Regarding the recent Hacker Shootout, ZDNet Labs today admitted that they deliberately ignored an embarrassing 21 security upgrades to one (Linux) of the two systems under test.

Red Hat may be selling the most Linux stock these days, but it's a different picture when you're counting who's actually selling the most Linux.

The true meaning behind open source licenses

Linux and open-source software continue to reach into all aspects of the enterprise. The latest announcements issue from the likes of Red Hat Software Inc., Lineo Inc., VA Linux Inc. and Covalent Technologies Inc.

LinuxPPC Inc. has been working in earnest for three years to develop and refine the Linux operating system for the PowerPC platform, a hardware market limited primarily to Apple's Macintosh systems and IBM Corp.'s RS/6000.

Although the open-source nature of Linux is attractive to a Web-minded IT community, most in the industry agree that the operating system cannot compete with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows on notebook computers.

Just because Red Hat's leaders are billionaires doesn't mean that they've stopped working. On Oct. 4, Red Hat Software released the newest Linux distribution: Red Hat Linux 6.1.

Survey.com and ENT magazine announce a cooperative research initiative designed to produce a series of comprehensive reports on Linux and the open source software industry.

If you look at what is currently available in the Open Source catalog you see the very tools that comprise the basis of the Thin-client/office suite that Big Software wants to sell.

Cybernet Systems Corporation today announced the industry's first suite of Linux-based thin

server/Internet appliance software to be available through retail channels.