July 2, 2007
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Sometimes, a service pack comes along that really makes a big difference. Take NT. Before SP3, it was garbage; afterwards Microsoft had its first server operating system that was worth anything. XP before SP2 was so-so, but after SP2, it … Continue reading
June 18, 2007
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Novell Inc. claims it will become the first vendor to offer a supported solution for Xen virtual machine guests, with its release next month of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack. This is a bundle of Xen-compatible paravirtualized … Continue reading
May 28, 2007
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Most of the Novell/Microsoft patent deal is now out in the public. With this, the veil has been lifted in part from this controversial patent partnership. With this unveiling we now know that there is still no proof, other than … Continue reading
April 24, 2007
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Novell is once again trying to finish off The SCO Group’s court cases by proving that Novell is the company that actually owns Unix’s intellectual property rights. What makes this latest attempt different, is we finally see an explanation of … Continue reading
February 12, 2007
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Microsoft and Novell on Feb. 12 unveiled more specifics regarding their joint technical roadmap. As expected, the two companies are collaborating on four areas of technology that address significant problems faced by enterprises: virtualization, Web services for managing physical and … Continue reading
February 12, 2007
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Although Microsoft and Novell are collaborating on virtualization to enable Windows Server to run on SUSE Linux, and vice-versa, Novell and Intel have advanced toward that goal with the release of paravirtualized network and block device drivers that allow Windows … Continue reading