Why Linux is a desktop flop

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	Why Linux is a desktop flop It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows. So why isn't anybody using it? Read More WEBCAST: BMC Software Sun Chemical Customer Success Story Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, quadrupled its complex batch environment with zero extra headcount using BMC Control-M's Automated File Transfer features. Learn More! In this Issue VMware, Piston Cloud pledge to develop open source PaaS offering Now Yahoo Declares Patent War On Open Source IBM set to replace Siebel with open-source SugarCRM WEBCAST: Riverbed The Network Realities of Desktop Virtualization How do you separate promise from reality? Watch this webinar and learn how to avoid the pitfalls that can doom your virtual desktop projects, and more. Learn more! VMware, Piston Cloud pledge to develop open source PaaS offering In a pairing of unlikely partners, Piston Cloud Computing announced it will work to support integration of VMware's open source platform-as-a-service offering Cloud Foundry with OpenStack, the open source infrastructure-as-a-service model. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAP The Road Ahead For SAP's Business ByDesign Forrester believes that SAP Business ByDesign represents a viable SaaS offering worthy of consideration. This report examines SAP Business ByDesign, its future directions, and emerging use cases. This report also positions SAP Business ByDesign within the rest of SAP's software and influence on its product portfolio. Learn More Now Yahoo Declares Patent War On Open Source Yahoo's decision to recapture its lost profit potential by asserting its rights under its patent portfolio has already drawn a lot of criticism in tech circles. Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has declared war on Facebook and others claiming "they own the web" by virtue of their large portfolio of patents. But now it seems they are going to claim patent rights over open source technologies as well. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Advanced Thermal Control Options Thermal control actively manages system cooling through fan speed and power management to minimize power consumption, airflow, and system acoustic output. This paper discusses the improvements advanced thermal control yields to tune thermal control based on individual configurations and support for ambient temperatures as high as 45° C. Learn More IBM set to replace Siebel with open-source SugarCRM IBM is planning to replace its Siebel-based customer relationship management (CRM) products with software owned by open source software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor SugarCRM, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read More
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