New OS Aims to Replace Linux in the Cloud; Shadow Banking System's True Size Revealed

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend New OS Aims to Replace Linux in the Cloud Shadow Banking System's True Size Revealed Did Apple Make a Mistake by Releasing Two New iPhones? Declassified Flu Pandemic Plan Predictions Are Sobering Blizzard to Shut Down Diablo III Auction Houses Hot Comment: "If you punish and take away people's means of non-violent stress relief..." From the Vault: Stallman Says Cloud Computing Is a Trap Watch It: IBM Makes Another $1 Billion Bet on Linux Poll Booth: The last time I used a dial-up modem was... New OS Aims to Replace Linux in the Cloud KVM veterans Avi Kivity and Dor Laor have revealed a new open-source (BSD license) operating system named OSv, which can run existing Linux programs and runtime environments such as a JVM. But unlike Linux, OSv was designed from the ground up to run efficiently on virtual machines. Sound Off>> Shadow Banking System's True Size Revealed The so-called shadow banking system, in which banks do business in ways that don't show up on conventional balance sheets, is thought to be huge, but nobody knows exactly how big. Until now. And it's worth significantly more than had been thought and more even than the GDP of the entire planet. Sound Off>> Did Apple Make a Mistake by Releasing Two New iPhones? However well the iPhone 5C ends up performing on the open market, Apple's decision to launch two iPhones this year--rather than a single "hero" device--could result in self-cannibalism, as users who would've bought the iPhone 5S instead gravitate toward the cheaper option. Sound Off>> Declassified Flu Pandemic Plan Predictions Are Sobering The Department of Defense has just declassified its 2009 Concept of Operations Plan for an Influenza Pandemic. Among its scary, yet reasonable, assumptions are that in the United States, such a pandemic will kill about 2 million people. Sound Off>> Blizzard to Shut Down Diablo III Auction Houses When Blizzard built Diablo III, one of the controversial features was an auction house for players to buy and sell gear. While it created a safe environment for trading, it trivialized one of the main points of the game--gathering loot. So, the company will remove the gold and real-money auction houses from the game.  Sound Off>>   Re:Really? "If you punish and take away people's means of non-violent stress relief, do not be surprised when they snap and resort to violent means." --by Anonymous Coward Read More>>   Stallman Says Cloud Computing Is a Trap Five years ago, Richard Stallman told The Guardian that cloud computing was simply a trap aimed at forcing more people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that would cost them more and more over time. He also said that using web-based programs like Google's Gmail is "worse than stupidity." Read More>> IBM Makes Another $1 Billion Bet on Linux IBM famously pledged support to Linux to the tune of $1 billion in 2001, and at this year's LinuxCon the company did it again, announcing a fresh billion-dollar investment in the open source operating system. Timothy Lord talked with IBM vice president Brad McCredie about how IBM will go about spending the next billion dollars on Linux development. Watch the Video>> The last time I used a dial-up modem was... Right this minute! Within the past month Within the past year 1 to 5 years ago 5 to 10 years ago 10 to 20 years ago More than 20 years ago I'd say it was abouY!@#*ZNO CARRIER Cast your Vote>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.