Recent IT industry events have created a field day for those who think the news tend to come in “threes”: During a 5-plus hours long event highlighting the conclusion of its Sun Microsystems deal, ...

These powerful computers ruled technical tasks in the '80s and '90s. Can you still find one today?

There are many ways to move files between Unix and Windows. In my mind, they fall into three categories — secure copy (let’s not even think about ftp), shared drives, and file synchronization. Each ...

It’s almost our least favorite day of the year — Tax Day! And with a good portion of us e-filing and some of us even expecting a refund, maybe it’s a good time to review how what we do as Unix ...

IBM has updated its Power systems lineup with higher-density blades and faster processors for its mid-range Power 750 server, looking to keep its momentum in Unix sales as the market inches back to ...

What defines an operating system isn’t a geeky label or a collection of ramblings from the mouths of its community members. Nor is it some empty and pointless certification offered up by an obscure ...

Microsoft released MS-DOS, a DOS-based operating system, in August 1981, and Windows 1.0 in November 1985. They then co-developed OS/2 with IBM as a successor to DOS, but the project ran into ...

The hotly contested world of midrange servers will be one of the first battlegrounds facing Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 after its April 24 launch. Staring down the software giant are Unix and ...

Ambisphere Publications proudly announces that “Unix Systems Blueprint: Strategies for Modern Infrastructure Mastery”, authored by Sambasiva Rao Madamanchi and published during 2024–2025, created ...