In most Linux distributions, upgrading a package typically replaces the old version with the new one, but NixOS works ...

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Two years after SCO accused IBM of illegally using its intellectual property in Linux, the Utah-based company has dramatically softened its tone. But this change of attitude does not mean that SCO ...

SCO has pressed Linux users to sign a licensing agreement to avoid being sued. The conflict took an odd turn Monday in Las Vegas, where SCO is holding a conference for its Unix users, investors ...

Even though Linux is making gains, ... (in some cases, Linux actually costs more). Moreover, 4 CPU Intel-based servers are sporting 75K+ tpm-C OLTP benchmarks. By 2004, ...

Building a formal business case for Linux is becoming critical as more companies consider the open-source operating system for more mission-critical purposes.

Just as it did in the server world before, the Linux craze is starting to sweep through the communication sector. All around the industry, tiny Linux penguins are popping up. Andwith them, designers ...

One doesn't think of Microsoft as a cultural force, yet the behemoth has figured in two major cultural clashes. The first pitted Macintosh against Windows loyalists; the second is a confrontation ...

Sandra Henry-Stocker was a programmer, Linux systems administrator, security engineer and Linux journalist for most of her 30-year career. She describes herself as "USL" (Unix as a second language ...