Firefox 3 beta 4 now available for testing, Mar 11, 2008

Firefox 3 is closer to the finish line with the release of beta 4 tonight.

Linux has not made significant strides in the mobile space because the industry is still too tightly controlled by proprietary manufacturers and and too contested by Linux rivals, Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth maintains.

The impending release of the Google phone and Motorola’s first Linux-based Razr2 device in the U.S. will catapult open source’s status in the mobile market.

Another update of the Linux kernel slipped out this week with a new process scheduler, virtualization options and a wee bit of controversy to boot.

In light of Microsoft’s recent “Moonlight” announcement with Novell, it should come as no surprise that Adobe quietly slipped out the first test version of its planned Linux plug-in for Flex at its MAX 2007 conference this week.

Turns out open source and Microsoft have more in common than thought: both have it wrong, one prominent software developer claimed at MIT’s Emerging Technologies conference.

Today’s decision by the European Court of First Instance upholding previous fines and penalties against Microsoft is neither surprising nor newsworthy.

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices say the availability of the first fleet of Xen-based virtualization platforms will spur sales of virtualization-enabled processors, servers and related services.

Channel partners are making good money on Linux, and the more Linux business they do, the more profitable they are, according to a sponsored survey of 400 qualified respondents conducted by the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop, which is expected to ship later this year, will compete head-on with the recently released Novell Suse Linux 10.

Even as Novell released its SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 desktop this week, rival Red Hat is putting the final touches on a new Linux desktop upgrade for delivery later this year.

Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner had some strong words for Google and Linux vendors looking to stomp on the software dynasty.

Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner had some strong words for Google and Linux vendors looking to stomp on the software dynasty.

New Novell CEO Ronald Hovsepian hopes to accelerate the company's channel charge to Linux with simplified pricing models and rebates

Bill Hilf, general manager of competitive strategy at Microsoft, says Linux won’t gain traction on the desktop due to the complexity involved in delivering a tightly integrated and tested desktop product.

BALLMER: Oh, the question is about Linux. Let's talk about it. Four years ago, people wrote that we'd be wiped out by Linux. Four years later, how are they doing?

VMware CEO Diane Greene said Monday that the virtualization software company isn’t worried about battling Microsoft and Linux distributors but will fight to ensure that the interfaces between the operating system and hypervisor are open.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will enter beta testing in late July and ship in December, executives said Wednesday.

Novell Monday unveiled the beta program for its next generation Mono 1.2 framework at LinuxWorld Expo.

Juergen Geck, former CTO of SUSE Linux, is slated to finish his duties at Novell at the end of this week. Novell declined to comment.