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French Firms Aim To Beef Up Linux Security

Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider: "Linux security is a good example of what happens when many people are working on a problem. It gets solved quickly." That means that while the open-source community might lack a central security point, it does tend to move e...

AOL Dumps Microsoft’s Spam Filter Standard

Such standards flaps are nothing new in the technology sector, but the battles often take on an added sense of urgency when Microsoft is involved, said Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio "Having them in the picture makes some people nervous," DiDio said. Microsoft's sayin...

Microsoft’s Linux Strategist Speaks Out

Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider that open-source advocates should not expect Microsoft to back off from combating Linux any time soon Employing a strategist like Taylor merely shows that the company wants to know as much as possible about Linux to fight it....

IBM Introduces New Entry-Level Linux Servers

As IBM pushes its OpenPower line, it might find Sun and HP pushing back. Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider that the competition in the entry-level server market is especially fierce "Microsoft has lost some of its share because of Linux," she said. "People tha...

Can Open Source Take Over the World?

The success of Asia is being carefully watched, Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider. "It's a huge market, and everyone is interested in it," she said. "So it makes sense that people would look at what's happening there, and how well they make Linux work." Europe...

Microsoft’s Ballmer Addresses Linux, Security

One of the largest components of Ballmer's speech concerned Linux, which is not surprising given Microsoft's increasing focus on the area. "Microsoft is realizing that they have to fight Linux on every front," Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider. She added that Ballmer has been especially vocal on the topic...

Report: Linux Will Enjoy Double-Digit Growth

"Our conversations with end users cemented the Yankee Group's belief that no operating system is right for everyone," said Laura DiDio, senior analyst the Yankee Group. "Each company must look within. Make a realistic assessment of their existing software operating system infrastructure. Decide whether the current infrastructure meets your company's current and planned business needs and goals. Balance your business requirements against your current and future budget and then chart your technology course."

Microsoft Faces New Antitrust Suit

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio said Microsoft has changed the way it does business to remain in compliance with the order that settled that action, only to have more suits brought forward anyway "Microsoft knows they are and will be monitored very closely," DiDio told...

Security Vulnerability in Linux Qt Toolkit Fixed

"What you're talking about is lines of code," Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider. "Whether that's developed by a community or a company, there will be flaws. There's no code that doesn't have vulnerabilities." She added that some Linux users have considered the...

Macromedia Releases Flex Builder

The tests were being done just as Microsoft unveiled stripped-down versions of its Visual Studio tools, in an attempt to woo more developers. Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider that, like Microsoft, Macromedia understands the importance of targeting nonprofessional programmers and developers...

Can Bruce Perens’ UserLinux Compete?

Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider that as Linux becomes more mainstream, companies will find that the choices between distributions will become more complex, as will the proliferation of services. As that happens, some of those who are fond of the old-school style of Linux might become frustrated...

MS Targets Linux, Pirates with New ‘XP Lite’

"Microsoft realizes -- unlike North America and Western Europe -- the one-price-for-all pricing model isn't going to fit in the Asian market," Laura DiDio, a senior analyst with the Yankee Group in Boston, told LinuxInsider "If Microsoft wants to play in this market and not ge...

Microsoft Battles Linux Threat

The company is so strongly focused on spreading its opinions about Linux because it sees open source as a hazard to its health. "It's taking business away from them," Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider. "That makes it a threat." ...

Microsoft Urges Update, But IBM Will Test First

"You always have to test," Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld. "All of the networks are so heterogeneous these days, you can't predict where and how these things will interact." ...

Wyse, HP Beef Up on Linux Thin Clients

Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider that the t5515 will fit in well with HP's other products. This is striking, she said, because HP also has partnership arrangements with Microsoft "HP has all these incredibly complex and seemingly antithetical relationships," ...

IBM Takes Open-Source Commitment to the Next Level

There are other reasons for IBM's nonenforcement announcement, said Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio. For one thing, it's already spending a lot of time in court "With SCO and other suits, IBM has its hands full," she said. "They don't need to add to their lawsuit load right n...

IBM Jumps on Open-Source Bandwagon with Patent Promise

There are other reasons for IBM's nonenforcement announcement, said Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio. For one thing, it's already spending a lot of time in court "With SCO and other suits, IBM has its hands full," she said. "They don't need to add to their lawsuit load right n...

HP’s nx5000: First Mainstream Linux Laptop

Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider that even with these challengers already working in the market, HP should see major traction with the nx5000 very soon "Putting Linux on notebooks makes a lot of sense," she said, adding, "And HP has a great channel in place i...

IBM Boosts Open Source with Patent Promise

There are other reasons for IBM's nonenforcement announcement, Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told The E-Commerce Times. For one thing, it's already spending a lot of time in court "With SCO and other suits, IBM has its hands full," she said. "They don't need to add to their...

IBM Promises Not To Assault Linux with Patents

There are other reasons for IBM's nonenforcement announcement, Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider. For one thing, it's already spending a lot of time in court "With SCO and other suits, IBM has its hands full," she said. "They don't need to add to their lawsuit...

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