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Are the Operating System Wars Back?

Ask many people who witnessed the rise of the PC when the operating system wars ended, and they'll think of many years ago, when Microsoft Windows arrived on about nine in 10 computers. While the Linux community often argues that the operating system wars are still raging, at least on the desktop, raging is a hard argument to support. Still, depending on which angle you view the modern operating system struggle from, there is a lot of interesting competition going on. John Dragoon, CMO of Novell, said as much in a Forbes piece titles Battle of the OS Titans.


Google Announces Dates for Next I/O Developer Conference

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Keep May 19 - 20, 2010 open if you plan to attend the next Google I/O Developer Conference. It's slated to be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA and registration opens in January. The event brings thousands of developers together for a two-day sprint through session about some of Google's most popular products and tools, including App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, Android, and Chrome.



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Is Oracle getting ready to kill OpenSolaris? What does a Linux company, which Oracle is, want to do with its newly purchased Sun operating system?

Google releases open source NX server. Amid the fanfare of the Chrome OS announcement, Google quietly released an open source NX server, dubbed Neatx, for remote desktop display.

HP releases $500 Linux netbook onto Aussie market. This week sees the Australian launch of the Mini 110, which HP is offering with both Ubuntu and Windows XP.

Free operating systems that aren't Linux. There are other free options such BSD, OpenSolaris, HaikuOS, ReactOS, and PureDarwin.

Chrome, Android have different jobs, Google says. Android has features unique to running mobile devices, and one doesn't replace the other, a Google mobile executive says.



Does Chrome OS Have a Fighting Chance?

One thing that both Google and Apple share is that almost the instant that they announce a new product, the public loves it. That's partly because they tend to deliver winning products, but they don't always do so. Google has shuttered a number of projects from its labs, and its productivity applications are popular, but haven't come close to toppling Microsoft Office. And remember the Apple Newton? I barely do either.

For these reasons, and because an operating system is a complex thing to build and gather support for, it makes sense to scrutinize Google's actual chances of delivering a hit with it's newly announced Chrome OS. Here are some things that will work in Google's favor, and some that will not.



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New version of EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus Advanced Server now available. It has deeper Oracle compatibility, and is simpler to migrate to.

Develop web sites quickly with Bluefish. It's a very easy code editor.

Who should use alpha-status Chrome on Linux? Many people are already using it on a daily basis.

Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks. Will they wrest the PC industry from Wintel's grip?

Is Vyatta now part of Microsoft keiretsu? Citrix funding the open source networking player begs the question.



Ballmer Swipes At, Then Praises Open Source Competition

Much is being said about Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's comments on open source in Australia this week. As GigaOm notes, Ballmer took a bold swipe at Google's Android platform while speaking Down Under, but he also directly said he found open source browser engines interesting. ? Among other things implied here, there could be some big changes in how browsers compete.


Look Out for the Mobile Version of Google Chrome

Is Google Chrome going to arrive in a mobile version for smartphones and other devices? Google has already confirmed that it will arrive in a version for its Linux-based Android platform, and there are lots of reasons to believe that Chrome was developed in its initial Windows version with mobile devices in mind. However, Google will likely face much competition from Mozilla, which is developing its own open source mobile browser dubbed Fennec.