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Red Hat appears to be doing well this year. Got to love those server sales…

The thought that Google might be calling the shots of the Gaim project is unfortunate. Having said this, I would need to see more proof before galvanizing my opinion.

No matter how well or lousy other Linux companies may be doing, it would appear that Red Hat is doing A-OK. From the looks of things, they are out doing what people had initially expected from their financial performance.

As many of the server companies know, there is a lot of untapped potential in the financial services and telecom markets. And so, we know have Sun working to monetize these markets with a new line of servers…

Hmm, sounds like Novell shareholders want to see the company begin to trim away at some of the company’s fat. Then again, maybe some spin-offs would do the trick?

After much consideration, Emmett gives Novell’s acquisition of SuSE Linux his thumbs up. Here’s why.
by Emmett Dulaney
1/19/2005 — A little over a year ago, Novell decided that it wanted to change direction and become a Linux company. While this decision from what was once an Intel-networking market giant did not seem all that odd — […]

Since being acquired by software giant Novell earlier this year, SuSE Linux has been increasing pressure on Red Hat. Sun Microsystems was once written off. Now they are a foreseeable challenge. Most of all, Microsoft would like to see the end of them and those like them.
“It’s fighting time,” says Matthew Szulik, Red Hat’s […]

ComputerWorld has an interesting interview with Martin Taylor, Microsoft’s chief Linux strategist. This is the first in a series, and is surprisingly short given it’s spread across four pages.

“IT services and hardware vendor Unisys Corp. has upped its involvement with Linux by joining the Red Hat Partner Community one month after unveiling support for Linux on its ES7000 servers.
In an announcement Tuesday, Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc. said the deal allows the two companies to offer integrated Linux products to enterprise customers with […]

Am not sure how to categorize this article except to say wow! Michael Robertson CEO of Linspire makes some serious claims regarding Dell’s relationship with Microsoft. Mr. Robertson indicates Dell currently holds 16.5% of the market share but it’s special alliance with Microsoft accounts for about 25% of its’ profits.
The antitrust deal that Microsoft struck […]

Imagine, a 12-node Linux cluster to a single large motherboard. Though this may seem like something that would be many years off, one start-up company figured that this highly condensed idea might just pay off. If it proves to be successful, this could be the boost needed to jump-start the demand for workstations again […]

In a move that I found rather odd, Linspire has reduced their initial public offering (IPO) price by as much as $7 to $9 per share. Regardless, this will most likely offer little repercussions for Linspire as they prepare to offer 4.4 million shares to the general public. Estimates indicate that Linspire could in fact […]