Archive for the ‘Operating Systems’ Category
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Here is a more comprehensive article about Microsoft's recent patent aggression.
"The free world says that software is the embodiment of knowledge about technology, which needs to be free in the same way that mathematics is free," he says. "Everybody is allowed to know as much of it as he wants, ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
Microsoft recently alleged that various forms of open source software collectively violate 235 of its patents. They say that Linux, GUIs, e-mail programs, and Open Office are among the IP violators. This is apparently aimed at Red Hat and other companies that sell service and support for ...
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Ubuntu just announced that Dell will be offering systems with Ubuntu 7 pre-installed. This is pretty huge for Ubuntu community, and really for everyone who uses a desktop or laptop computer (even if they have never heard of Ubuntu). To me, this move by Dell signals a sea ...
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