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Why Microsoft has chosen to go after Linux now
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
A couple of months back, at Australia's national Linux conference, a young Microsoft employee sat down with me and discussed ways in which Microsoft has contributed to open source.
 
Governments and open source: never the twain shall meet
Tuesday, 03 March 2009
It's interesting to see the reaction from various corners of the FOSS community when any government announces a policy that is seen as friendly to open source and one which could, possibly, help to spread its use.
 
Patent suit tells us why we should shun Mono, Moonlight
Friday, 27 February 2009
Microsoft has shown the world exactly how friendly it is towards open source by going to court to claim damages over patents which have been allegedly violated in an implementation of the Linux kernel. And that's a good reason why FOSS users should avoid Mono and Moonlight like the plague.
 
Microsoft sets up Linux patent battle
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Microsoft has finally put its money where its mouth is and sued a company for alleged violation of patents connected with an implementation of the Linux kernel.
 
Debian project gets a new secretary
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
The Debian GNU/Linux Project which was functioning without a permanent secretary for some time has finally got a man for the job.

 
Red Hat deal: when will we know more?
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
The agreement that Red Hat and Microsoft signed last week is something like a royal wedding - we all like the idea but we'd like to know a bit more about the demands made by the bride.
 
Troubling times for OpenSUSE
Saturday, 21 February 2009
The OpenSUSE project, a group that develops a Linux distribution that then feeds into Novell's SUSE Linux, has been hit recently by the layoffs at Novell.
 
Knoppix: live CD par excellence
Friday, 20 February 2009
While the bigger and better-known Linux distributions tend to get more than their fair share of publicity, there are other bright stars that light up the FOSS firmament and rarely get a mention.
 
Red Hat deal a kick in the guts for Novell
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
The good people over at Novell must be wondering what to do next after Red Hat and Microsoft inked a deal on server virtualisation interoperability yesterday.
 
A touch of sadness as Lenny emerges
Friday, 13 February 2009
The release of a stable version of Debian GNU/Linux is normally a time of rejoicing and celebration for the 1000-plus geeks who provide Linux users with one of the best distributions going.
 
OLPC no longer wants to change the world
Monday, 09 February 2009
There is more disquieting news emerging from the One Laptop per Child project - or what remains of it, following the sackings and budget cuts in January.
 
Why Debian release schedules don't matter
Friday, 06 February 2009
We all love it when things run on time. There are certain things which need to happen when the clock strikes the hour - buses and trains need to arrive, a cron job on your server needs to spark some script or the other to life, your kids need to be at school.
 
Our open source heroes are humans too
Monday, 02 February 2009
A great deal is being made of the fact that Linux creator Linus Torvalds has switched from using the KDE desktop to using GNOME, something he did many months ago, and something he mentioned in passing during an interview last month.
 
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