IBM has powered up a prototype of "Squadron," its coming high-end Unix server with 64 Power5 processors, an important step in Big Blue's plans to unify its four server lines. "We manufactured our ...

In a potential boon to Microsoft Corp. and other proprietary software companies, the owner of the Unix operating system filed a $1 billion lawsuit against International Business Machines Corp. for ...

You might call it high-tech's odd couple--IBM's white shirts, ties and pocket protectors paired with the ripped T-shirts of Birkenstock-wearing, free-software-loving Linux programmers. But IBM has ...

They also come at a time when the third most important Unix processor line, Sun Microsystems' SPARC, is in a state of flux thanks to the acquisition of Sun by Oracle. Together, these are starting to ...

It is really Unix, and particularly Sun Solaris, that is most feeling the heat of competition from Linux in the server operating system arena, notes Dave Rosenberg in a recent CNET article. Rosenberg ...

SCO Group on Wednesday said it terminated a second IBM Unix System V license, the one that covers the discontinued Dynix/ptx operating system IBM obtained through its acquisition of Sequent several ...

IBM on Tuesday also introduced new Windows and Unix models to its IntelliStation line. The move to unify the workstation line helps combine the company's development efforts and helps field ...

coverage from the Linux gathering. IBM is pumping up its business with the penguin. Big Blue will highlight five new customers using the Linux operating system on Monday at the LinuxWorld conference, ...

IBM targets Linux market with lower prices, new bundles after suffering revenue decline. IBM is slashing prices on mainframe Linux products and selling new mainframe bundles to try to reverse ...