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Google: openness has its limits
Friday, 20 November 2009
For all its talk of openness, there is just so much criticism that Google can take. Nothing else can account for the fact that it did not invite the reputed British tech publication, The Register, to the announcement it made about Chrome OS overnight.

 
Mono sinks its claws into Fedora
Friday, 20 November 2009
The latest release of Red Hat's community GNU/Linux distribution, Fedora, installs Mono and Windows.Forms by default from DVD, an Unix developer has found.

 
Why Ubuntu release schedules should be changed
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Since the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution kicked off five years ago, it has been churning out release after release every six months.

 
More open source spin from Microsoft
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Microsoft says it will release, under the same open source licence as Apache2, the .NET Micro Framework. There are some riders attached, though.

 
RMS to change routine after sexism fuss
Monday, 16 November 2009
The head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, says he will change the routine he goes through when speaking at conferences in order to avoid people misunderstanding what he means to convey.

 
Microsoft admits GPL violation
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Microsoft has admitted that a download utility it was providing to its customers was in violation of the GNU General Public Licence and promised to release the source as soon as possible.

 
Open-source firm looks to capitalise on mobile growth
Friday, 13 November 2009
An open-source outfit that develops a software development kit to create applications for use on mobiles has announced a partner programme that will enable it to spread its wares in the emerging market.

 
Ubuntu chief responds to sexism allegations
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Mark Shuttleworth, the chief of Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu, has finally spoken out to counter charges of sexism which have been levelled against him recently.

 
Ubuntu devs fix some showstopper bugs
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The Ubuntu development team has identified a couple of problems which could have been behind complaints from a small subset of users who found the upgrade from older releases to Karmic Koala (version 9.10) a difficult process.

 
Microsoft-Novell deal: three years of poor-quality spin
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Three years have gone by since Novell sold out the entire free and open source software community by signing a patent indemnification deal with Microsoft.

 
EU formally objects to Oracle purchase of Sun
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
The European Union has formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, illustrating an obvious fact: the US is a declining financial power.

 
LCA 2010: Keeping the funds rolling in
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Andrew McMillan's long beard, streaked with flecks of grey, sits nicely with his status as one of New Zealand's senior geeks. It fits even better after one becomes aware that, before he ventured into technology, he obtained a degree in philosophy.

 
Microsoft pulls download tool over GPL violation accusation
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Microsoft has taken offline an utility it supplies to help download DVD and USB images of Windows 7 purchased online, while it investigates allegations that GPL-ed code was used to develop the tool.
 
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