02.23.08
Links 23/02/2008: GPLv3 Rising More Quickly, RMS Moves On (from Emacs), Yahoo Sued (by Proxy?)
- GPL Project Watch List for Week of 02/22
- Stallman relinquishing reins of GNU Emacs after 32 years
- Review: PCLinuxOS 2007, GNOME and MiniMe
- KDE 4.1: Visual Changelog (KDE 4.1: Visual Changelog (rev 777000)rev 777000)
- AMD Releases 3D Programming Documentation
- Plenty to like in newest Firefox version
- Open Source Advocate, Canadian Copyfighter, and AT&T Whistleblower Win Pioneer Awards
- The open source link of AMD and Nvidia
- Vista SP1: The hits just keep coming
- Microsoft 64-bit Vista SP1 early release snafu
- Vista Capable suit gets class-action status
- Stream Excel, Word, Access to your living room TV
- Yahoo Sued for Spurning Microsoft
- Is Microsoft All Bark and No Bite Anymore?
- Excerpts: New Microsoft memo on Yahoo bid
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.