02.27.08
Links 27/02/2008: Ubuntu Mobile Announced, System76 Sells GNU/Linux Servers, Linux on the Wii
- Red Hat Competes in Crowded Market
- [BBC’s] P2P Next
- Tracking Microsoft’s Windows Live outage (Updated)
- VMware rains hardware deals on Microsoft’s parade
- Ubuntu Mobile takes on Apple touch interface
- System76 Announces Servers with Ubuntu 7.10 and Canonical Support Services
- KU Launches Linux Online Noncredit Certificate Program
- UC Irvine Extension Hosts Online Course on Linux Software Programming
- The Buzz Word Today Is Change
- How do you define ‘commercial open source’?
- Want to Run Linux on Your Nintendo Wii?
- Timesys Announces Embedded Linux Support for Atmel AT91SAM9RL Microcontrollers
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.