Red Hat http://www.itworld.com/red-hat xx An important Linux fix http://www.itworld.com/security/83917/an-important-linux-fix It's not often that Linux needs to be fixed, but a recently discovered security problem does deserve your attention. http://www.itworld.com/security/83917/an-important-linux-fix#comments Endpoint security Networking Open Source Operating systems Security Software Analysis kernel Linux Novell null Red Hat Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:43:15 -0500 sjvn 83917 at http://www.itworld.com With eye on Oracle and MySQL, Red Hat invests in EnterpriseDB http://www.itworld.com/software/82628/with-eye-oracle-and-mysql-red-hat-invests-enterprisedb Red Hat Inc. has invested an unspecified amount in open-source database vendor EnterpriseDB Inc., a sign the Linux vendor may be worried about Oracle Corp.'s takeover of MySQL through its pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. http://www.itworld.com/software/82628/with-eye-oracle-and-mysql-red-hat-invests-enterprisedb#comments Open Source Software News EnterpriseDB Red Hat Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:44:56 -0400 ITworld staff 82628 at http://www.itworld.com A Peek into Carnegie-Mellon's Open Source Lab http://www.itworld.com/open-source/81578/a-peek-carnegie-mellons-open-source-lab The university has set up a computing lab for its students using all FOSS tools. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/81578/a-peek-carnegie-mellons-open-source-lab#comments Development Open Source Case study Carnegie Mellon education Fedora foss open source Red Hat Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:05:29 -0400 Esther Schindler 81578 at http://www.itworld.com Microsoft, Red Hat seal the deal on interoperability http://www.itworld.com/software/80241/microsoft-red-hat-seal-deal-interoperability Microsoft and Red Hat might disagree on some things but as far as virtualization goes they have aligned their operating systems and hypervisor technology so that they will interoperate. http://www.itworld.com/software/80241/microsoft-red-hat-seal-deal-interoperability#comments Virtualization Windows News Linux Microsoft Red Hat Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:14:00 -0400 ITworld staff 80241 at http://www.itworld.com Red Hat files brief in Supreme Court patent case http://www.itworld.com/open-source/79590/red-hat-files-brief-supreme-court-patent-case In case involving business methods, Red Hat argues that software patents should not be patentable. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/79590/red-hat-files-brief-supreme-court-patent-case#comments Legal Open Source News patents Red Hat Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:30:39 -0400 ITworld staff 79590 at http://www.itworld.com