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Julie Bort talks with Jeremy White about Wine. 1.0 coming up.
If you really talk to managers at companies that want to do desktop Linux, the problem isn't usually the big applications. People are moving to SaaS to handle that problem. For example, Salesforce.com and SugarCRM have taken care of the old "The sales reps need GoldMine" problem. But lately it seems like there's always some little tool from some little ISV that doesn't do Linux yet, and you end up keeping gigabytes of Microsoft software per desk to keep it.
So, that's where Wine could come in really handy. Not just in sales to companies that want to deploy Linux. ISVs can keep an eye on Wine support for their apps, and brag on "Linux support" at little cost beyond the cost of doing the bragging.
Meanwhile, James Turner gets the proprietary device driver situation on Linux wrong:
"Ubuntu has also taken a flexible attitude toward proprietary drivers. Some distributions, philosophically opposed to letting companies 'poison' the intellectually free Linux landscape, pretend these drivers don't exist."
But it's not just a matter of philosophy. Whatever its philosophy, the reason a distribution doesn't put proprietary drivers on Linux is that the distribution can't support them and they break stuff. And you might not be able to upgrade. Debian and Novell are miles apart philosophically, but they agree on keeping the proprietary drivers out.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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Dude! You Say I Need an Application-Layer Firewall?!
Proxy firewall technologies have proven time and again to be more secure than “stateful” firewalls. They will also prove to be more secure than “deep inspection” firewalls. High-performance proxy firewalls are available today which are easily capable of handling gigabit-level traffic. Discover more by reading on.
