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  • Mainframes and the changing face of ISVs

    Can System z take advantage of the changing role of independent software vendors? Decreasing low end license costs and boosting Web service conversion tools will help. 

  • New Novell chief will keep strategy intact

    Novell focuses on executing its existing open source strategy as Novell's chief Messman is replaced by new CEO Ron Hovsepian. 

  • Splunk and CA unite for IT troubleshooting

    Some analysts think the new module that integrates Splunk search features in Unicenter NSM will improve functionality for CA customers who must contend with data centers that are getting more complex. 

  • Will Schwartz add more Windows to Sun?

    With Jonathan Schwartz now at the helm of Sun Microsystems, could stronger bonds with Microsoft be in the cards? 

  • Open or closed? The ODF debate spills into LinuxWorld

    Versora chief technology officer John Walker lays out the facts from both sides of the debate in this article on OpenDocument and Microsoft Office Open XML. 

  • IBM subpoenas signal shift to darker side of SCO case

    IP attorney Tom Carey drills down into IBM's new subpoenas -- issued to HP, Microsoft, BayStar and Sun --and finds that conspiracy theorists may be right about SCO's anti-Linux suits. 

  • Free advice (as in beer): Know your compliance/OSLD vendors

    All it takes is a dozen lines of code to violate the GPL and turn months of product development into wasted time and money. But crisis can be averted with the implementation of an open source license detection product. 

  • Linux sends NASA rovers to Mars, among other things

    When the Mars rovers blasted into space nearly two years ago on a multimillion-mile voyage to the Red Planet, Linux was there to help them get off the ground. 

  • Geeks weigh in on the best movies of 2005

    From the historic dawn of Darth Vader to a much-hyped movie that ultimately spelled box-office Doom, IT geeks say 2005 was a mixed bag when it came to the types of far-out films they like best. 

  • Gifts for geeks: What to get the geek on your list

    It's nice to have people on your list who are fully satisfied with the latest Seinfeld DVD set or the complete Calvin and Hobbes. For those less easy to please -- and I'm talking about geeks, of course -- here are some tips gathered from my personal ...