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If Microsoft bought Novell, it wouldn't come as a surprise
by Sam Varghese   
Friday, 03 April 2009
The idea that Microsoft would buy Novell isn't exactly that far-fetched. Events on April 1 have proved this.
 
Australia introduces licences for internet users
by Sam Varghese   
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Internet users in Australia will have to take out licences from the next financial year else they will not be allowed to use the web, official sources told iTWire today.
 
Repeat after me: Conficker is a Windows virus
by Sam Varghese   
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Over the past three days, I've heard several general news broadcasts touch on the topic of the Conficker worm, no doubt because it has been widely reported that April 1 will see some real action from this payload of really creative code.
 
Redmond backs off, settles TomTom patent suit
by Sam Varghese   
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Microsoft appears to have backed off from a wider confrontation with the free and open source software community by settling the alleged patent infringement case that it filed against GPS device maker TomTom last month.
 
SUSE 11 vs Windows 7: no contest
by Sam Varghese   
Monday, 30 March 2009
SUSE Linux 11 has been out less than 10 days but already there are comparisons of the distribution to Windows - all of which are being accepted as compliments.
 
Linux on the desktop:oh, not that debate again!
by Sam Varghese   
Thursday, 26 March 2009
What does one make of a statement from the chief of the biggest commercial Linux company to the effect that Linux cannot be a success on the desktop?
 
SUSE can't live with Linux, it can live with XP
by Sam Varghese   
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Novell's latest SUSE release, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, appears to be unable to boot from DVD on a PC on which another Linux distribution is installed. If you have Windows XP installed, the same DVD boots as it should.
 
Why it's better to buy Apple rather than Microsoft
by Sam Varghese   
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
You have to hand it to Steve Ballmer. The man is never short of inaccurate statistics or words to take a dig at the two rivals which Microsoft has been confronting in recent times - Apple and Linux.
 
When politics does not get in the way of FOSS
by Sam Varghese   
Monday, 23 March 2009
Politicians have no incentive to adopt free and open source software - not until someone writes a FOSS application that will ensure that they win the next election. But when geeks are part of a party and the party's policies are furthered by adopting FOSS, then it is a slightly different story.
 
TomTom hits back, sues Microsoft
by Sam Varghese   
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Portable GPS car navigation systems maker TomTom has hit back at Microsoft, filing a suit in which it alleges that the Redmond-based company's Streets and Trips software has violated four of its patents.
 
Why IDC-Novell survey is a dud
by Sam Varghese   
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Close on the heels of a disastous first quarter, during which it did not sign any large Linux deals, Novell has hired IDC to carry out a survey that has, predictably, come up with some results that have been well spun when being presented to the media to cast the company's prospects in a favourable light.
 
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