Open source's growing pains

roundup Linux and StarOffice grab some desktop real estate, as the community weathers internal spats over access and external pressure from Microsoft.

Data-loss bug afflicts Linux
After a two-week lag, a flaw in the latest Linux kernel that could cause systems to lose data is fixed. New bug-tracking efforts should button up future patch processes.
December 6, 2002

More Linux desktops on the way
Penguin Computing, known for its Linux servers, introduces a new desktop machine for corporations.
December 5, 2002

Sony dumps Microsoft for StarOffice
StarOffice software, Sun's commercial distribution of its open-source OpenOffice package, is making its way onto some European Sony PCs.
December 5, 2002

Linux, Microsoft tussle in India
Nearly 2,000 supporters of Linux round off a three-day conference in India's technology capital this week, pleased with the operating system's growing corporate use.
December 6, 2002

Open-source clan in spat with Sun
The OpenBSD project leader accuses Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers. Sun is scrambling to cooperate in response.
December 4, 2002

Microsoft: Linux on desktops a threat
The Windows powerhouse's CFO says the company's future growth will be hurt if the rival Linux operating system establishes a foothold on desktop computers.
December 4, 2002

IBM debuts new Linux-only server
Big Blue announces a new low-end server, its first Power processor-based system that can run the Linux operating system without needing IBM's AIX as well.
December 3, 2002

IDC: Windows cheaper than Linux
Research firm IDC, in a Microsoft-funded study, finds that Linux is more expensive to administer than Windows--but the cost gap may shrink as Linux becomes more widespread.
December 3, 2002