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IT services and hardware vendor Unisys has joined the nonprofit Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a move that comes as the company continues to expand its involvement in Linux and open-source products. The OSDL is a global consortium working to accelerate the adoption of Linux in corporate computing.

The jury is in. After years of experimentation with Linux in the enterprise, customers, analysts, and vendors are starting to sing a consistent tune about where Linux makes financial sense and where it doesn't.

Are IT vendors worried about the future of the Linux operating system amid the recent flurry of legal threats from The SCO Group Inc.? Not if the number of Linux product and services announcements coming this week at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco is any indication.

Despite the specter of The SCO Group's legal scuffle with IBM and Linux users, big players such as BEA Systems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Sun Microsystems and Veritas Software will roll out products and services at this week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.

Eagle Linux, the company behind a CD-based Linux flavour which allows users to create their own portable open source platform, has released the newly enhanced 2.2 version of its distribution.

For IT managers who run Virtual Machine Linux images on IBM z/OS mainframes, a new tool from Linuxcare could help improve VM Linux server management and administration.

Back in June, I wrote a column about the problems inherent with the ubiquitous Windows rescue CDs that seem to come with most name-brand PCs these days. This week, I thought it would be useful to discuss some tools that can rescue a Linux system.

Trying to ease the pain associated with consolidating servers on mainframes, Linuxcare Inc. on Thursday rolled out new software that helps larger shops configure and update large-scale Linux deployments.

Linux clustering vendor Mission Critical Linux last week laid off up to 90 percent of its workforce after attempts to find a buyer failed.

The only IBM Linux Technology Center in Australia is located in the capital city of Canberra. LinuxWorld.com.au was invited to take a tour of the centre and meet with the developers, including LTC Director Daniel Frye who was visiting from Oregon, US.

Software vendor Turbolinux and technical services firm Linuxcare have called off a planned merger, less than three months after the deal was signed by the two companies.