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    Bio: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is editor of eWEEK.com's Linux & Open Source Center and Ziff Davis Channel Zone. Prior to becoming a technology journalist, Vaughan-Nichols worked at NASA and the Department of Defense on numerous major technological projects. Since then, he's focused on covering the technology and business issues that make a real difference to the people in the industry.
       
    Rating Points: 51 Points
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    Total Stories: 264
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    starstarstarstarstar 2008-03-19 Novell, SAP Push SUSE Linux to Cut TCO
    starstarstarstarstar 2008-02-11 Linspire Helps VARs Custom Build Linux Desktops
    starstarstarstarstar 2008-01-08 Old-School SUSE Executives Take Over Open-Xchange
    starstarstarstarstar 2008-01-04 After SCO Dies
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-12-28 Glub, Glub: SCO Drops Off the Nasdaq
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-12-21 Five Desktop Linux Highlights of 2007
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-12-21 Red Hat Has a Great Quarter; CEO Leaves
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-12-19 Dell Announces Ubuntu 7.10 PCs with DVD Playback
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-12-14 Novell's Linux Income Increases
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-12-06 Novell Delays Earnings Report
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-12-06 SourceForge Adopts eBay-like Sales Model for Open-Source Software
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-11-26 Cheap Laptops Bad for Vista, Good for Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-11-22 Desktop Linux on the Rise, Linux Foundation Reports
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-11-08 Red Hat Announces ISV Appliance Platform
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-11-01 HP Releases Multi-level Security Services for RHEL5
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-10-25 Novell Cries Wolfe
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-10-19 The Wide World of Pre-installed Ubuntu
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-10-17 Novell Offers Channel Linux Bundle
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-10-12 Red Hat Global Desktop to Appear in November
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-10-10 Red Hat Tries to Make Its Partners' Lives Easier
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-10-09 Ballmer Threatens Linux and Open Source with Patents Again
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-09-26 Tech Data Adds Red Hat Certification Training
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-07-18 Linspire Preps Impending Software Updates
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-07-16 Open-Xchange Releases Ubuntu-based SMB Groupware
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-05-08 Who Are the Linux Desktop Users?
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-04-16 Ubuntu 7.04 to Arrive April 19
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-04-13 Dear Mr. Gates: Save Vista, Open-Source It
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-03-13 HP Sees Linux Desktop Nearing Critical Mass
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-03-12 Mandriva Moves in on Business Linux Desktop
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-03-07 Google Summer of Code 2007 Heats Up
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-03-07 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Is Almost Here
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-03-07 Waiting for Dell
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-03-05 IBM Isn't Opposed to Oracle Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-03-02 Free Software Foundation Courts Hardware Vendors
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-03-02 Is a Linux Desktop Avalanche Coming?
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-02-08 Linspire, Canonical, Freespire, Ubuntu Join Forces
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-02-07 Red Hat Lands Swedish Windows-to-Linux Contract
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-02-06 The Real Point of Unbreakable Linux: Breaking Red Hat
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-02-05 Super Kernel Sunday Score: Linux 2.6.20, Vista 1.0
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-02-02 Unlovable Linux?
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-02-02 LPI Releases Top-Level Linux Certification
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-02-01 Novell, Microsoft Staff Up Interoperability Lab
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-31 Linux Hackers Offer to Create Device Drivers for Free
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-31 Dual-Booting Vista and Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-31 Red Hat Launches Certified Service Provider Initiative
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-30 Linux and the Channel: Top Distributions for Resellers
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-25 LPIC-1 Linux Certification Training Available Online
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-24 Novell's Online App-Build Service Supports Multiple Linuxes
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-24 The Open Source Initiative Still Lives
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-23 Getting People to Say Nice Things About Microsoft
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-23 Linspire's New CNR Solves Major Linux Desktop Problems
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-22 Two Leading Virtualization Companies Are One
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-21 The Linux Foundation: The Right Idea at the Right Time
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-19 Analyst: Linux Profits by Novell-Microsoft Deal
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-16 Do-It-Yourself DNS Service
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-16 OpenSolaris Wins with GPL 3 Move
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-14 Can Java Become an Important Linux Language?
