THE THREAT OF REPRISALS from Microsoft lawyers has stopped Becta, the UK's technology quango for schools, from publishing the details of the three-year megadeal it agreed with Microsoft in April.
Read more »Codeplex wastes six months reinventing wheels
This cool thing they spent six months (six!) writing is called Subversion, and it had a 1.0.0 release three years ago. Subversion had its first beta in late 2003, so the Codeplex folks are waaay behind the state of the art on this one.
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Nobel Laureates Come Out Against Intellectual Monopolies
The economical and practical value of patents is questioned by gurus.
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No, Virginia, There Won’t be Spire Under Xandros
Debunking belief that Linspire will be Linspire under Xandros.
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Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords
Another good reason for enterprise to only use GNU/Linux; the Coreflood trojan uses an XP SP2 admin tool that allows malware hackers to infect hundreds of thousands of corporate computers in order to steal millions of dollars.
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Maximalists and Lobbyists Take Over Europe, Internet, PCs
Further degradation of digital rights in Europe and another round of lobbying for RAND.
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Last Goodbyes to Linspire, Maybe More to Come
A few more details emerge following the acquisition by Xandros.
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OOXML: Messy, GPL-hostile and Incomplete Even at 7,228 Pages
OOXML has gotten even more bloated, as expected; the BSA fights for exclusion of FOSS.
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More ODF, More FOSS, a Little Less Microsoft
A summary of recent developments which indicate positive growth, except for Microsoft which starts giving things away (with strings attached).
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Legal Mess at Linspire
There seems to have been some high (yet quiet) legal tension inside Linspire itself.
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It’s not the Gates, it’s the bars (by Richard Stallman)
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Microsoft Poisons the World Wide Web with Fake Marketing Blogs
Microsoft betrays the Web and ruins trust in bloggers yet again.
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More Lies and Hijacking of “Open Source” by Microsoft
New examples of possible "open source" abuse (for marketing purposes)
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Update: Report says Microsoft readying new try for Yahoo
Microsoft wants to acquire Yahoo search and is seeking partners, including Time Warner and News Corp., to take over the rest of Yahoo's business
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Fear and Loathing in Digital Cornerstone Incorporated, Formerly Known as Linspire
Linspire infighting and arguments over secrecy; lessons to be learned.
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