Wine 0.9.39 Released
This is release 0.9.39 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix. What's new in this release: Many MSHTML improvements. Several improvements to the sound support. A number of Winsock fixes…
Global retailer's IT is blueprint for Open Source alliance
Sirius Corporation and Scalix have announced an alliance to promote the deployment of Open Source groupware solutions in European enterprises. The companies already share Specsavers Opticians…
Linus Torvalds to the FSF: "I'm damn fed up..."
In a post to the Linux Kernel Mailing list Torvalds states "I'm damn fed up with the FSF being the 'protector of freedoms', and also feeling that they can define what those freedoms mean." The…
Flash Player 9 Update 3 Beta
Check out the new Flash Player 9 Update 3 beta, also available in Linux flavor. The most notable features of interest to Linux users: Fullscreen mode works on Linux, and the entire thing has been…
YellowDog Linux 5.0.2 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of Yellow Dog Linux(TM) v5.0.2, a single Install DVD with support for the Apple G4 and G5 computers, Sony PS3, and IBM 'System p' servers, including the JS20…
QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Embraces Linux
Answering the call for an open source option from Information Technology professionals, Intuit Inc. announced today that businesses will soon be able to operate QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions…
Live from the Linux Collaboration Summit
I'm attending the Linux Foundations' first annual Linux Collaboration Summit from the Google campus in Mountainview California today and tomorrow, and will add periodically to this post as the day…
Open standards advocate comes out in favor of Microsoft
Microsoft's Open XML is not as bad as it has been made out to be, while the Open Document Format (ODF) has many "misleading" claims, according to an open standards activist.
Rick Jelliffe,…
SUN's CIO Jonatthan Schwarz invites Linus Torvalds for dinner
SUN's CIO Jonathan Schwarz invites Linus Torvalds for dinner to end the cynical dispute Linus started on LKML and to make the world a better place for everyone. An open letter to Linus about the…
Linus cynical about SUN: They steal Linux drivers, but won't give ZFS free
In a discussion about "Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3" Linus is quite pessimistic about Sun's commitment to open source: "So they want to use Linux resources (_especially_…