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-11 Latest CrossOver Release Supports Linux, Adds Mac
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-08 Second Life Open-Sources Its Viewer Application
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-07 Nokia's Linux-Powered N800 Internet Tablet Sneaks Out Early
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-04 Top 4 Reasons Windows Wins and Linux Loses
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-03 Amsterdam Mulls the Linux Desktop
    starstarstarstarstar 2007-01-02 Linux Group to Simplify Software Installation
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-12-28 A Medical Open-Source Legal Hell Hole
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-12-27 Bribing Bloggers
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-12-22 Linux Desktop 2006: Better Than Ever
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-12-22 Red Hat Earnings Beat Forecast
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-12-21 Key Developer Quits Novell over Microsoft Patent Pact
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-11-27 Ubuntu Founder Solicits OpenSUSE List, Irritates Developers
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-11-27 OpenSUSE 10.2 RC1 Arrives
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-11-22 OpenOffice Extension Rivals SharePoint
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-11-21 IBM Sees Novell-Microsoft Deal Benefiting Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-11-21 Vista Breaks Applications
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-11-21 Microsoft Clarifies Novell 'Patent Collaboration Agreement'
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-11-21 Red Hat Lands Big Vienna Deal
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-11-20 Novell and the Brave New Open-Source World
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-11-17 LPI Rolls Out New Linux Training Partner Program
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-27 What to Make of Oracle vs. Red Hat?
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-25 Oracle's Red Hat Rip-off
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-25 Oracle Adopts Red Hat Linux as Its Own
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-17 LSB Developer Network: An MSDN for Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-17 There Is No Oracle Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-16 Are Accurate Delivery Dates Too Much to Ask for?
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-16 OpenVZ Virtualization Powers Up Power Processors
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-16 Let the Browser Wars Begin—Again
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-12 Goodbye Eudora, Hello Thunderbird
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-12 Libya to Buy 1.2M Linux Laptops?
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-11 Portland Points Desktop Linux at $10B Market
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-10 The SCO-Microsoft Connection Grows Darker
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-10 What's the Best Linux for Beginners?
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-09 Massachusetts CIO Change Worries ODF Supporters
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-05 Red Hat Hires Top Channel Exec
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-03 Why Linux Will Dominate the Future of Servers
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-10-03 Novell Continues to Go for SCO's Throat
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-09-25 Novell, Intel Deliver Xen-Enabled Linux for Dual-Core Xeons
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-09-25 Is Debian Dying?
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-09-14 Linspire Tempts White-Box Vendors with CNR Royalties
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-30 Linspire Frees Click 'N Run Software Service
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-29 What's the Most Popular Linux Desktop?
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-29 Ubuntu Upgrade Brings Ugliness
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-29 Roll Your Own Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-28 Eric Raymond Speaks Out on Desktop Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-28 The Resellers' Guide to Free Desktop Linuxes
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-21 Linux Professional Institute Adds Open-Source Job Placement Service
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-21 Novell Accuses Red Hat of Flip-Flopping on Xen
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-18 The State of the 2006 Linux Desktop
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-16 Collax Targets Microsoft Small Business Server
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-16 HP Offers Debian Support for its Servers
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-09 Freespire 1.0 Arrives Early
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-09 Versora Updates Windows-to-Linux Migration Tool
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-08-02 An Early Look at Freespire
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-06-27 Novell Previews New SUSE Linux Enterprise Distros
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-06-22 Novell Changes Leadership, Sticks to Linux Course
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-06-08 Using Open Source to Make Money on Generic PCs
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-06-01 Red Hat Goes All Out for Developers
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-05-30 Vista/SUSE Smackdown
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-04-25 Xandros Debuts Linux-Based Replacement for Windows Small Business Server
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-04-20 Introducing the Triple Boot Mac
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-03-14 SCO Is an Open-Source SCAMP
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-03-08 Dell Opens Up About Desktop Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-03-01 Why Windows Vista Will Suck
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-02-24 Systems Solutions, Open-Xchange Team on Turnkey Collaboration Server
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-02-13 Survey Shows Linux Is the Better Server Choice
    starstarstarstarstar 2006-01-31 Novell Targets SMB Market with Partnerships
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-11-29 Trying for the Top: Desktop Linux Aims for the Big Time
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-11-10 Companies Join Up to Share Patents for Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-10-05 Linspire, Ingram Micro Bring Linux Desktop to the Channel
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-09-26 Sun Launches StarOffice 8
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-07-21 Debian Core Consortium Continues to Come Together
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-06-23 Microsoft's Turn in the Indemnification Mill
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-06-22 SCO OpenServer 6 Pushes Unix Line Forward
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-05-23 OASIS Approves OpenOffice 2.0 File Format
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-03-22 SCO Plans for the Future
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-03-21 Novell Takes Aim at Microsoft Small Business Server
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-03-21 Novell Takes Aim at Microsoft Small Business Server
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-03-01 Ready or Not, Here SP2 Comes
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-02-16 Xandros Aims Linux Version at Windows Users
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-02-16 Startup Extends Active Directory to Linux Systems
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-02-15 Red Hat Rolls Out New Enterprise Linux, Takes Shots at Sun
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-02-10 Partners: What Happens Now with HP and Linux?
