Whatever the Swiss government thinks, there are plenty of users in Switzerland who know that open source provides a viable alternative route

Sun's new OpenSolaris 2009.06 is faster - and has better networking thanks to Project Crossbow

Sun has an impressive list of open source projects. How many will survive if Oracle takes over?

The Linux Foundation and Novell have teamed up on Build Service to help create software packages for a variety of Linux distributions

Red Hat may soon be offering VDI capabilities.

Sun has had trouble selling its technology, and IBM is a past master at marketing. What's not to like about the proposed merger?

With a reported $6.5 billion (£4.5bn) in cash on the table for Sun Microsystems, IBM would be well positioned to snag significant market share

Is Microsoft's lawsuit against TomTom a shot across the bow at Linux and open-source software? Open-source experts Bruce Perens and Jim Zemlin weigh in with their views