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CoreOS: Linux Vendors in the Crosshairs of Disruption

By Dick Weisinger

Linux distribution vendors like Red Hat, Canonical, and Suse are under threat of disruption from a repackaged and streamlined minimalist product from CoreOS. Cloud providers are intrigued with the technology, and CoreOS is now offered on AWS, Google Compute Engine, Rackspace, OpenStack

Enterprise Open Source: Free versus Paid Licensing Models

By Dick Weisinger

There’s many advantages to using Open Source software in the enterprise. Benefits of Open Source cited often include high quality, auditability, lower TCO, and greater flexibility. Jan-Jan van der Vyver, MD of Linux Warehouse, told ITWeb that “We are seeing

Open Source: Density of Software Defects Increase with the Size of the Code Base

By Dick Weisinger

Coverity was commissioned in 2006 by the Department of Homeland Security to do a study on Open Source code security.  Coverity has published an annual update of those results over each of the last seven years.  Each year the report

Linux: Enterprises Shift Servers from UNIX and Windows

By Dick Weisinger

Spending by enterprises on servers is growing at an annual rate of just 3.1 percent.  The three dominant enterprise server Operating Systems being used are Linux, Windows and UNIX.  Not too surprisingly, enterprises are dropping older Unix servers in favor

Linux: The Two Faces of Linux – Robust Server versus Stagnant Desktop Market Shares

By Dick Weisinger

Linux servers now makes up more than 20 percent of the total server market.  And Linux is a favorite when developing embedded applications, like for  NASA’s Mars mission rover. Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, explains the success