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-02-10 Is SCO Down for the Count This Time?
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-02-09 Bye-Bye, Carly
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-31 The Triumph and Tragedy of Ray Noorda
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-30 Former Execs Sue SCO Parent Canopy
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-25 The 802.11n Blues
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-25 Sun's Open Solaris Plans Face Problems
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-21 How Significant Is SCO's Win?
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-20 Red Hat Readies New Enterprise Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-20 SCO Wins a Round in IBM, Linux Saga
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-11 Apple's Rotten Reseller Ways
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-07 MIMOing Your Way to Faster Wi-Fi
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-05 Mandrakesoft Makes Its Business Linux Move
    starstarstarstarstar 2005-01-03 Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-30 It's the End of the NT World as We Know It
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-29 Grid Computing 101
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-28 Symantec Plus Veritas Equals CA Trouble
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-27 Novell Combines SuSE Linux, Netware in Server Public Beta
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-22 SCO Reports $6.5 Million Loss
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-10 Linux, Security Certifications Gain Popularity
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-09 HP Embraces Open Source as Well as Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-02 Gateway Makes Channel-Friendly Moves
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-01 Whom Can You Trust?
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-12-01 Microsoft Sues Resellers for Counterfeit Software Labels
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-22 HP Certifies, Supports Novell Linux Desktop
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-17 Sun, TELUS Team on Sun's N1 Grid Computing
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-16 New Industry Consortium Rallies Around Linux Standard Base
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-16 Sun Signs Up Versora to Push Java, Linux Systems
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-15 Sun Adds Application Switching to Its Bag of Tricks
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-11 Compliance Push Gives Thin Clients Another Chance
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-09 Tarantella Comes Back from the Dead
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-08 Novell Linux Desktop Arrives
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-08 Microsoft Settles with Novell, CCIA Trade Group
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-04 Mozilla Releases New Version of Thunderbird
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-11-01 The iPod-Powered PC
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-10-23 Open-Source Your White Boxes into Sales
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-10-18 Sun's McNealy Plugs Service Model, Open Solaris
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-10-18 Novell Expands GUI Choices for Linux Desktop
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-10-18 Gartner Analysts: Outsourcing Will Only Grow
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-10-14 Red Hat Launches New Embedded Partnership Plan
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-10-11 Building a Safer PC
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-10-04 PeopleSoft's Changes Don't Faze Its Partners
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-09-28 Microsoft Won't Downgrade LARs
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-09-23 Microsoft: Upgrade to XP or Else!
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-09-23 Firefox Preview Release Shows Promise
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-09-17 Moving from NT to Samba
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-09-10 Patch Problems May Force Users to SP2
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-09-08 Windows NT to 2003 Migration: The Final Steps
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-09-03 HP Launches Suit Alleging Gray-Market Sales
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-09-01 First Steps from NT to Server 2003
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-31 SCO Posts $7.4 Million Loss
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-25 Is XP SP2 Helping Windows Migration?
