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Locations of OpsMgr 2007 cross-platform specific documentation
22 June 09 04:41 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Gwen, Technical Writer for the System Center Cross Platform and Interop Connections at Microsoft, is getting a lot of questions about cross-platform specific...

Filed under: Open Source, System Center, OpsMgr 2007, Cross Platform

BREAKING: Michael Dell drops Linux
01 February 08 02:57 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/breaking-michael-dell-drops-linux/

Filed under: Open Source

More on the System Management turned Linux discussion...
19 November 07 01:58 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

The discussion still continues in the forums… http://www.myitforum.com/forums/m.asp?m=168758

Filed under: Community, Open Source, Systems Management

In the forums: Zenworks/ConfigMgr comparison turns into a Linux discussion
14 November 07 03:01 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

I posted about a really great discussion in our forums a while ago. jjgleason, who is a Zenworks user, made a fair comparison between Zenworks and ConfigMgr...

Filed under: Open Source, Systems Management

Virtual Machine Additions for Linux 2.0
24 October 07 08:29 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Qualified distributions now include: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (update 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (update 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 SuSE Linux...

Filed under: Open Source, Windows, Virtualization

Tsk, tsk...Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Passes 1000 Vulnerabilities
18 October 07 12:53 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2007/10/16/red-hat-enterprise-linux-4-passes-1000-vulnerabilities.aspx

Filed under: Open Source, Security

Phishers getting better organised, using Linux
05 October 07 10:18 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

"The vast majority of the threats we saw were rootkitted Linux boxes, which was rather startling. We expected Microsoft boxes," says CISO Read...

Filed under: Open Source, Security

Vixta...looking for a lawsuit?
03 October 07 08:02 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Those open source kiddies are at it again. They built an “Aero” interface for Linux and named it “Vixta”, complete with sidebar...

Filed under: Open Source, Windows

Windows users believe in God.
18 September 07 01:57 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

…Mac users ignore God, and Linux users create their own god. Funny comments for this blog post .

Filed under: Miscellaneous Nothings, Open Source, Windows

A prediction that didn't measure up
04 September 07 10:31 AM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

In August of 2003, Siemens Business Systems said that Linux would have a 20% desktop market share by 2008. http://www.linux.com/articles/30873

Filed under: Open Source

Linux now more popular than a 9 year old OS
04 September 07 10:23 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=4031&zoneid=71

Filed under: Open Source, Windows, Industry News

Microsoft now has an Open Source web site
26 July 07 03:47 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/default.mspx

Filed under: Open Source, Windows

Is there a story within a story?
08 May 07 06:25 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Novell Linux Chief Leaves for Google

Filed under: Open Source, Industry News

MisterHouse - Open Source software to control your home
04 May 07 11:42 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

MisterHouse is an open source home automation program. It's fun, it's free, and it's entirely geeky. Written in Perl , it fires events based...

Filed under: Open Source, Software

Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack
14 April 07 10:06 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

With the XPS Essentials Pack you can quickly begin reading and generating XPS Documents. It contains XPS Viewer EP to read XPS Documents and the Microsoft...

Filed under: Office, Open Source