Samsung's Tizen, LG's WebOS finally in winner's circle after long list of miscues
Tizen and WebOS were supposed to be contenders in smartphones, but it never worked out. But for smart TVs, these also-ran platforms became stars.
Tizen and WebOS were supposed to be contenders in smartphones, but it never worked out. But for smart TVs, these also-ran platforms became stars.
Dana Gardner reports that Marc Fleury is out at Red Hat. His statement: "I have done what I can to help Red Hat succeed.
First, the Open Source Development Lab lays off a third of its staff in December. Now it's merging with the Free Software Standards Foundation Group in a deal that may have been brokered by IBM, HP and Intel.
Red Hat has its share of battles: Microsoft's partnership with Novell to distribute SUSE and Oracle targeting Linux support. But four months after these alleged Red Hat killers launched they have yet to land a body blow.
Notable headlines:Ubuntu's new Linux sports debugging tool.IBM connects chips for better bandwidth.
Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft fits 7 patches into .ANI emergency update.
Notable headlines: Donna Bogatin: Google challenges NYC software engineers. Ed Burnette: Is Flash better than Java?
On Oracle's earnings conference call CEO Larry Ellison said the company displaced Red Hat for Linux support at Yahoo. The truth is a bit more nuanced.
Headlines of the day:Intertainer Patent Lawsuit Names Leading Technology Firms (Apple, Google, Napster).Speaking of lawsuits does Apple have a music monopoly issue?
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:Mary Jo Foley: Should Microsoft do an IE 8 'Lite'?