Products for fixed WiMax to ship this year; vendors now eyeing mobile form of WiMax expected in 2006
So where’s the mobile part? $500 DSL replacement doesn’t sound too good to me.
Sun Slams IBM over x86 Decision
“BM’s decision not to test, certify and support its enterprise software applications on Solaris 10 for x86 platforms has angered Sun Microsystems Inc. officials, who say the move smacks of monopolistic behavior. ADVERTISEMENT
Larry Singer, vice president of Sun’s Global Information Systems Strategy Office, in Santa Clara, Calif., told eWEEK that the move is even more surprising given that IBM has committed to supporting Solaris 10 on Sun’s SPARC hardware for its enterprise software applications, including DB2, WebSphere and Tivoli.
Solaris 10 for SPARC and x86 is due by the end of March.
“They are telling us they don’t anticipate sufficient customer support for Solaris 10 on x86, and that is the reason,” Singer said. “But the real reason for this move is they just don’t want the volume of Solaris business on x86 to continue to grow. That is not in their interest.”
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IBM hands over 500 patents to open-source community
IBM has released the code on 500 software patents to allow developers to use the technology to freely develop open source technology.
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Sun Yanks FreeBSD’s Java Licence
Yikes. I’ve never understood Sun, don’t think I ever will.
It’s in the FreeBSD Foundation Quarterly Newsletter, December 21, 2004
Novell, Red Hat eye virtualization for Linux
This Infoworld article reports: “Novell (Profile, Products, Articles) last week said it will soon detail plans to include server virtualization technology in its SUSE Linux operating system. Red Hat (Profile, Products, Articles) intends to do the same thing with its Linux distribution, and a leading contender for both vendors may be an open-source virtualization technology called Xen.”
Inaugural security draws on latest technologies
Hey, pretty cool, I helped built some of the communication parts of this.
Microsoft Launches Anti-Spyware
Well, they’ve done it. I sure feel better now that they are taking care of the spyware problems themselves. They’ve done such a *wonderful job* with security in the past, maybe I’ll let them hold on to the keys to my car, and my wallet, and my kids…
“I’d like to get a virus and give it to all of my friends”
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MySQL readies beta of enterprise open source database
Infoworld reports version 5.0 to feature stored procedures, other enhancements
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