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-25 Getting Ready to Make the NT 4 Server Jump
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-24 Winternals Offers SP2 Safety Belt
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-23 Software Integrates Cisco VOIP with Microsoft CRM
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-17 Getting Your XP Systems Ready for SP2
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-09 Redmond, We Have a Problem Here: XP SP2
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-04 Novell Won't Rush Linux Desktop
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-03 Why SCO's Partners Stick with It
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-02 Unix, Linux Insiders Express Skepticism About Sun-Novell Buyout
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-08-01 SCO Readies New OpenServer Unix
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-31 SCO's Resellers Focus on Unix
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-29 Partner with IM Companies for Custom Solutions
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-28 A Linux Desktop for Die-Hard Windows Users
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-28 Red Hat Execs Talk on Profiting from 'Free Software'
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-27 Symantec Offers Vendor-Neutral Certifications
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-27 Making the Most of Wi-Fi Security
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-27 New Head of HP Channel Coming Sooner Rather than Later?
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-24 Linux Certifications Can Pay Off Big
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-15 IM Interoperability Is Almost Here
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-09 There's Gold in Business IM
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-08 Analysts: Ballmer's Pep Talk Underrates Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-07 IE Exploit Attacks Another Piece of ActiveX
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-06 How to Replace Internet Explorer
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-07-01 Microsoft Reveals Business Solutions Partner Changes
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-28 Internet Explorer Is Too Dangerous to Keep Using
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-28 Cisco Announces SAN Channel Partner Specialization
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-23 NT 4 Is Ending, So Now What?
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-22 Red Hat to Offer Top-Level Certification
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-21 MS Software Assurance Versus Red Hat Network
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-21 Business IM Vendors Look for Answers, Profits
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-17 You Don't Have to Outsource out of the Country
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-15 SCO Releases New UnixWare
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-14 New Linux Security Hole Found
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-11 Novell v. SCO: The Telling Blow?
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-09 Stopping Spam Is Not Mission Impossible
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-02 Court: Lindows Free to Sell Its OS in Benelux
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-06-02 WiMax Is Coming, and It's Going to Be Big
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-27 What Sun Really Wants to Sell in the x86 Market
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-24 Lindows Wins a Big One in Windows Trademark Suit
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-21 CA Offers White Box Software Program for SMB, SOHO and Home Markets
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-19 Cisco Needs to Come Clean
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-19 Novell Encourages NetWare Users to Try Linux
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-18 Cisco Source Code Reportedly Stolen
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-17 Should You Worry About Cisco's Source Code?
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-17 Cisco Source Code Reportedly Stolen
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-17 Cisco Source Code Reportedly Stolen
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-12 Novell Extends Linux Support Programs
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-12 Goodbye and Good Riddance to the Tablet PC
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-11 Small Business Wins the Game
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-07 IBM Eyes SMBs with WebSphere Business Integration Server Express
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-05-06 Forrester Finds Linux Enterprise Ready Today
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-04-01 Linux Lights Up a New Day at Novell
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-03-30 Linux vs. Windows: Which Is More Secure?
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-03-25 New Day, New Novell
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-03-25 U.S. Lindows Judge Proposes Compromise
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-03-22 Lindows Sues to Block Microsoft Foreign Injunctions
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-03-22 Novell Offers New Linux Certification
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-03-22 Novell Partners Embrace Its Linux Move
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-03-18 German StarOffice Does Boffo Business in Germany
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-03-18 Open-Source Insurance Is Arriving
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-03-17 Lindows Seeks to Stop Microsoft's Foreign Lawsuits
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-02-23 Microsoft's Lindows Fight Expands To Canada
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-02-18 Lindows Changes Name in Several Countries
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-02-16 First Major Linux 2.6 Beta Distribution Arrives
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-02-11 Ruling Puts Microsoft's 'Windows' Trademark at Risk
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-02-01 Lindows Loses Early MS Battle in Netherlands
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-01-16 Lindows CEO Says Microsoft Targets European Resellers
    starstarstarstarstar 2004-01-15 Lindows to Enter Business Desktop Market
    starstarstarstarstar 2003-12-30 2004 Won't Be the Year of the Linux Desktop
    starstarstarstarstar 2003-12-18 Getting Linux 2.6 Into the Enterprise
    starstarstarstarstar 2003-12-06 SCO Loses First Legal Round in Linux Battle
    starstarstarstarstar 2003-11-13 COMDEX Courts Resellers
    starstarstarstarstar 2003-11-04 Novell to Buy SuSE Linux for $210 Million
    starstarstarstarstar 2003-10-16 Survey Says Developers Believe Linux Is More Secure


     

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