Stories about: Critical Path

The kernel source level debugger, kgdb, has been around for a long time, but never in the mainline tree. Linus Torvalds is not much of a fan of debuggers in general and has always resisted the inclusion of kgdb. That looks like it might be changing somewhat, with the inclusion of kgdb in 2.6.26 now a distinct possibility.

The city of Munich got more media attention than respect after it decided on a migration to Linux and open source software on the desktop. After a careful and deliberately open movement towards deciding its IT future, Munich was slammed in the media, then became a target for Microsoft negotiators and a project at risk from a proposed European move to U.S.-style software patents.

Hoping to bolster its Adaptive Enterprise strategy for on-demand computing, Hewlett-Packard on Monday plans to ship the latest version of its Unix-based HP-UX operating system for Intel's family of Itanium processors. The company also plans to announce commitments from 40 developers to deliver applications for the platform.

Sendmail Inc. has released a mail server aimed at corporations looking to provide low-cost e-mail access to workers who don’t have a dedicated computer or even a desk.

Standing tall after this week's assault by Sun Microsystems Inc. on IBM Corp. mainframe customers, Big Blue officials on Wednesday said Sun got it the other way around when it claimed IBM customers would trade in their mainframes for Sun's new Starcat server.