In the latest chapter of the Linux-versus-Microsoft total cost of ownership debate, Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and Levanta this week released a new report to bolster the pro-Linux argument. A ...

Linux is only marginally more difficult for users to learn compared with Windows XP, according to a study carried out by German usability testing agency. The tests, which compared SuSE Linux 8.2 ...

Linux, once viewed as an operating system only computer geeks could appreciate, is today much more user-friendly software that companies, public administrations and consumers can master almost as ...

A new study on future trends for Linux operating systems backs up claims made by several server makers that Linux should show strong growth in the data center over time, proving itself as a competitor ...

New research by a pair of Harvard University academics suggests that Linux will never be able to displace Windows based on the simple economics of Microsoft’s head start and its continuing ecosystem ...

A total of 283 registered software patents, including 27 held by Microsoft, could conceivably be used as the basis of patent lawsuits against the Linux kernel, according to a study of U.S. software ...

So after finishing up the only MS cert I need (MCITP:SA, not much point in going past that, it'd be paper-only), I want to start working towards a Linux cert. Linux+ seems like a good choice, plus it ...