07.10.08
Links 10/07/2008: GNU/Linux Benchmarks, Free Software Mainstreaming
GNU/Linux
- Linux mainframes beat PC servers on energy efficiency
IBM has seen growth in demand for mainframe applications. “”We are not seeing much interest in Europe, but we are getting new customers in China and India for the z-series.” Douglas Nielson, a systems analyst at IBM, says Linux on the mainframe is quite mature. “Linux is a big driver for mainframe growth. 20% of new mainframe capacity is for Linux workloads.” He says many businesses already have the IFL processor to allow them to run Linux.
- Sybase Sets Another Transaction Processing Record for Linux on IBM Power 550
- Software Helps Developers Get Started With PIV Cards
The Public Key Cryptography Standard #11 module was developed to operate in the Fedora Core 5 environment and to implement Linux Logon, signing and encrypting email (following the S/MIME standard) and Web site authentication (following the SSL/TLS standard), configured in Linux OS, Thunderbird and Firefox applications.
- Matasano launches multi-firewall dashboard
The Linux-based system uses a wiki engine to document rulesets, protocols and network infrastructure, leaving an audit trail that documents the reasons for specific changes, Cacares said.
- ACCESS To Host Developer Day At LinuxWorld
F/OSS
- For Entrepreneurs, Recognition is the Reward: Lessons From the Open Source Community and the NBA
- Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser
- Software has come full circle, says open source player
- Software has come full circle, says open source player
- Open-source applications gaining ground across Asia
- Open Source`s New Frontier
- Yahoo’s open source bet is a long run thing
- Nexedi Announces Open Source ERP5 at Central Bank
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.