Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'
The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local executive for Sun Microsystems.
Sun exec…
Is the $100 laptop the end for Moore's Law?
The One Laptop Per Child organisation's XO computer, aka the $100 laptop, has just started mass production. And while Crave is happy that thousands of underprivileged African children will reap…
On the rPath to virtual containerization
It's becoming increasingly clear that the most important use of virtualization is not to consolidate hardware boxes but to protect applications from the vagaries of the operating environments they…
Update on the US Vote on OOXML (and What Happens Next)
As you will recall, V1, the INCITS Technical Committee that addresses document format standards, was unable to reach consensus on a recommended US vote to either approve or reject DIS 29500, the…
$100 laptop production begins
Five years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production.
Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of…
What Linspire Agreed To
"We can read the Linspire-Microsoft patent agreement now, or more precisely Microsoft's "Covenant to Customers", and I thought it would be worthwhile to give it a close, line-by-line reading. I'll…
The ‘Cost’ of GPLv3 is the Loss of All Threats to Free Software
"We continue to explore the Linspire/Microsoft affairs and we identify some highly discomforting facts. As we stated in the past, personal benefits were possibly (even probably) part of all those…
New Study Shows Enterprises Evaluate on Windows, Deploy on Linux
Alfresco Software announced the immediate availability of its first-ever global survey of trends in the use of open source software in the enterprise.
The Alfresco open source barometer…
More Big Name PCs With Ubuntu Pre-Installed Coming Soon
"During a brief Q&A session after Mark Shuttleworth's keynote here at Ubuntu Live, an audience member asked the Canonical founder if we'll see more top-tier PC manufacturers offering Ubuntu…
Debian swirl logo used in PA State Museum gift shop
"Today I decided to take a few pictures of the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg PA. They have a gift shop in the lower level called the Radius Gallery, which features artwork from…