Sean Michael Kerner

PHP 4, deployed on tens of millions of servers globally, is among the most successful languages of all time. But its run is coming to an end. Active

Some pieces of software seem to jump version numbers with every minor revision, while others seem to never change. In the case of HP's flagship Unix

The first new Linux kernel of 2008 is now out, showcasing improvements that run the gambit of bug fixes to new performance and feature enhancements. One

For years, the poster child of the anti-open source movement was Microsoft, with its proprietary software model. In recent years, however, the company has

HP is among the biggest backers of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the world. As such they've developed their own best practices and tools to help

There are a lot of companies with point products for specific WAN optimization and application acceleration needs. Certainly Cisco is among those that

There are some stories that get me more riled up then others. The recent news that Time Warner is now, all of a sudden, testing usage-based pricing for

Mandriva Linux and Turbolinux are collaborating to create a common base for their respective Linux distributions. The joint effort will be called

UPDATED: In a surprise move, Sun Microsystems today said it's acquiring privately held open source database vendor MySQL AB for approximately $1 billion.

Reporter's Notebook: Nearly every year for the last decade I've heard some pundit or vendor proclaim from the rooftops: This is the year of the Linux

With a new visual interface including new themes sounds and effects as well as a semantic file manager, speed and multimedia handling improvements, KDE 4

Thousands of people are involved in the Linux development community, many of them lending their voices to the project on any given day. But when one voice