| Windows 7, an OS to love Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett offers a three-part series on why the IT will love Windows 7, why XP users will switch and why it will smash Linux. Windows 7 and enterprise IT: a love match IT will want it, XP users will want it and even many Linux users will want it, says Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett. Why Windows 7 will crush Linux Okay it is no secret that Linux has not been able to crack the desktop, either at the home or at the workplace. Not to ignored either is that Windows lost some desktops last year (a little over 3%),but let’s not panic just yet, Windows still owns over 88% of all the desktops according to leading research. Is it justified to boycott Cisco's open source developer contest? Should open source boycott Cisco's AXP developer contest? That question is getting the open source development community all hot and bothered since it was posed in a ZDNet blog. Novell SLES 10.2 Xen offers great promise Novell's SLES 10.2 with Xen 3.2 is part of its Linux product line and typically is managed by the company's ZenWorks products and services. Citrix, Novell make a valid run at VMware ESX virtualization crown VMware and Microsoft should be running scared when it comes to server virtualization platforms, because open source Xen-based products have matured into viable enterprise-class options. Infoblox ports network services to Cisco's ISR Infoblox has ported its Nios network services software to run as a virtual appliance on Cisco's ISR branch routers. Using Google Gadgets as Free Lotus Notes Plug-ins If your organization uses Lotus Notes, you know about its e-mail capabilities. And if you're using Lotus Notes as a collaboration and workflow management platform, no doubt you have a number of applications to streamline and simplify your business processes. But do you also know that there are hundreds of free Notes plug-ins for the Notes 8 client, which can do everything from tell time, check the weather, keep you up-to-date on breaking news and perform countless other handy tasks? Vietnam pushes open-source software for government use The Vietnamese government will move to several open-source applications by the end of next year as the country also tries to reduce the use of pirated software. Sysadmin mantra: Think 'abundance,' softly does it Internet activist, author and system administrator at Google, Tom Limoncelli, would like to see IT pros getting more involved in social justice, organisations thinking more creatively about IT, and systems administrators embracing their soft skills. As technology grows ever more pervasive and connected the demand placed on systems administrators only continues to grow. "You can't even blow up aliens or care for your Webkinz if there aren't system administrators designing and operating the networks and servers that make it all work," says Limoncelli. For this reason, he says skills such as time management are crucial in order to achieve personal and operational efficiency. Limoncelli speaks to Computerworld about what else makes it all work behind the scenes, as well as open source software and the social good. Limoncelli will be presenting the opening keynote at the up-coming linux.conf.au. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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