Kernel Comparison: FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris and Windows
	The perpetual face-off between operating systems certainly goes deeper than the shell, and in this context, a critical aspect of such a comparison is a "measuring contest" involving the core of the platforms. Diomidis Spinellis, from the Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, compared four kernels in a white paper for the "30th International Conference on Softw ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2008, 11:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

OpenSolaris 2008.5 Installation Guide
	The final version of the OpenSolaris operating system was released a few days ago and it brings a brand new Image Packaging System (IPS), ZFS as the default filesystem, and DTrace enabled packages so you can keep an eye on everything and squeeze the juice out of your system. The powerful bash shell is one of the GNU utilities that made their way into OpenSolaris 2008.05, and many other tools from the GNU world. The single LiveCD ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 02:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

OpenSolaris Indiana 2008.05 Released
	OpenSolaris, the operating system created by Sun Microsystems, has finally reached its first stable release, 2008.05. I think this is one of the most awaited operating systems by developers, sysadmins and users who are interested in developing and improving operating systems. OpenSolaris 2008.05 comes packed with features that you wi ... [read more >>]
	05 May 2008, 09:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cross-Platform Malware Infects Windows Vista, Linux and Solaris
	Windows Vista, Linux and Solaris, three of the operating systems applauded in different contexts for the high level of security they deliver can all be infected by the same piece of malware. MSIL.Yakizake is a cross-platform worm that will infect not only Vista, Linux and Solaris but also ... [read more >>]
	05 October 2007, 09:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Microsoft and Sun Tie the Knot for Windows Server And Solaris on Sun x64 Systems
	Microsoft and Sun have tied the knot for Windows Server on Sun x64 systems, as the result of the two companies expanding their strategic alliance. The new partnership is essentially focused on two aspects, making Sun a Windows Server OEM and the continuation of Windows Server deployments on Sun x64 systems. In this context Microsoft underlined its vision focused on 64-bit platforms. The Redmond company will in February 2008 release[ADMARK= ... [read more >>]
	12 September 2007, 12:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

HP Greets IBM
	The business partnership between IBM and Sun Microsystems could be a lifesaver for the Solaris developing company that has just currently recovered from a long string of bad years. The partnership is all about running the Solaris operating system that is developed by Sun on top of x86 compatible hardware and not on the SPARC platform. IBM is not the first company to sell x86 compatible hardware as servers that are able to run ... [read more >>]
	20 August 2007, 04:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

IBM and Sun - The Blue Blades
	IBM is very well known as a producer and vendor of servers and associated services and the big blue company may very well be the most important player on the server and mainframe market field offering to enterprise and corporate customers a large selection of systems ranging from x86 compatible ones to supercomputers like the BlueGene line. Sun Microsystems on the other hand is better known as the company behind the Java programming langua ... [read more >>]
	17 August 2007, 11:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Project Indiana to Bring Solaris Binaries by 2008
	According to a recent post on Yahoo! News, Sun has serious intentions of releasing binaries for its OpenSolaris Unix platform by 2008 during a so called Project Indiana. As Ian Murdock, Sun's chief OS strategist and a former CTO of the Linux Foundation, mentio ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2007, 18:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sun and Fujitsu Sitting in a Tree
	In the server business market, Sparc processors have been around since the dawn of ages, but there have always been other competitors that took away from the processors' pride, there was IBM's Power PCs, Intel's Xeon and AMD's Opteron processors that put out a good fight, just enough for people to take their eyes away from the important things. Fujitsu's dual-core, dual-threaded Sparc64 VI “Olympus” i ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2007, 12:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia