In today`s tech wrap: Gartner`s findings on desktop Linux disputed; lost and stolen GSM phones blocked in Australia; AMD challenges Deerfield; and IBM believes RFID`s time has come.
Cosmetics manufacturer Clarins SA has migrated its Sage business management system (BMS) to an IBM-based Linux platform.
Linux user groups are holding Installfests at several venues this weekend, for home PC users to get Linux installed on their PCs.
Enterprises shouldn`t expect to cut costs by migrating from Windows desktop platforms to Linux, says Gartner.
OSS is a mature alternative with mainstream support, says a new entrant into this market.
A DH Brown Associates report states that IBM is aggressively targeting the Linux market, says IBM.
Unconfirmed international reports quote Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Inc, as saying the company will not indemnify its Linux customers against lawsuits by SCO Group.
According to BMI-TechKnowledge (BMI-T), Sun Microsystems is dominating the volume Unix server and systems market in SA, says Sun Microsystems.
It`s astonishing how the apathetic generation of computer literate youth can be goaded into action by perceived technological injustices.
The Shuttleworth Foundation today launched its second Open Source Learning Centre at a Cape primary school.
Microsoft has reacted to reports of its purported reliance on Linux to protect its own site, saying its Internet properties all continue to run on Windows Server 2003.
The Sun Microsystems Project Mad Hatter integrated open desktop environment for Linux, Solaris and SunRay has been announced.
In today`s technology roundup: Microsoft "protects its own Web site with Linux"; UK powerline comms trial goes live; IBM tests grid with games; and Microsoft warns about critical IE flaws.