Dell Computer and other industry giants may be pessimistic about Linux's chances on the desktop, but HP executive and Linux veteran Bruce Perens believes the open source OS will still triumph in the ...

An IBM executive has claimed that a "set of forces" is attempting to derail Linux, and hinted that Microsoft and SCO Group are among those responsible. Al Zollar, a general manager of sales for IBM ...

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Adam Jollans, Linux strategy manager for IBM, discusses in an interview with IDG News Service how he sees Linux adoption evolving across vertical industries and in businesses both small and large, and ...

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SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — An ongoing legal challenge to Linux is not likely to stop the market’s march to Linux overall, but it may stall some movement to the open source platform, an Oracle official said ...

Open-source software may not make major inroads into industry-specific enterprise applications, according to an IBM open-source guru. The next 10 years will be “do or die” for this type of application ...