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Few days ago RedHat Inc. gets a nasty blow from Database Major Oracle Corp. Oracle announces that it will provide support for RedHat products for half the price of RedHat. Oracle says it has 7,000 employees in support services alone while Red Hat says it employs a companywide total of 1,800. After this news stock price of RedHat shares have fallen half of that before.

But, Dennis Kekas, director of North Carolina State University's Network Technology Institute, which has a close relationship with Red Hat, said the company will have no trouble thriving in the ever-expanding open source market. "There's a lot of room out there for a lot of players to participate in the open source movement," Kekas said. "Red Hat's just too sophisticated and too strong to be threatened. They have built such a strong reputation."

Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,225925,00.html

In another strategic play Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that his sales team will offer its corporate customers a chance to license its Windows operating system as part of a package offering maintenance and support for Novell's Suse Linux platform. Apparently, the goal is to make Linux interoperable with Windows and perhaps move some apps onto the Linux platform. Microsoft agreed not to sign a similar agreement with any other Linux distributor for three years. Microsoft's pact with Novell dealt a blow to other Linux distributors such as market leader Red Hat Inc. For this agreement Microsoft will make two separate up-front payments totaling $348 million to Novell.

It seems that Steve Ballmer has a better foresight then Bill Gates, that's why he has been able to take the decision inspite of the fact that in 2004, Novell reached a $536 million settlement with Microsoft over antitrust complaints in Europe and then sued its rival again in the United States. The U.S. suit alleged that Microsoft withheld technical information about Windows that Novell needed for its word processing program WordPerfect which has been sold to Microsoft.

Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227297,00.html

Both this news reflects the increasingly important role of Linux open-source software in corporate computing systems. About 20 percent of corporate America relies on some form of Linux. Because it's available for free, Linux software long has been has been a source of consternation for Microsoft, which makes most of its money from the sale of its proprietary software. As now major software companies are eager to providing support for Linux, many problems that previously made the advancements of Linux in the market slower will be removed. Such a problem was regarding technical information about various Hardwares from manufacturer's which is required for developing Linux device drivers. It is just a start and we don't have to wait very long when every server system will be powered by Linux including major part in Desktop market.

"M$ Vista: New Features", are they really new ?

Here are some "New Features" of M$ Vista operating system as shown in Vista website at

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/default.mspx

::User Experience::

a) integrated desktop search with instant search (is it anyway faster/ newer then slocate in Linux
except a nice looking GUI ?)

b) Live Icon in new Explorer (i think i am quite accoustomed to this in GNOME & KDE)

c) Command Bars show Context Sensitive Tasks depending on file type (You have to check old versions of RedHat to know when it was implented in Linux)

d) Windows Vista Aero provides spectacular visual effects such as glass-like interface elements that you can see through (Adjust the Transparency level in KDE and see what you got)

e) Live Taskbar Thumbnails

f) Windows Flip & Filp 3D

::Security::

a) A PC protected from viruses, worms, spyware, and other potentially unwanted software (Same old unkept promise of NT, lets see what happen to this one)

b) User Account Control (Never dare to think of M$ catching Linux in this field, anyone heard of "sudo" in Linux)

c) No Virus in Vista, very good, but then why this...

"In addition to using these built-in Windows Vista features, you should help keep your computer healthy by using antivirus software such as Windows OneCare or an antivirus solution from one of Microsoft's partners. Whichever option you choose, remember to update your antivirus software regularly. These updates are generally available through a subscription from your antivirus vendor."

Source: Better protection from malware
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/foreveryone/security.mspx

Follow the last line in the qoute...

::IE 7::

really cant remember when Mozilla,Opera implemented these features

a) Tabbed Browsing
b) Built in RSS Reader
c) Protected/Author Mode browsing (check out the full list in Opera, cant type all modes here, list is long)

::Performance::

a) SuperFetch : preloads most used applications into memory
b) ReadyBoost : use USB drives as RAM
c) ReadyDrive : flash hard-drive(also called hybrid HD) support

Many OSS device driver developers has to develop their product without full khnowladge the hardware specification as the "Vendors" charge a huge amount to provide the specification.
They have to use reverse engineering to "guess" the specifications. Still hardware support is not way behind in Linux. If someone thinks that Linux has loosed this field, just wait a while before making any comments.

::Networking::

Network Map (Nothing new for me atleast)

::Gadgets & Sidebar::

Do you know what a NewsTicker, PersonalNotes and a hell lots of free small utilities (called applets) and many like that does in KDE & GNOME?

Now, the point is that I am not against Vista or M$, but the main fact is that Vista is niether the only nor the best OS in this world. The defination of Best is relative to somebody, for me the OS that will give me normal look and features with maximum performance through proper utilisation of limited resource is best. But it is perfectly justified for somebody to choose one with the catchy outlook and superb presentation as the best.

Till now i am a user of XP, Debian and Fedora and i never look down on any of them, because where one loose the other wins.

For more information on M$ Vista check out this link...
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_preview_2005.asp

whoami ?

Yes, this is a Linux command which gives information about the Host the user is connected to. But why a Linux command in someone's first blog...

because now you are going to get some information about the owner of the blog you are reading to...

so, this is Chandan Chowdhury who call him self the i_virus...

he is a final year Computer Science student now in Asansol Engineering College. He call himself i_virus becuase "i" is for himself and "i" is for India and "virus" because something like a computer virus he has very little existence or life without a computer... thats why the combo... i_virus

from now on he will share his views, his khownladge(yes, though very little he has some knowladge which may seems bogus to you) with you...

so please have a eye over here...