SCO alleges IBM improperly extended its licensed use of Unix Source code and related information to Linux. This is a big problem for IBM but of little importance to the general Linux community. (1200 words)

Open source offers a better option for XML, thus making the real bottom line on Microsoft's use of XML in Office 1X a simple one: follow and lose, or continue to diverge and win by offering a smarter alternative that also happens to be cheaper. (2,900 words)

At Big Four accounting-services firms like KPMG, computing is completely dominated by the Microsoft PC. Paul Murphy looks at what Linux could mean for these firms over the next two-to-five years and finds, not surprisingly, that adopting Linux would save them money. More interestingly,...

Murphy's October 2001 TCO analysis generated much reader comment. In this article, the first installment in a two-part series, he revisits the Linux-versus-Windows decision for the faculty of a small college or university. (3,000 words)

If Sun doesn't get a turnaround at the top, its shares could sink to the point that management would have to look for a white knight... which would destroy the most innovative company in the business. In the end, Sun is rock-solid; getting there is a short-term problem for which we off...

With the core prototype awaiting user reaction, Murphy examines consolidation and software pricing issues raised by readers. He finds Moore's Law has been working its magic on Unix software costs while only Nixon's Law seems to have applied to Microsoft's. (2,600 words)

Paul Murphy explains why SOAP makes getting a grip on network security a slippery ordeal, why the Aberdeen Group's report that open source is less secure than Windows is hogwash and how to bolster server-side security with Linux/Cocoon. (3,000 words)

How to assemble the Unix-side infrastructure needed to create a business-application system to compete with Microsoft-licensed software. Also, a look at reader reaction to the first installment in this series. (2,500 words)

The list is misleading in that many readers and editors would have seen this as an FBI certification of the relative equality of security problems between systems running Microsoft Windows and those running Unix.

Licensed or open-source software: which is the better choice in real business situations? Paul Murphy launches the debate with the first installment in a six-part series. In this article, Paul compares the costs, key questions, risks and managerial issues involved in implementing busin...

Sidebar to 'The pros and cons of business-app implemention via open-source software (Part 1)' (1,700 words)

Microsoft's XML extensions form the basis for the Passport single sign-on service but are fundamentally inconsistent with SGML principles. In contrast, Plan 9's factotum authentication management offers an elegant and effective open source alternative.

What we got right & wrong in 'Why you should take a Mac user to lunch' including the definition of a 'blade,' PostScript vs. PDF, and the purchase price of a bundled operating system. (2,100 words)

Apple's new rackmount server is just another Unix box -- with big implications for the Linux community. Four million new Unix users a year, that's the MacOS X promise and it's a market full of friends with whom we should be working. (2,200 words)

This is the second of three articles in which Paul Murphy takes a close hard look at running Linux on the mainframe. In this article, he looks at who should buy into this product. Next week, we look at what IBM could do to reduce skepticism surrounding the performance claims of Linux o...

A confession of error, poking a little fun at religion, and early benchmarks results from deep inside the IBM cloister. (1,250 words)

Author Paul Murphy's first LinuxWorld article A strategic comparison of Windows vs. Unix on making the Unix decision suggested that Unix is usually a smarter business choice than Windows. The current article, seventh and penultimate in this series, looks at what it takes to implement t...

Author Paul Murphy's first LinuxWorld article A strategic comparison of Windows vs. Unix on making the Unix decision suggested that Unix is usually a smarter business choice than Windows. The current article, seventh and penultimate in this series, looks at what it takes to implement t...

Author Paul Murphy's previous LinuxWorld article on making the Unix decision suggested that Unix is usually a smarter business choice than Windows. The current article, sixth in a series, looks at what it takes to implement that knowledge. (3,800 words)

Author Paul Murphy's A strategic comparison of Windows vs. Unix suggested that Unix is usually a smarter business choice than Windows. The current article, fifth in a series, looks at what it takes to implement that knowledge. (3,000 words)

Author Paul Murphy's A strategic comparison of Windows vs. Unix suggested that Unix is usually a smarter business choice than Windows. The first article in this series, Virtual case study: Cutting IT costs with Unix, looked at what it took to implement that knowledge at a manufacturing...

Author Paul Murphy's A strategic comparison of Windows vs. Unix suggested that Unix is usually a smarter business choice than Windows. The first article in this series, Virtual case study: Cutting IT costs with Unix, looked at what it took to implement that knowledge at a manufacturing...

Author Paul Murphy's A strategic comparison of Windows vs. Unix suggested that Unix is usually a smarter business choice than Windows. The first article in this series, Virtual case study: Cutting IT costs with Unix, looked at what it took to implement that knowledge at a manufacturing...

Author Paul Murphy's A strategic comparison of Windows vs. Unix suggested that Unix is usually a smarter business choice than Windows. The first article in this series, Virtual case study: Cutting IT costs with Unix, looked at what it took to implement that knowledge at a manufacturing...

Author Paul Murphy's A strategic comparison of Windows vs. Unix on making the Unix decision suggested that Unix is usually a smarter business choice than Windows. This article, the first in a series, looks at what it takes to implement that knowledge in a small business. (3,500 words)

Author Paul Murphy responds to reader feedback to his story A strategic comparison of Windows vs. Unix. (800 words)

Most of the Windows versus Unix debate has been cast in terms of which is technically better or which is cheaper, but the real question is, 'Under what circumstances is it smarter to pick one technology rather than the other?' (4,500 words)