News associated with particular Linux companies

 Red Hat Chairman Sells $3.4M Shares of Stock, Apr 07, 2008

Red Hat Chairman Matthew Szulik last week sold more than $3.4 million worth of shares he owned in the Linux software developer and services provider.

Last Quarter Was the Single Best Quarter in History for Open Source Companies Raising Venture Capital

The last quarter was the single best quarter in history for open source companies raising venture capital according to the 451 Group.

What are Red Hat, Novell and Canonical going to have to do in 2008 to in order to dominate the desktop and server Linux market?

Linux Box started developing open source software back in 1999, when the only people interested in such a product were "innovators" who then influenced "early adopters," according to CEO Elizabeth Ziph. Now, open source is seen in a much more mainstream light, and the company is taking advantage of their longevity and stability to escalate their growth

The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, announced that Nokia Siemens Networks has become a member. Nokia Siemens Networks will work with the LF and its members to continue improving Carrier Grade Linux.

This is not Quicken or QuickBooks as most users know it, but it is still a major step forward for business users of both Quicken and Linux.

With not much of an explanation, Progeny Linux Systems has closed shop. Their statement is as follows: "We are sorry to inform you that Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. ceased operations April 30, 2007."

Bill Cook has left Sun Microsystems to take a new job as sales chief at Linux system seller Penguin Computing.

Forget reality television. The real action is starting to play itself out in the enterprise operating system arena. The players in question are IBM, Red Hat and Sun Microsystems.

But Chisen, who took over as CEO from company founder John Warnock back in 2000, has a plan. He spoke with ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com about industry consolidation and Linux on the desktop.

Penguin Computing, a leading provider of highly scalable Linux server and cluster solutions, today announced it has expanded its Relion server product line, known for its price/performance and reliability, with new models featuring Intel® Xeon® processors with EM64T technology.

Open-source consortium membership and job openings point to a growing interest in Linux for the software maker

Tarantella has announced a key reseller partnership with IBM, as part of the company's effort to recast itself as a viable alternative to Citrix in enterprise data centers that are embracing Linux.

Customer demand is the reason Unisys has made SuSE Linux directly available on its ES7000 servers, says Mike Dooner, Unisys Australia-New Zealand systems and technology marketing director.

"As we see organisations moving towards standardisation, we've seen some demand for enterprise Linux where people have RISC versions of Unix, are looking for better TCO and believe Linux offers that.

"Our strategy is to move people to Windows, but there are some clients with significant Unix skills, especially in the public sector, who want to go to Linux."

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