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When will Linux sellers wake up?

http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com

Right there in the middle of the article was the Microsoft ad you see below. Now, I normally block ads on my other Firefox installs, but this time I was running with 'naked' Firefox, and because nothing was blocked I got a surprising eyeful. A big fat anti-Linux Microsoft ad placed right in the middle of an article about Fedora 8. Wow. Incredible placement.

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iLock-in: Apple locks Free Software out, but where's the news?

http://0pointer.de

So, Apple now blocks third-party software from accessing iPods. But is behaviour like that news? No, unfortunately not at all.

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If Linux server adoption is slowing, then my name is Steve Ballmer

http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com

Linux adoption in the enterprise is slowing down? Not so fast says one analyst firm, which took a closer look at a report that showed Linux adoption slowing from the significant growth rates of the past few years.

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Firefox-Google marriage on shaky ground?

http://www.theregister.co.uk

The question is: As more and more people install AdBlock Plus, which is officially recommended by Mozilla, will Google continue to fund the browser?

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Should your firm be FLOSSing?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) had no problem going against the grain when it decided to forgo the widely used Microsoft Office suite of business applications. Instead, it chose to replace its aging WordPerfect installations with OpenOffice.org - for free.

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Axfood is hungry for Red Hat

http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com

It’s a Wednesday, so that must mean yet another new customer for the folks at Red Hat. Today, it’s Axfood, one of the largest food retailers in Scandinavia.

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Sun shines as open source pays off

http://www.australianit.news.com.au

SUN paid a high price for positioning itself as the technology candyman to all those dotcom darlings consumed in the crash.

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Canadian co. nails concept of public computing using Linux

http://www.canada.com

There is a Canadian company that has really nailed the whole concept. Userful Corp. out of Calgary has a product called the Discover Station, a Linux-based computer that is designed from the ground up for public computing.

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Asterisk speeds up call centre response

http://www.tectonic.co.za

Achievement Awards Group, a South African motivational organisation, has implemented Asterisk to upgrade the capability of its specialist call centre and to react quickly to the needs of clients.

Asterisk is an open source VOIP (voice over IP) PBX used to drive telephony systems. The call centre solution was set up by the group's IT partner, Clarotech Consulting.

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Rural Ugandans bank on OSS-built system

http://www.tectonic.co.za

East African cellphone company, Simba Telecoms last week introduced an innovative local money transfer service in Uganda. The system, developed by Cape Town-based Jeshurun Consulting, was built using a variety of open source tools.

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New InstallationWiki.org Website Launches with Free Guides for Installing Software

http://www.packtpub.com

InstallationWiki.org is a new website designed to provide users with comprehensive, free guides to installing software. The website will largely be driven and populated by content supplied and edited by experts, and hopes to bridge the gap between software experts and software users.

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IBM beats Microsoft over the head with its own code

http://www.linuxworld.com

Accessibility technology now headed for open-source applications was derived from work done by Microsoft.

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Firefox Hits 400M Downloads...But I'm Still Forced to Use IE at Work

http://advice.cio.com

On Friday, Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser hit the 400M download mark. And though Firefox may be gaining ground on Microsoft and its Internet Explorer browser, corporate Web surfers are often being forced to use IE because many corporate Web-based systems are designed to function best with--or only with--IE.

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OpenMoko Schedule Revised, For X-Mas

http://www.phoronix.com

This past week the Phase 2 "Mass Market" schedule for the OpenMoko Neo1973 was revised. OpenMoko now expects the GTA02v3 design to be finalized by September 20 while on December 10 it will begin production in "moderate volumes".

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John Carmack not as interested in Linux (and OpenGL?)

http://www.beyond3d.com

A german publication has posted an interview with Todd Hollenshead, id Software's CEO, that reveals id Software and John Carmack are no longer as committed to Linux as they have been. Todd's words also imply that the Windows version of id Software's next game, Rage, will use Direct3D rather than OpenGL.

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