Open Source

Some people are disappointed that Google's Chrome plans don't include a head-to-head fight for the desktop with Windows. They shouldn't be. Google has a far more interesting way to battle Microsoft in mind.

Google's vision for Chrome OS isn't going to replace what is on your desk now...unless you are working and reading this on Netbook that is. 

Google took the wraps off their Chrome OS yesterday. The OS will be a big deal. Here are some observations that you might not have considered.

No doubt they're breathing a big sigh of relief at Microsoft right now, after the world has had a first look at the Google Chrome operating system. Chrome represents absolutely no threat to Windows for the foreseeable future, just at a time when Microsoft is vulnerable.

Google and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, have been working together on Chrome since before the project was announced and they'll continue to do so.

Starting at 1 PM EST, Google will be unveiling its Chrome desktop operating system. Follow the blow by blow here.

No more rumors. This time, it's real. Chrome, Google's Linux-based desktop operating system is on its way.

Invitations have gone out. Google is going to share information on their upcoming Chrome Operating system on Thursday morning at Googleplex HQ in Mountain View, California.

When it comes to sheer, unadorned speed, nothing else even comes close to Linux.

By J Schwan

Too often the Buy vs. Build argument gets turned on its head when enterprises who buy a packaged solution to save money, end up spending more customizing it to fit their business' needs. When I say packaged here I am referring to things like ERPs, CRMs and even newer SaaS based applications. Customizing packaged apps is expensive since you often need proprietary skills and knowledge to make any changes. It gets even more expensive when it comes time to upgrade and many of those customizations need to be refactored or rewritten.

According to Gartner, Windows Mobile share is being eaten up by Android...

What's funny about the Linux desktop of ten years ago is how much it looks like the Linux desktop of 2009.

A judge ruled today agreed with Apple's  in its copyright-infringement case against Psystar, the unauthorized seller of Mac clones running Mac OS X.

Jeez, from the talk out there you'd think that Dell's just announced Mini 3 phone had no shot at success.  Dell, even though it hasn't been wildly successful over the past few years, still builds a lot of computers, including one of the thinnest and sexiest out there, the Adamo laptop line.

Their history in portable devices is less illustrious.  They had the Dell DJ and Axiom lines which both didn't live up to expectations.  However, the blame for those failures might be more on the OS than the hardware. 

Microsoft admitted that it violated the GPL2 with a recent software release, and is now going to re-release the program under the right open-source license.