Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity - Water swaps Ballnux for GNU/Linux; Red Hat upgraded by a longtime foe
Good news has come from Kuwait, which is one of Microsoft's key victims [1, 2].
Kuwait Government Dumps Novell/Microsoft for Red Hat
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Novell: Making IT Work As One Microsoft Way
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Some of the latest of Microsoft's dishonest encroachments and how Novell participates in this
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Minor Observations About Novell
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As part of our "Boycott Novell" action, here is a succinct overview covering some of Novell's latest deeds and short-term plans
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Canonical explains Ubuntu unfree video choice
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Canonical is the first Linux shop to have agreed to license the codec in question, H.264 from MPEG LA. Even though Red Hat and Novell are also available for use on PCs, they have not licensed H.264.
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Microsoft/Novell Faking “Open Source” and Pushing .NET Into Web Browsers
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Microsoft does not keep its promises regarding “Open Source” in .NET and its MVP Miguel de Icaza is trying to ram .NET into Web browsers
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SCO: jurors too busy Facebooking to rule on Unix claim
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SCO Group wants a judge to overrule a jury that found it doesn’t own Unix. Or it wants a fresh trial. Either, really, as long as SCO gets the result it wants.
Read more »Novell Autocomplete Failure or Human Failure Leaks Confidential UK Database
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Policemen in the UK are left red-faced after a software screwup - caused in part by the user - which compromised the privacy of many people
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Canonical is Already Aware of the Problem With Mono
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Canonical's chief technology officer talks about the problem with Microsoft controlling Mono
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The Future of Mono and MonoTouch is Uncertain
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Why programming with Mono (or with MonoTouch) is a risky thing to do, especially now that Novell is up for sale and Apple blocks .NET/Mono
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The ‘Conspiracy’ of Mono
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Further analysis of the response to Mono criticism and the abuse directed against those who dissent against Mono
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How Mono apologists drive developers away
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When Hubert Figuiere, a developer who had lost his job with Novell in the first quarter of 2009, released the note-taking application Gnote on April 1 last year, one doubts that he had any idea about the kind of attacks which would be launched on him by Mono advocates and apologists.
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SD Times Removes Miguel de Icaza’s Admission That Mono Has Patent Problems
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An article that quotes rather damning material about Mono suddenly vanishes without a trace and Microsoft MVP Miguel de Icaza still attacks critics of patents around Mono (which he himself implicitly criticised in the now-vanished article)
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What If… Microsoft Bought Novell?
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According to the company, Novell would consider being acquired should the right buyer come along. Could that buyer be Microsoft? And what would that mean for SUSE and the Linux ecosystem?
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Novell Rejects Hedge Fund’s Offer
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New York-based hedge fund Elliott Associates L.P. in a letter to Novell’s board of directors dated March 2 offered to purchase the infrastructure software company for a cash price of $5.75 per share, or $1 billion net of the cash on the company’s books.
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Novell rejects 'inadequate' $2B takeover bid from hedge fund
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Novell's CEO on Saturday notified customers that the open source software company has rejected hedge fund Elliott Associates' roughly $2 billion bid to take it private.
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