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There is a common mantra which windows advocates like to chant. I guess it has a calming influence for them as they navigate the labyrinth of installing new hardware on their machines. The mantra goes like this, windows has better device support. This mantra, while boosting the superiority complex of windows advocates, is simply a myth. http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/washing-the-windows-myths-device-support-38896

“The latest smartphone sales figures from NPD Group show Google’s Linux-based Android OS blowing the iPhone and Windows Mobile clean out of the water. The market research company’s first-quarter 2010 figures reveal that although Research in Motion’s (RIM’s) OS still commands 36 percent of the market, Android grabbed second place with 28 percent, relegating Apple into a humiliating third place … Read More

“The Linux 2.6.34 kernel is now available, delivering new filesystems to the open source operating system. “Among the big new items included in the 2.6.34 release is the Ceph distributed filesystem and LogFS, a filesystem geared toward flash media devices. The update comes as the second major Linux kernel development of 2010 and follows the Linux 2.6.33 kernel release by … Read More

http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3873916/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-55-Released-RHEL-6-Coming-Soon.htm

Besides being prone to security problems, Windows has another problem: It’s used everywhere. http://www.itworld.com/security/102162/windows-boll-weevil-problem

Redhat along with DcData has experienced growth year on year. For more information on Redhat’s growth: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/7017/1/

A very interesting look at where Linux is being used: http://www.focus.com/fyi/information-technology/50-places-linux-running-you-might-not-expect/

Customer: U.S. Department of Interior; National Business Center Industry: Government Geography: United States Business Challenge: To deliver significant service level enhancements for its clients in a more economical business model and in a highly secure environment; to create a technological edge and maintain customer satisfaction using cloud computing Continued at: http://customers.redhat.com/2010/03/22/doi-nbc-relies-on-red-hat/?intcmp=70160000000IOaWAAW

Redhat is one step closer to releasing the latest version of it’s enterprise Linux operating system. Please check out http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.redhat.com%2F2009%2F07%2F02%2Fred-hat-enterprise-linux-5-4-beta-now-available%2F&ei=eOnfSo6fIMKC4Qai4oAO&usg=AFQjCNEHOOKBYsH4waiUvC_ng1SW6rOq3w for more information.

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