Red Hat appears to be taking its learnings from the One Laptop Per Child project and commercializing it. Red Hat, which partnered with OLPC project in 2006 to design a user interface and operating system based on its Fedora kernel, announced the Red Hat Global Desktop, a new client that's expected to be lightweight enough for emerging markets and ultimately deployed in corporations.
Today's podcast lineup includes:Microsoft's new tool to isolate Office 2003 zero-day exploits. And good hackers descend on Seattle.
A little more than a year ago Red Hat acquired JBoss to enter the open source middleware market and the financial results thus far have been mixed. But now analysts are becoming more upbeat about JBoss and what it can contribute to Red Hat.
Where have all those highfalutin Linux stocks gone?Linux stocks have gone from famous to forgotten in just a few months despite evidence that the open-source operating system is gaining momentum.
To date Oracle's Unbreakable Linux effort has been pretty quiet aside from a few conference call mentions. It certainly hasn't put Red Hat out to pasture.
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?
Bill Detwiler shows you five Linux rescue tools for recovering Windows, Mac, or Linux machines that won't boot.
Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst said the company is enjoying strong demand and market share gains.
Notable headlines:Larry Dignan: Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S.
An Evercore survey of Red Hat partners---integrators, resellers and the like---point to continued strength for Red Hat.