01.31.08
Links 31/01/2008: Torvalds, Phones, Vista
- Torvalds’ Linux is ready to go green
- NXP and Purple Labs Unveil First Sub-$100 3G Linux Mobile Phone
- Massachusetts Should Use Free Software Exclusively
- Aussie coders not in open source for the money
- Tech support gets religion (Cartoon)
- Schools receive ‘First Aid 1.0’ and test open source software
- Microsoft: Freedom is a virus [IMG]
- OLPC, by Jim Gettys
- Vista’s Upgrade: Not Worth the Wait
- A computer shop’s sales pitch: ‘We remove Vista’
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.