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Linux and the Tax Office: Never the Twain Shall Meet
(May 16, 2008, 01:30 UTC) (1588 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"Why would a government body offer trial software for small and other businesses which use the GNU/Linux operating system, take it offline when the interest in it grows and keep quiet about it thereafter?

Red Hat Defends UK's Open Source Record
(May 15, 2008, 15:00 UTC) (794 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Open Sauce Software: "Is the UK really a laggard in open source? Red Hat denies there is any problem..."

Reflections on Open Source Commerce, Pt. 1
(May 14, 2008, 15:00 UTC) (765 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPlanet: "Open source expert and author John Terpstra revisits the state of the Linux desktop and server in today's market and highlights the challenges Linux faces to succeed..."

The Big Board Goes Linux
(May 14, 2008, 13:30 UTC) (3326 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "The largest stock exchange on Earth is a Linux shop..."

Becta Takes Microsoft Complaint to EC
(May 14, 2008, 12:45 UTC) (1522 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet UK: "Monday's announcement has already drawn praise from some of the same players in the open-source community who, little more than a year ago, criticised Becta for being too closely aligned with Microsoft..."

If a Linux Interoperability Deal is Done in a Forest...
(May 13, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (1181 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
451 CAOS Theory: "I wrote last week about how the conservatism of many senior IT executives is a significant barrier to widespread open source adoption..."

Novell to Sun: Here's an Offer You Can't Refuse
(May 13, 2008, 20:15 UTC) (4368 reads) (9 talkbacks) (feedback)
Between the Lines: "On August 10, 2007, the United States District Court of Utah ruled that Novell owns the UNIX copyrights..."

The State of Oracle Linux
(May 12, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (1830 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Practical Technology: "Oracle's Unbreakable Linux is something of an odd-duck in Linux distribution circles..."

Sun Exec Ponders OpenSolaris, Linux
(May 12, 2008, 15:00 UTC) (1615 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Computerwork Australia: "In an interview, Ian Murdock, formerly with the Linux Foundation and now with Sun, discusses the company's open-source efforts and how to monetize them..."

Open-Source Software: How the Stock Market Views It
(May 12, 2008, 12:45 UTC) (1460 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
MITSloan/Wall Street Journal: "But does giving ideas away help--or hurt--the company's stock price? Will investors reward openness by driving up the company's shares--or punish it by knocking the stock down...?"

AGPLv3 Keeps Open Source Vibrant in Age of SaaS
(May 8, 2008, 02:15 UTC) (1219 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
FOSSBazaar: "Software as a service entered the IT landscape in 2000 and has revolutionized the deployment models of many software companies and even entire industries, such as Internet search..."

Is Open Source Dead?
(May 7, 2008, 21:00 UTC) (2678 reads) (11 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Naked CIO: "Is the debate about open source finally over? The practicalities of managing open source in a business context became clear years ago..."

RHEL 5.1 Breaks Transaction Processing Records in Financial Services
(May 7, 2008, 18:45 UTC) (2063 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: "In late April, Red Hat Inc. set two new benchmarks in financial services: processing transactions in less than a millisecond with greater accuracy than previously recorded..."

Oracle: Eating its Own Open Source Food
(May 7, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (1547 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "Where in the world's largest database vendor does open source fit? At the very heart, according to Wim Coekaerts, Director of Linux Engineering at database giant Oracle..."

IBM Fuels New Blue Biz Initiative With Linux
(May 7, 2008, 17:15 UTC) (1320 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxInsider: "IBM plans to launch an initiative that centers on a Linux-based platform and a Web-based marketplace tailored for small and medium-sized businesses..."

A Brief History of Sun
(May 7, 2008, 16:30 UTC) (1806 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Groklaw: "Yesterday, I wrote in a comment that indeed Sun's performance in 2003 in signing the agreement with SCO, highlighted in the trial testimony, was making it look really bad..."

Oracle Architect Says There Ought to be One Linux Distribution: Red Hat
(May 7, 2008, 14:15 UTC) (2131 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet: "One Oracle exec said there should be only one Linux distribution-- Red Hat--and claimed there will be no fragmentation of that code base..."

It's Official: The Future of Sun/MySQL is Open... And Closed
(May 7, 2008, 12:45 UTC) (2480 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Open Road: "The Sun faithful who attended the CommunityOne Conference this morning may not have noticed, but Sun and its MySQL executives were very clear about Sun's open-source strategy going forward..."

Linux Cutting Software Costs in Kenya
(May 7, 2008, 12:00 UTC) (984 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tectonic: "Entrepreneurs in Kenya are putting Linux to work to cut costs and maximise profits as they look for new ways to bring computing to users..."

Categorizing OSS Customers
(May 7, 2008, 01:30 UTC) (869 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Open Sources: "'There's a difference between organizations that have more time than money and organizations that have more money than time...'"

