Press Coverage

Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only: ZDNet

Open-source company Red Hat will initially offer its hypervisor management tools for Windows systems only.

Paul Cormier, Red Hat's president of products and technologies, told ZDNet UK at a press conference on Wednesday last week that the hypervisor management software for desktops and servers, which is due out before the end of the year, will be available only for systems running Microsoft's proprietary operating system.

Cormier said he had spent a long time reaching the decision.

The issues making IT a political hot potato: ZDNet

For the first time, it looks as if IT will become a significant political battleground at the next election, says Mark Taylor.

What does the fall of GM tell us about software?: ZDNet

It seems possible that the story of decline in US car manufacturing contains interesting parallels for the software industry, says Mark Taylor.

Asus Dumps Linux From The Eee: eWeek

If you want Linux on an Eee, you'll have to go to Toys R Us, Asus tells eWEEK Europe

Why we, not government, must own our data: eGov Monitor

Everyone knows the next government is going to need to save money. Government IT is surely one of the classic back-office functions where real savings can be made.

Conficker cost Manchester council £1.5m: ComputerworldUK

Manchester City Council has cancelled hundreds of fines for drivers caught on camera in bus lanes, after the Conficker worm hit its fine processing systems.

Give us back control of our data: ComputerworldUK

The government is spending 1% of our entire GDP on IT projects, the majority of which fail. There is a better way to harness the power of information technology.

Tory Paper Demands Government Give Back Our Data: eWeek

A new Conservative think tank report is calling for citizen-centric, open source IT development to put an end to wasteful, monolithic central government IT projects.

Winning the war won't secure peace for open source: ZDNet

Open source may have won the argument, but that does not mean the world will now change, says Mark Taylor.

The irony of free-software advocacy: CNet

by Matt Asay

A rich irony of the free-software movement is that it heavily depends upon proprietary hardware and proprietary software to make its voice heard.