It's just about 4 years now since Netscape, in the pre-AOL days, released their source code to the new Mozilla project and cast their lot with the open source world. At the time there was a lot of ...

COMMENTARY--According to Eric Raymond, every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch. But is it also the developers' interests that get served? It's just about 4 years ...

Those who revere Linux can’t imagine why Microsoft doesn’t just give Windows a proper burial. After all, Linux is open, it’s free, it performs beautifully on a wide range of hardware, and there is a ...

A study recently conducted by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) reveals that embedded hardware makers are increasingly choosing noncommercial Linux technologies over commercial Linux solutions.

“Linux is Linux is Linux,” is a direct quote I heard in a meeting I had recently with a major multi-national, critical-infrastructure company. Surprisingly and correctly, there was one intelligent and ...

FREESCALE TECHNOLOGY FORUM, Orlando, FL., June 22, 2010 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced its commercial Mentor Embedded™Linux® platform supporting Freescale ...

KISTA, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enea Linux 6 with new networking profile available now! Enea® (NASDAQ OMX Nordic:ENEA), providing software platforms and services to the connected society, today ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - June 23, 2010 - MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced the availability of the first commercial Linux distribution and toolchain ...

The Linux open source platform is set to go global following the support of the big IT players. But will its success be at the sacrifice of its founding principles? It's been a good year so far for ...

Those of us who actively promote Linux as a viable desktop alternative to Windows are often greeted with the following refrain: “Nobody will use Linux because there are no good games.” The prevailing ...

PARK RIDGE, ILL. — Non-commercial Linux took on a decidedly commercial bent this week, as TimeSys Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) unveiled a software toolset aimed at developers of “roll-your-own” Linux-based ...

FireWall-1 is also the most powerful commercial firewall solution now available for the Linux platform. FireWall-1 isn’t the only well-known solution to move into the Linux camp. AXENT Raptor Firewall ...