OpenSolaris Arrives just to Die
(May 6, 2008, 18:45 UTC) (3625 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
Practical Technology: "Maybe it will, maybe it won't. I'm inclined to doubt it simply because OpenSolaris has failed to develop a strong developer community..."

Edward Screven Interview
(May 6, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (873 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Foundation/Open Voices: "And I have a few more specific responsibilities and one of my favorites is I'm responsible for our Linux engineering efforts. So I'm responsible for our Unbreakable Linux program..."

Closing an Open-Source Deal Through Your Systems Integrator
(May 6, 2008, 17:15 UTC) (983 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Open Road: "In an open-source business, a vendor's biggest competition often derives from a freely available, 'community' version of its product..."

Big Money and Open Source May Not Compute
(May 6, 2008, 13:30 UTC) (1313 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "Open source has the adherents and the contributors, but what about the income? Patience, says the developers..."

Dual-Licensing is Unfair and Community Debilitating
(May 5, 2008, 21:00 UTC) (1793 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Milking the GNU: "It's great for attracting OEM vendors since they can integrate the dual-licensed software into their proprietary application without fear of contamination. FUD is apparently good for business..."

Microsoft-Yahoo Is Dead, Long Live Zimbra
(May 5, 2008, 15:00 UTC) (3168 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
The VAR Guy: "Alas, under Microsoft's potential ownership, Zimbra would likely have suffocated and died..."

$100 Laptop Program's New President
(May 2, 2008, 16:30 UTC) (2538 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
MIT Technology Review: "This week, with orders for its laptop having failed to meet expectations--and the plunging dollar driving up the computer's purchase price--the One Laptop per Child program installed a new president..."

KnowledgeTree Business Model Hits Many a Niche
(May 2, 2008, 12:00 UTC) (1577 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "These days, effective document management means accessibility from anywhere on the planet, electronic storage, reliable backup, and instant document modification updates..."

Open Source Big Dog: Red Hat or Sun?
(May 2, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (1416 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Tao of Open Source...Community...Business: "So my question is simple: Who is the open source big dog...?"

Bringing Microsoft to the Table: Can MS Become an Open Source Contributor?
(May 1, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (1879 reads) (14 talkbacks) (feedback)
openSUSE Spotlight: "Novell is working with Microsoft to help Microsoft cooperate and contribute to open source projects under open source licenses, and sticking with the existing standards to do so..."

Why Microsoft Will Dump Their Anti-Linux Rhetoric
(May 1, 2008, 19:30 UTC) (3132 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Linux Distillery: "Microsoft's PR department are insulting their audience. They are lacking in integrity. It's time for the site to be pulled down. Here's why..."

Is Ubuntu Selling Out or Growing Up?
(May 1, 2008, 01:30 UTC) (2952 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
InteropNews: "Sometimes I wonder whether Ubuntu is really an open source software company any more..."

Deflectors Say There's Something There, Sensors Say There Isn't
(Apr 30, 2008, 21:00 UTC) (2592 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
Hoosier Penguin: "Did you ever get the nagging feeling you've missed something important as you go through your daily routine...?"

Open Source Big Names Helping Attract New Users
(Apr 29, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (1109 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet Asia: "Participation by big open source vendors is helping attract new interest in Linux user groups in Asia..."

Jonathan Schwartz Has the Last Word on MySQL
(Apr 29, 2008, 13:30 UTC) (2427 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
451 CAOS Theory: "It is perhaps fitting that the last word on the recent MySQL licensing row should belong to Sun’s CEO, Jonathan Schwartz..."

Sun: Trying to Do the Right Thing
(Apr 28, 2008, 21:45 UTC) (1518 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Safe as Milk: "I've been annoyed by some of the Sun-bashing that has been going on over the past few months and years..."

Ubuntu Man Says Microsoft's About to 'Swallow a Hand-Grenade'
(Apr 28, 2008, 15:45 UTC) (3902 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "'The Microsoft and Yahoo thing is fascinating,' he told me. 'I think the ad game is lost. So, Microsoft buying Yahoo! now on search? Come on. Two failing operators will just continue to decline together. On search, I think it's totally a waste of time...'"

Kuali Develops Open Source Financial and ERP Applications for Universities
(Apr 27, 2008, 16:00 UTC) (1463 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Financial and ERP applications are arguably the last bastion of proprietary software giants, but the Kuali Foundation wants to eliminate those remaining barriers to open source enterprise systems..."

Open Source Management Software Breaks Into the Data Center
(Apr 26, 2008, 20:00 UTC) (1968 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxWorld: "Linux in the data center brings with it a dilemma: more boxes to manage... With management tools in the picture, the total cost of ownership may actually increase instead of decrease when Linux is brought in..."

Europe's Not Finished with Microsoft
(Apr 26, 2008, 16:00 UTC) (3343 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
ITPro: "Microsoft's troubles in Europe are far from over, as Neelie Kroes, The EU competition commissioner, has warned. We review the past and future options for Microsoft and the European Commission..."

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