At the center of the new migration initiative under Move2Lotus is "Migrate to the Penguin." IBM is introducing a limited time only rebate program for eligible IBM Software Resellers who move customers from Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Notes and Domino on Linux collaboration offerings.

I could tell you what you will see at LinuxWorld Boston this coming week, but what's the fun in that? Instead, here are some of the rumors I've been hearing about that may come up at the show.

Microsoft will support customers who chose to run Linux with Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 R2, software for running multiple operating systems on one machine.

Software developer Chris Wright works from home in Northeast Portland, and his boss is more than 2,500 miles away in Boston. But that doesn't mean Wright gets to take it easy.

Where do Unix shops who want to migrate go next? You'd think they go for Linux. Or is it Windows? It depends who's asking.

According Microsoft-commissioned research, contrary to what one might see as a natural move over from Unix to Linux, more ex-Unix shops run Windows than Linux.

The Linux operating system is expanding from company data centers onto employees’ desktops, one of several trends that a local technology trade show producer will highlight at this year’s LinuxWorld exposition.

President Hugo Chavez, long critical of big transnational companies, is promoting free open-source software as an alternative to market-dominating Microsoft Corp.

2.6.17-rc1 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.

Files added: 607
Files changed: 5494
Files removed: 283

TestDrive, is accessed online via the TestDrive Web site. It allows free-of-charge access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Novell SuSE Linux and other open source operating systems like Debian, FreeBSD and OpenVMS.

Sources indicate that SuSE is losing its CTO and COO only months after losing its cofounder

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