Microsoft is claiming that releasing the .NET Framework reference source code under the Microsoft Reference License will give developers the opportunity to understand more about .NET.

Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.

One of the touted features of the $200 OLPC laptop is the peer-to-peer mesh topology networking feature that can theoretically bring an Internet infrastructure where there is no network infrastructure. The problem is that peer-to-peer wireless LAN mesh topology sounds better than it actually works and there’s a good reason it isn’t used commercially.

The most important reason you don’t see Linux desktops everywhere you look is that Linux desktop applications aren’t generally compelling.

"...Users who make unauthorized modifications to the software on their iPhone violate their iPhone software license agreement and void their warranty..."

One of the biggest things that bothers me about Linux today is how it continues to fail at gaining any decent ground against Microsoft. Sure, it's gained ground against Windows at a steady rate over the past number of years and stands to grow for quite some time into the future, but the progress has been painfully slow. By now, Linux should be kicking in Microsoft's door, stormtrooper style.

Here's a Microsoft quote on Mozilla:

In the last hour, I have read two completely different articles on Windows users, why they use Windows and how Linux could prevent further piracy.