Linus showed me a program that had two threads that wrote A's and B's, respectively, to the screen. That was the

beginning; it evolved into something more interesting later.

A large number of people simply could not grasp the point Dave was trying to make in the last article, so this article has been written in order to attempt to get his point across clearly.

Programmers are well aware that many of the software patents cover laughably obvious ideas. Yet the patent system's defenders often argue that these ideas are nontrivial, obvious only by hindsight. And it is surprisingly difficult to defeat them in debate.

NetManage, a host access software provider, plans to offer its line of server and client Web-to-host products and development tools on the Linux platform.

Linux stocks have gone from famous to forgotten in just a few months despite evidence that the open-source operating system is gaining momentum.

GTK+ forms a significant part of the functionality of end-user Linux applications and has far exceeded the original expectations of the authors.

Colin Tenwick was appointed vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, at the beginning of July last year.

Linux programmers wanting a glimpse of things to come will be able to try out three machines at VA Linux Systems with Intel's upcoming Itanium chips. Linux programmers will be able to write software for the new Itanium chips even if they lack their own machines. The machines will be accessible over the Internet.

Shares of Red Hat rose 6 percent Thursday on the heels of a possible breakup of Microsoft into three companies, while the software giant's stock dropped. Other Linux players are up as well.

The desktop is the road to success for Linux, and as such needs to be addressed with ambition and focus.