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If Microsoft Joins In, Can it Be a Revolution?

http://www.linuxinsider.com

In the old days, when Microsoft wanted to kill the Open Source Movement, O'Reilly's Open Source Convention was where you found true software revolutionaries. Great coders, they also were idealists who believed software was something you shared. Then a funny thing happened. Open source went mainstream.

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Spread the word, share this ODF artwork.

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Red Hat graphic designers are no strangers to the pains of proprietary formats. Over the years, many have lost photographs, archived projects, and important portfolio work when formats have been changed. They’ve been forced to upgrade before they’re ready, too.

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Best FUD Fighter: And the winner is... me!

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The five winners of this year's Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards were announced last night at OSCON, and I am one of the winners, as "Best FUD Fighter". I love that. Best FUD Fighter.

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Mozilla Firefox Still At Risk

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Sometimes you get the flaw fixed right the first time and sometimes you don't. For Mozilla, apparently they have not properly fixed at least two types of flaws which they previously claimed to have fixed.

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Fork a kernel, kill an "OS" and revolutionize the desktop

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The news of Con Kolivas, a Linux kernel developer, quitting that role, along with an interview in which he explains why, could and should make loud noises around the Free Software community which is often touting GNU/Linux as the best operating system one could use, and not just because of freedom you have with it.

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Obsession with Microsoft

http://abhay-techzone.blogspot.com

The article represents and irony where the open source people discuss too much about Microsoft and possible help M$ in the process

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Mozilla ponders separate organization for Thunderbird

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The Mozilla Foundation is thinking about creating a separate organization to take control of its Thunderbird e-mail application, allowing it to concentrate on development of the Firefox Web browser.

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It's all about community at Ubuntu Live

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The first ever Ubuntu Live conference, running concurrently with the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, ran for three days starting on Sunday, and crammed in as many keynotes, sessions, and tutorials as anyone could possibly want.

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Ubuntu Must 'Play To Its Strengths" to Beat Microsoft

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"The fact that Microsoft has a majority market share in PC desktops is the biggest challenge facing the growth of Ubuntu and free software in general."

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Inside One Laptop per Child: Episode 04

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"Episode 04 takes us on location in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Where the first batches of XOs have been delivered and deployed."

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Next major PC company to go Linux will be HP

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"People used to think the very idea that a major PC vendor would offer desktop Linux was beyond a joke. It was, as Vizzini from The Princess Bride would have said, "Inconceivable!""

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BBC Trust backs calls for Linux iPlayer

http://www.theregister.co.uk

The BBC Trust met with the Open Source Consortium (OSC) yesterday to discuss the controversy raised by the BBC's iPlayer, which will only work on Windows XP.

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UK 'lags behind' in open source adoption

http://www.vnunet.com

"UK firms are lagging behind in the adoption of open source software, suggesting less government emphasis compared with other European countries such as France, Germany, Spain and Italy."

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Why I quit: kernel developer Con Kolivas

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Interview of Con Kollivas, the kernel developer and author of Linux Kernel -ck patchset, describing why he is quitting.

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Eben Moglen challenges Tim O'Reilly to "join the conversation"

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At the O'Reilly Open Source Convention today, Software Freedom Law Center director Eben Moglen threw down the gauntlet to O'Reilly founder and CEO Tim O'Reilly. Saying that O'Reilly had spent 10 years making money and building the O'Reilly name, Moglen invited O'Reilly to stop being "frivolous" and to join the conversation about software freedom.

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