Linux market dwarfs Apple
That's not the headline IDC chose for its recent study on Linux acceptance. But it could have been.
Linux and Open Source
The latest news and views on all things Linux and open source by seasoned Unix and Linux user Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system. SJVN covers networking, Linux, open source, and operating systems.
Paula Rooney
Paula Rooney is a Boston-based writer who has followed the tech industry for more than two decades.
Latest Posts
Python or Java?
Recently, on another blog, I asked for advice on what language to teach my 13-year old son. The answer came through loud and clear.
Class digs into software flaws
Hot on the heels of the previous story about Linux kernel bugs, Daniel J. Bernstein's UNIX Security Holes class has uncovered a number of security flaws in application software for nix systems.
An open source Christmas
Given that much of the software we get is free, it occurred to me to wonder what an Open Source Christmas might look like? (By the way, that's Lint, from Sentinix.
Oracle and open source
Oracle is a proprietary software program, but many think it's the best friend open source has. Through OTN, now six years old,Oracle maintains strong links with the open source community.
Transparency
Transparency is at the heart of a free market, a free political system, and, I think, it's the value at the heart of the open source movement. Transparency isn't anarchy.
An open source living
Open source and free software aren't synonyms.Everyone needs to make a living, and there are many people in the open source community who make it by selling their wares.
Achilles Heel
Documentation, I thought, is the Achilles Heel for open source.It's baked into the process.
Sam's Red Hat
I wrote the other day about IBM chairman Sam Palmisano, speculating over what he might next do with Linux.Well, if one of you has Photoshop, maybe you could add a nice red Santa hat to that picture and send it back to me.