Red Hat will now provide standard support of 10 years for RHEL 5 and 6.
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WALTHAM, Mass., April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Novell today announced the expansion of its Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS) program for SUSEĀ® Linux Enterprise Server, lengthening customers’ access to the company’s industry-leading Linux* support for each service pack release. For the first time, long term support is also provided globally for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z …
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PC World – Here’s my mea culpa. I’m a fervent Linux supporter and much prefer its stability, ease of use, and–in the case of Ubuntu–how pretty it can look compared to anything Microsoft has accomplished with Windows.
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DURHAM, NC–(Marketwire – October 19, 2010) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the company formed to enable and protect Linux, has extended the Linux ecosystem with the signing of blackPanther as a licensee. By becoming a licensee, blackPanther has joined the growing list of companies that recognize the importance of participating in a substantial community of Linux supporters and leveraging the …
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PC World – Joyent is now hosting applications built on Windows and Linux, opening the door to Web application providers who have some components built on those operating systems.
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