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It’s a Fine Day for Free Software (Updated)

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There is some encouraging news for GNU/Linux. Dell has expressed satisfaction with its Linux sales and decided to expand its Linux intitiative to new models. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard says that it hopes to offer preinstalled Linux on personal computers within a few weeks or months. The distribution of choice is unaffected by Microsoft deals (or ‘tax’)

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The Software God Delusion

http://www.businessreviewonline.com

It [the book "The God Delusion"] got me thinking about how the term religion is often applied to open source software, and how religion can become a default position for determining software choices (and not just for open source, there are more than enough desktop administrators out there who believe that Windows is the one true OS and Macs are the work of the devil).

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Universities Embrace Open Source Email

http://techiqmag.com

In recent months, Zimbra deployments have more than doubled in higher education. For Exchange and Lotus Domino/Notes VARs serving higher education, it might be time to give Zimbra a look.

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Open Solutions Alliance invites customers to join

http://www.linux.com

"In an effort to promote more communication between open source users and vendors, the nonprofit Open Solutions Alliance, Inc. (OSA) is opening up its membership to customers."

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Red Hat profit rises on 42 percent revenue hike

http://open.itworld.com

"The introduction of a new version of its Linux distribution and new JBoss software helped Red Hat Inc. increase profit to US$16.2 million, or $0.08 a share, on revenue of $118.9 million, in its fiscal first quarter ended May 31, the company reported Wednesday."

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Linux helps raise funds for a million soccer balls

http://www.tectonic.co.za

"Although Linux geeks are not often found on the sports field, this week Linux computers will help in a fund raiser to donate a million soccer balls to improve children's lives through sport."

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Where Linux will dominate, and not dominate

http://ztrek.blogspot.com

At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit (which I attended on June 13), Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, accurately portrayed that the Linux movement has changed

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Linux Desktop Solution Supports 'Let's Play a Million' Campaign

http://www.omni-ts.com

Canada-based Omni Technology Solutions has teamed up with Novell South Africa, Userful, and Pinnacle Micro to provide the Linux desktop computers for the "Let's Play a Million" South African telethon on June 27, 2007. Each of the telethon locations will be equipped with a five-user SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop

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Web 2.0, Yes. Open Source, Maybe

http://www.internetnews.com

"A new study says the use of so-called Web 2.0 (define) applications in the enterprise is growing, but those customers are more cautious about adopting open source solutions for collaborative applications."

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Copying Microsoft in a good way

http://blogs.zdnet.com

Aping a world class business process is never a bad thing. Even when it comes from Microsoft.

So it is that the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), which was created to build the Linux channel, has created a customer-level membership class. Redmayne-Bentley, a UK stock broker, is the first customer member.

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Last.FM users: Please ask Last.FM to turn off their stations on Tuesday!

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The US copyright royalty board decided that online radio must pay *per song* *per person*, not per broadcast as it was previously done. Now only license holders or really rich people will be able to have online radio stations, and it's going to kill internet radio in the US as we know it. Last.FM: Will you please join the day of silence?

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Almost Here: The Open Source Desktop

http://www.linuxinsider.com

This is not about being anti-Microsoft. I oversee thousands of machines that use Microsoft software, and many users need applications that are available only for the Microsoft environment. It's not about being anti-Apple. I respect the user experience of Mac OS X, and I wish Steve Jobs would license the operating system to other hardware manufacturers.

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Will The Real Open Source CRM Please Stand Up?

http://www.opensource.org

Dana Blankenhorn's story How far can open source CRM get? has finally pushed me to respond to the many people who have asked "When is the OSI going to stand up to companies who are flagrantly abusing the term 'open source'?" The answer is: starting today.

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GroundWork lays the foundations for wider adoption

http://www.businessreviewonline.com

"Last week I had the chance to catch up with open source systems management vendor GroundWork on its progress and evolving strategy."

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Moore’s second law proves need for open source

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Moore’s Second Law says that development costs rise alongside this complexity. Something like that exists in software, and this has made open source a vital ingredient in innovation.

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