April 22, 2005
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Linus Torvalds didnt want to change software configuration management tools; however, business and open-source philosophy problems left the Linux founder with no choice but to abandon BitKeeper and create his own system: Git. SCM programs are used to control the … Continue reading
April 22, 2005
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Linux founder Linus Torvalds has reluctantly created his own software configuration management system, Git, to oversee Linux kernel development. Previously, Torvalds had been using BitMover Inc.s BitKeeper SCM (software configuration management) to manage Linux. “Im pretty well known for not being a … Continue reading
April 19, 2005
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The SCO Group CEO reveals that the company’s been made aware of Sun’s plans to open-source Solaris and approves of them. For more than a year, Sun Microsystems Inc. has inched its way towards the release of an open-source version … Continue reading
March 21, 2005
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The company’s next-generation enterprise desktop, Novell Linux Desktop, won’t be out until 2006, but Novell’s SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 desktop will have many of its features and will come out in April. At its annual BrainShare tradeshow Monday, Novell showed … Continue reading
January 2, 2005
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Over my years as a computer journalist, I’ve met pretty much everyone who’s anyone in the technology business. Very few of the big names have really impressed me, though. Among those who I’ve thought were really something special have been … Continue reading
November 19, 2004
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When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said he wasnt really saying that Linux violates more than 200 software patents, Microsoft followed up by saying Ballmer was only citing findings from a controversial study done this summer by OSRM (Open Source Risk … Continue reading