Linux 2.4 timing tricky for developers
Linux 2.4 isn't soup yet. So Linux distributorsare finding themselves faced with the choiceof building products around the older kernelor the beta, bleeding-edge version.
Linux 2.4 isn't soup yet. So Linux distributorsare finding themselves faced with the choiceof building products around the older kernelor the beta, bleeding-edge version.
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Corel (Nasdaq: COSFF) CEO Michael Cowpland on Tuesday denied rumors that his company was in acquisition talks with Linux software provider Red Hat. Both stocks soared Monday on a rumor that Red Hat would buy Corel, which provides office productivity software.
While major players in the open source world lay off people, or merge, or watch their share prices hemorrhage, research maintains that Linux growth isn't slowing. This paradox confounds Linux fans, who want their industry to exhibit the necessary stability to take on proprietary software vendors.
A threatened Linux community boycott doesn't seem to be putting a chill on a hacking challenge sponsored by the music industry. Leonardo Chiariglione, executive director of the Secure Digital Music Initiative, said "thousands" of people have responded to the SDMI's contest, which launched Friday and promises to split $10,000 among hackers who crack any of the technologies being promoted to protect digital music.
Red Hat, which sells Linux software and services, said Tuesday it has acquired consulting firm Planning Technologies in a stock-for-stock deal worth $47 million. The acquisition of Atlanta-based Planning is part of Red Hat's strategy to profit by providing services for the open-source Linux operating system, which is available for free or a very low cost.
Linux expands and generates money
Red Hat beat analysts' estimates in its fourth quarter Thursday, posting a net loss of $600,000, or breakeven on a per share basis, on sales of $27 million. First Call consensus pegged the seller of Linux software and services to lose a penny a share in the quarter on sales of $26.
A team of Internet security researchers say they’ve found a serious security hole in the most popular distribution of the Linux operating system. According to Internet Security Systems Inc.
Windows isn't the only operating system whose delivery date is the subject of office bets and rewritten road maps. Linux 2.