Linux vs Windows

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Red Hat vs. Microsoft... who would win the patent battle?

Four years ago, Red Hat got tired of SCO's FUD and told them to "Put up or shut up." Now Microsoft is smearing around the FUD with its patent claims. Should Szulik put on a fedora and "Prove It!"…

Microsoft's Ballmer Reportedly Threatens Red Hat

Tom Sanders is reporting that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave a talk at a company event in the UK last week saying that Red Hat customers need to pay Microsoft for its beloved IP, whatever it may…

Linux group calls Microsoft's bluff

The head of the Open Invention Network (OIN) has dismissed Microsoft's claims that Linux violates over 200 of its patents. OIN chief executive Jerry Rosenthal told vnunet.com that Microsoft's…

Microsoft launch campaign worthy of a politician in it's vagueness

Microsoft's latest affront to the Linux community is their "STATE GOVERNMENT SAYS LINUX WAS TOO BIG A RISK" campaign, and I'm sick of them ad-spamming Linux related articles with this piece of…

Linux to Finally Kill Windows in Europe?

In the future, Linux might very well have a fighting chance on European soil, against Windows. Following Microsoft’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Brad Smith did not rush to…

Microsoft starts a "Get the Facts" campaign...against itself

In a very funny turn of events, Microsoft is out preaching to the industry that XP is a bloated expense hog, while svelte Vista will cure world hunger (or, at least, cost less), as Paul Krill…

Microsoft licensing denounced by open-source proponents

Five years after being pegged a monopolist, Microsoft is coming under scrutiny for efforts to license its proprietary technology in accordance with antitrust legal demands from U.S. and European…

How a Microsoft Piracy Threat almost led us to Open Source… Almost

Once upon a time there was a ’school’ that used predominantly Microsoft software. This ’school’ used PCs with Windows Servers and Windows XPs. The fact that this was a poor ’school’ meant that…

Microsoft hits jackpot ahead of Linux

Gaming giant Tattersalls has chosen to abandon Linux as it moves ahead with a $43 million project to streamline its multi-state Maxgaming poker machine business.

The open source operating…

Micrososft: Linux Keeps Losing - NOT!

"Okay, I’ve watched a few of these articles floating about that apparently don’t speak any new information, but do try to come across as authoritative. It’s basically a waste of BLOG time and…