Article gallery: LinuxUser & Developer

Playing the game

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Linux has had a huge impact on businesses and their software suppliers in the last two years.

Antimoney or antifreedom?

Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Is the community really against corporations making money from Linux? Or is it simply against companies that try to restrict users' freedom?

Buying protection

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0000

In the wake of SCO's legal action, a variety of indemnification and insurance schemes have sprung up. But are they worth the investment?

Big penguin blues

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000

IBM's love-affair with Linux has entered a more mature phase, says Rob Buckley. Rather than adopt the mantle of revolutionary, IBM is using its sober, business-oriented company persona to get Linux into organisations.

Free as in speech, not beer

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000

In the first of a series of articles on the changing market for open source software, Rob Buckley looks at how various companies have met the challenge of making money from the open source software model

The Three Advantages

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Understanding the open source business model. In the second of a series of articles on the changing market for open source software, Rob Buckley looks at the benefits that customers are looking for when they choose an open source solution

Command line millionaires

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Open source or proprietary, start-ups need cash to develop their business, and the first stop for cash is the venture capitalist

Foundation and Empire

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Rob Buckley muses on why open source start-ups sometimes fail to meet eye-to-eye with the business world

Are you certifiable?

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:54:17 +0000

Novell is hoping to catch up with Red Hat and win more customers through its new certification scheme, says Rob Buckley

The last software licence you'll need?

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:41:57 +0000

The best-known and most notorious free software licence in the world, the GNU GPL, is being updated for the first time in 15 years. Rob Buckley finds out how businesses have been taking to the news, and how it will affect end-users.

Leading, but carefully

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:40:19 +0000

Rob Buckley finds out how Big Blue is finding life with open source, and how it mixes idealism with pragmatism

An open agenda

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:52:33 +0000

Unisys thinks it's the ideal company to sell open source to the enterprise. Rob Buckley talks to its head of enterprise Linux to find out why

The Bright SPARC

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:01:31 +0000

While open source dominates the software industry, open source hardware is only just starting. Rob Buckley looks at Sun's attempts to start a new market

Opening up the Apple

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:33:37 +0000

With Apple’s conversion to Intel chips well under way, the possibility of running standard Linux distributions on Macs is proving enticing. Rob Buckley investigates to see whether Linux on Mactel is as easy as it sounds

To boldly go

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:08:31 +0000

Rob Buckley reports on Novell’s recent ‘Enterprise Day’ in London