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Oracle's "new" kernel for RHEL clone: The real truth
Joe Brockmeier: Oracle made a big noise in the Linux community by announcing its own spin on the Linux kernel on top if its so-called Unbreakable Linux. Read More


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Open Source at Intel: Building with the Ecosystem
Learn how Intel's work across the industry ecosystem is making it a trusted advisor to the Open Source community Click to continue

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In this session, HP and Red Hat speakers will explain how to prepare for and execute an effective migration from SPARC/Solaris OS-based systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers. Register Now!

Linux Kernel Exploit Gives Hackers a Back Door
Linux is well-known for its security advantages over many other operating systems, but that doesn't mean it's immune to problems. Read More

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Which Is The Best Open Source DB Of Them All?
Alan Shimel: Ever since Oracle got its anti-open source hands on MySQL via the Sun acquisition, many in the open source community have been hoping for a new champion to fill the database hole. Read More

Uncle Sam meets open source with open arms
Eric Gries: Earlier this month, a consortium of public and non-profit organizations launched Civic Commons, a public-private partnership that will help governments share software they have developed. It's a terrific idea. Read More


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Optimizing Virtual Environments
Organizations must understand virtualization and how it is changing the way operations are performed, what the benefits are created by establishing a virtualized environment and what the necessary steps are for an organization to create and maintain a virtualized environment. Learn More

Microsoft HPC claim: Windows is cheaper than Linux
Jon Brodkin: Microsoft has made some pretty bold claims about Linux throughout its longstanding love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with the open source operating system. Read More

Open High is a school built entirely on open source
Julie Bort: The term "open source" is being stretched pretty broad these days. Even the Tea Party wants a piece of it. But when a Utah high school named itself Open High, it deserved the moniker. Read More

Please Don't Confuse Standards with Open Source Software
Stephen Walli: Some people want to merge the idea of free and open source software with standards, and indeed open the discussion into one of "open standards." This confuses two ideas. Read More


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Extreme CRM Makeover, Open Source Edition - The Bowels of Implementation
Alan Shimel: Returning to our Extreme CRM Makeover, Levementum was introduced into the mix. Read More

Kaviza adds iPhone, iPad, Android to virtual desktop package
Users of iPhones, iPads or Android-based smartphones can access virtualized Windows desktops using version 3.1 of Kaviza's VDI-in-a-box product, the company said on Wednesday. Read More

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