HP to sell homemade Linux
HP's version of Linux will seel for about $US3000 per server
HP's version of Linux will seel for about $US3000 per server
IBM Corp. continued its vocal support of the Linux operating system Tuesday, saying the company will gladly drop its version of Unix from servers and replace it with Linux if the software matures so that it can handle the most demanding tasks.
Microsoft Corp. expanded its Windows CE source code sharing effort Friday, giving software developers more access to version 3.0 of the CE operating system, designed to run on small computing devices.
Compaq took the first step Monday toward revamping its high-end server line, releasing a 64-bit system based on Intel's Itanium processor.
Microsoft Corp. continued to face problems Monday with its Windows XP preview program, as some users were able to download a beta version of the new operating system for free, instead of having to pay US$9.95. Last week, a glitch blocked numerous registered users who had paid for the software from downloading the software.
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An unspecified number of users on Tuesday continued having problems downloading a preview version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system, set for final release in October.
Many Microsoft rivals declined to comment on the decision
Networking equipment maker 3Com Corp. reported sluggish results Tuesday for its fourth fiscal quarter, with officials saying the company has been hit by the most far reaching slowdown ever faced by the technology sector.
A San Francisco appeals court has unanimously rejected a petition filed by Napster Inc. in which the controversial music distribution company sought a reexamination of an injunction handed down against it earlier this year.
Researchers at a security services company reported a bug on Tuesday in Sun Microsystems' widely used Solaris operating system which they said could allow a hacker to access a company's network via default printer software included with the OS.
Revenue from worldwide server sales dropped 4 percent during the first quarter of 2001, paving the way for a possible price war that could be a boon to end users, according to market figures due out Wednesday from research company International Data Corp. (IDC).
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