Have come across some odd behaviour. At least it seems odd to me, maybe 'cos I'm missing something!<br><br>OK - I'm writing a client-server style application pair. As a comms protocol I'm doing ...

When I interviewed Sun chief engineer Rob Gingell last August, he hinted at a blurring of the lines between Linux and Solaris, if not an outright merger. Said Gingell: "Five years from now, when all ...

In a twist of irony, the Unix platform celebrates its 40th birthday this year, as does the man whose work probably has done more to diminish the trendiness of Unix than anyone else: Linux founder ...