Enterprise Linux? Not so fast; Why Windows 7 will never kill off Linux

Windows 7 on Netbooks: Does Linux Stand a Chance? Linuxworld.com | Subscribe to this site with RSS | Update Your Profile Enterprise Linux? Not so fast. By Robert L. Mitchell Migrating business applications from high-end Unix-based systems such as Sparc/Solaris to commodity x86/Linux platforms has been a popular idea for the past few years, but not everyone thinks going full-on with Linux is the best solution -- at least not yet. Read full story   Sponsored by Enterprise DB     Effective Web 2.0 Support. How successfully is your JEE application server and open source database supporting Web 2.0 apps? By moving tasks traditionally supported on a JEE application server to your open source database you can successfully fix the performance and scaling issues presented by Web 2.0 apps. Find out how today.   Related News: Why Windows 7 will never kill off Linux My Network World blogging colleague Ron Barrett has whooped up a firestorm with his blog post "Why Windows 7 will crush Linux" I have to say he's one brave soul for taking on the open source and Linux crowd. They're a passionate and vocal bunch, and the only thing higher on their "most-wanted list" than George Bush is Microsoft. Ron seems to weathering it well, though, so more power to him for saying what he believes. Windows 7 on Netbooks: Does Linux Stand a Chance? Possibly Microsoft's most important strategic goal for Windows 7, in addition to redeeming the brand damage done by Windows Vista, is to dominate netbooks, now the fastest selling segment of the PC market. Open networks remain a distant nirvana for mobile users The push for open wireless networks that can accommodate all manner of mobile devices and applications grabbed a lot of headlines last year. But true mobile openness remains a distant, and perhaps unachievable, nirvana. U.S. plots massive upgrade to Internet router security The U.S. federal government is accelerating its efforts to secure the Internet's routing system, with plans this year for the Department of Homeland Security to quadruple its investment in research aimed at adding digital signatures to router communications. 4 open source BGP tools The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is funding the following industry and academic groups involved in developing open source tools aimed at securing the Internet's Border Gateway Protocol-based (BGP) routing infrastructure. Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Mozilla said Tuesday that it will delay the third beta of Firefox 3 .1, citing a "large number" of remaining bugs as the reason for the slip. Joyent to buy open-source Google App Engine competitor Cloud-computing platform vendor Joyent said Wednesday it is buying startup Reasonably Smart, a maker of a "direct, open-source competitor" to Google's App Engine framework for quickly building and deploying Web applications that run on Google's infrastructure. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet Up for grabs: Two Cisco training courses from Skyline-ATS worth up to $6,990, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500, 15 copies each of the hot book titles Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration, IPv6 Security and Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks. Get all the entry details here. Sponsored by Enterprise DB Effective Web 2.0 Support. How successfully is your JEE application server and open source database supporting Web 2.0 apps? 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