Linux will be successful not only in lower-end servers, but also in higher-powered machines at the heart of corporate computing, a new study concludes. Linux has caught on in lesser computers that ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Another Microsoft-funded study has been released that ...

It's the same as with any corporate study. It must influence the future direction of the enterprise. If it gets filed, or just gets used in marketing, it's not really worthwhile. That's my reaction to ...

A new study on future trends for Linux operating systems backs up claims made by several server makers that Linux should show strong growth in the data center over time, proving itself as a competitor ...

Most U.S. businesses say there is very little difference between the cost of maintaining a Windows versus a Linux-based corporate computing environment, according to a new Yankee Group study released ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. This time around, Microsoft commissioned a study to show ...

It's hard to imagine that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without directly using earlier operating system work, according to a report that has become controversial even before its scheduled ...

Computer security only happens when software is kept up to date. That should be a basic tenet for business users and IT departments. Apparently, it isn’t. At least for some Linux users who ignore ...

Fans of free and open source software (FOSS) may recall a report from Coverity last year that found open source code typically has fewer defects per thousand lines of code than proprietary software ...

of this comes from the fact that Linux is truly an international operating system. Developers from all over the globe work to make all the programs included with a ...