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Canonical: Linux Mainframes May Power Software as a Service
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| If you’re a managed service provider or software as a service (SaaS)
| specialist, here’s an interesting theory: Instead of purchasing dozens — or
| hundreds — of x86 servers, you’re sometimes better off virtualizing your
| applications on a mainframe.
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| At least that’s the theory from Canonical Vice President Malcolm Yates, one
| of the leading evangelists of Ubuntu Linux. Here’s why Yates believes
| mainframes will play a growing role in the SaaS revolution.
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http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/11/canonical-linux-mainframes-may-power-software-as-a-service/
Ubuntu remixes desktop
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| One of the responses to this new problem is Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a version
| of the popular Ubuntu Gnome desktop built to maximise the space available to
| applications. Although Netbook Remix is still in development, it is now
| usable enough to install on most netbooks for testing.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/4806.html
Recent:
Bringing down software margins with the cloud and open source
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| Microsoft expects to lose margin as "cloud" competitors start to eat away at
| its core businesses. Kudos to Microsoft for calling out the obvious.
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| [...]
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| Put more bluntly, there's not a chance in Hades that Microsoft will be able
| to charge more for its cloud-based offerings, not when its competitors are
| using the cloud to pummel its desktop and server-based offerings. This is
| something that Microsoft (and everyone else) is simply going to have to get
| used to: The go-go days of outrageous (software) margins are over. Done.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9952036-16.html
Microsoft loses 90 Billion Dollars
http://slated.org/microsoft_loses_90_billion_dollars
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