Red Hat Linux and open source news

Why open source & the Internet must play a role in medicine

2008-06-23T00:00:00Z

It would be nice if medical professionals never lost patient information. But unfortunately, doctors and other healthcare specialists are only human. And the running cliché that doctors' handwriting is hard to read is often repeated for a reason. During his presentation at the Red Hat Summit in Boston, Dr. John Halamka, CIO of Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discussed four key reasons why medical records should be stored online. Storage, compliance, patient access and community are among the ( supremely productive) Halamka's supporting reasons for his claim that online medical records will ensure a national standard of healthcare.

Building open-source acceptance

2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

Children are taught as early as preschool that sharing is an essential part of learning to get along with others. Yet some people still can't grasp the concept of sharing code or they reject open source because of the monetary value of ideas, said Jim Whitehurst, president and CEO of Red Hat, at the recent Red Hat Summit in Boston.

Red Hat develops Linux-based hypervisor, virtualization security tool

Jon Brodkin — 2008-06-18T00:00:00Z

Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor that fits on a flash drive.

Wall Street becoming Linux stronghold

Ellen Messmer — 2008-06-12T00:00:00Z

NEW YORK -- Wall Street firms increasingly are buying into Linux, but some still need convincing that open source licensing and support models won't make using the technology more trouble than its worth.

Novell, Red Hat upgrade Linux offerings

John Fontana — 2008-05-21T00:00:00Z

Novell and Red Hat both updated their Linux operating systems Wednesday, adding improvements in virtualization, desktops, networking, management and hardware support.

Fedora 9 hits the streets

John Fontana — 2008-05-13T00:00:00Z

The Fedora Project Tuesday said Fedora 9, a free, open source Linux operating system, is ready for download.

Red Hat skips consumer Linux desktop

John Ribeiro — 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z

Red Hat has no plans to create a traditional desktop product for the consumer market, but will continue to place its bets on a desktop for commercial markets.

Linux kernel community grows, but elite group remains

2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

While Linus Torvalds' name is synonymous with the Linux kernel, Al Viro's may be one day, too.

Red Hat posts strong fiscal year '08 earnings

John Fontana — 2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

Linux operating system and open source middleware vendor Red Hat Thursday reported more than 30% growth in its total revenue and its critical subscription revenue for its fiscal year 2008.

Fedora 9 hits beta

John Fontana — 2008-03-26T00:00:00Z

Open source Fedoraproject.org has released the beta of Fedora 9 signaling the code's readiness for testing by early adopters.