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A Linux Desktop for Die-Hard Windows Users
Want an honest-to-God great Linux desktop for your SMB but you don’t want to give up Windows? Boy, do I have a deal for you! It’s Xandros Inc.‘s Xandros Desktop OS Business Edition 2.5. Built on top of the Linux 2.4.24 kernel, specifically the Debian 4.0 (Sarge) variation, it’s one solid operating system, and it’s…
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AMD Targets Sempron Chips at SMBs
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is rolling out its Sempron line of PC processors, a year after deciding to phase out the low-end Duron desktop chip line. Although the Duron chips are still sold into emerging markets, the Sempron family eventually will replace that line, according to Bahr Mahony, marketing manager for the Sunnyvale,…
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Red Hat Execs Talk on Profiting from ‘Free Software’
ASHEVILLE, N.C.—Red Hat’s stock may have been troubled recently, but businesses still believe in the Linux distributor. At a recent Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council meeting here of about 100 businesspeople, a trio of Red Hat Inc. executives didn’t find questions about law firms seeking to file class-action suits against the Linux company because of its…
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Microsoft Readies Next Round of IE Patches
Microsoft officials say the company is prepping a patch for its Internet Explorer browser to plug the vulnerability exploited by the Download.Ject attacks in June. The patch is expected sometime next week, several weeks before the next scheduled batch release of security fixes. In late June, security concerns over IE were raised following several serious…
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Oracle Teaches Its Sales Force to Play Nice
Oracle Corp. has finally begun to file down the teeth of its rambunctious direct sales force. On Monday, the Redwood Shores, Calif., database behemoth began the process of releasing its first-ever set of guidelines to instruct its sales staff in North America on how to play nice with partners, including channels, ISVs, resellers, integrators and…
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New Head of HP Channel Coming Sooner Rather than Later?
Hewlett-Packard Co. resellers were caught flat-footed when Kevin Gilroy, longtime HP channel leader, was promoted to senior vice president of worldwide SMB segment operation in early July, but in a Tuesday morning press call, Gilroy revealed that HP will be announcing a new channel leader within one to two weeks. Gilroy is a 23-year HP…
