“Promises were made. Excitement was generated. None of it, as it turns out, was worth a damn. From a technical standpoint, the version of Windows Vista we will receive is a sad shell of its former self, a shadow. One might still call it a major Windows release. I will, for various reasons. The kernel was rewritten. The graphics subsystem is substantially improved, if a little obviously modeled after that in Mac OS X. Heck, half of the features of Windows Vista seem to have been lifted from Apple’s marketing materials,” Thurrott writes. “Shame on you, Microsoft. Shame on you, but not just for not doing better. We expect you to copy Apple, just as Apple (and Linux) in its turn copies you. But we do not and should not expect to be promised the world, only to be given a warmed over copy of Mac OS X Tiger in return. Windows Vista is a disappointment. There is no way to sugarcoat that very real truth.”
IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets around the globe, in conjunction with Sys-Con Media, the world’s leading i-technology media company, today announced the winners of the Product Excellence Awards at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo®, held this week at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
The “Best of Show” award, which recognizes the best total industry solution, was presented to Novell for their OpenSUSE product.
Below are the Best in Show Awards that were presented, take notice no mention of RedHat anywhere. It is just my observation they seem to be in some sort of slump here lately.
Congratulations Novell
Best Application Development Platform
Novell – Mono Development Framework
Best Clustering Solution
Continuent – Continuent p/Cluster
Best Desktop Solution
SunWah – Linux Rays LX 1.5
Best Grid Computing Solution
Themis – DCRM
Best Database Solution
Oracle – Oracle Database 10g Express Edition
Best Messaging Solution
Scalix – Scalix Appliance
Best Open Source Solution
Xchange Server 5 – Open
Best Security Solution
Barracuda Networks – Barracuda Spyware Firewall
Best Systems Management Tools
rPath Inc. – rBuilder
Best Virtualization Solution
SWsoft Inc. – Virtuozzo for Linux
Most Innovative Hardware
AMD – Dual Core AMD Opteron processors Models 885, 285 and 185
Best Integration Solution
Xandros – Xandros Server