Linux as an alternative to Vista, Apr 16, 2007

Though Vista looks much spiffier than its predecessor, there are a variety of reasons not to blindly reach for Vista. A consideration of the alternatives are in order, and Linux tops the list.

Sonata Software on Monday announced a tie up between its wholly-owned subsidiary Sonata Information Technology Ltd (SITL) and Novell's Indian subsidiary.

RHEL 4 will be deployed on more than 1,000 servers and 10,000 desktops.

Red Hat, world's leading provider of open source solutions, plans to launch Linux operating systems in eight Indian languages including Marathi, Telegu and Malayalam next year, Javed Tapia, Director, Red Hat India, said today.

OpenSource solutions provider Red Hat has added 15 new Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners in India and Sri Lanka.

While the AMD-Linux combination generated generous enthusiasm in the market in 2003, duty revisions, price cuts and year-round promotions have kept the market buoyant in 2004," according to a recent IDC report.

North Carolina-based Red Hat, which is at the crest of the global open source wave, is lining up commercial versions of the enterprise-level Linux operating system in 13 major Indian languages by February 2006.

Premier Linux and open source software provider Red Hat will set up a global support centre in India to service English-speaking geographies such as North America and parts of Europe. The India centre, Red Hat's fourth, will handle a majority of support functions for webticketing, knowledge management services and will also act as a testing centre for hardware certification. Down the line, the facility is also expected to commence software development activities.