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Linux: One Million Code Commits Over 29 years

By Dick Weisinger

Linux may not be the operating system that’s easiest to use for end users, but as a server OS, it ranks as the most widely used. All 500 of the world’s fastest supercomputers use Linux. Linux is even more widely

Linux and Cloud Computing: Can Pigs Fly? Linux now Dominates Microsoft Azure Servers

By Dick Weisinger

“Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. The way the license is written, if you use any open-source software, you have to make the rest of your software open source,” said

Linux: IBM Tries to Regain Relevance with Purchase of Red Hat

By Dick Weisinger

IBM recently announced acquisition of Red Hat for $34 billion.  That is the biggest deal ever for IBM and the third biggest tech acquisition ever.  RED Hat will become a unit of IBM’s Hybrid Cloud division which current Red Hat

Linux: Microsoft Gives in and Becomes a Believer with Introduction of a Custom Linux-Powered Chip

By Dick Weisinger

“Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches,” said former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer back in 2001. Times have changed. After more than a decade of fighting against Linux, Microsoft has changed it’s

Operating Systems: Rust Redox – An Next-Generation Attempt to Plug Linux OS Gaps

By Dick Weisinger

Rust is a language developed by Mozilla to help developers be more productive in writing all sorts of software.  Even the software for operating systems which normally tends to be written in languages like C or assembly for optimized performance.