Szulik out at Red Hat; former Delta exec tapped as CEO

Linuxworld.com | Subscribe to this site with RSS | Update Your Profile Szulik out at Red Hat; former Delta exec tapped as CEO By Nancy Gohring Longtime Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik is being replaced, the company announced on the same day it posted a quarterly revenue gain of 28 percent. Read full story MORE STORIES   SPONSORED BY ORACLE     Enterprise Linux: How Oracle Support Differentiates Itself Read IDC's report on how Oracle support differentiates itself in a commodity market. To learn more download this free whitepaper today!   RELATED NEWS: Microsoft to hand over Windows secrets to Samba team - December 20, 2007 Developers of open-source Samba software will find their work a little easier thanks to an agreement with Microsoft, signed Thursday, that will give them access to previously secret data on how the Windows operating system works. Interview with Jeremy Allison - December 20, 2007 One of the lead developers at the popular Samba project, which implements Microsoft file and print sharing, talks about today's protocol documentation announcement. (podcast, 25:51) MIT students power supercomputer with bicycles - December 19, 2007 A team of ten MIT students powered a supercomputer for twenty minutes by pedalling bicycles. They duly claimed the world record for human-powered computing (HPC). 15 must-have Firefox tricks - December 18, 2007 What good is a browser unless you can tweak it, hack it and bend it to your will? No good at all. The more you can hack it, the better it is. And that means that Firefox must be a great browser. It's infinitely customizable, via editing a text file called userChrome.css, making changes via a command called about:config, and using free add-ons to extend the features of the browser. SPONSORED BY ORACLE Enterprise Linux: How Oracle Support Differentiates Itself Read IDC's report on how Oracle support differentiates itself in a commodity market. To learn more download this free whitepaper today! Holiday Tech Toys Stumped on what gadgets and gizmos to give this holiday? Have no fear, Cool Tools' Keith Shaw is here. We do all of the heavy lifting of wading through hundreds of submitted technology products to find the very best holiday gift ideas. Click here to view our holiday gift guide: http://www.nww.com/PSA2_1210 Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnssfuff.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   Comprehensive Network Access Control Download an exclusive whitepaper on Comprehensive Network Access Control and discover how you can provide endpoint security, compliance and peace of mind. Get it now Samba/Windows interoperability news: Jeremy Allison: Under legal pressure from the European Union, Microsoft is disclosing all its file, print, and authentication protocols to the open-source Samba project. How will access to the specs affect the project's developers and users? (25:51) LinuxWorld community: interview with Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens   To continue receiving LinuxWorld's Linux & Open Source Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007