03.09.08
Links 09/03/2008: OSADL, Carlos Piana Interview, KDE 4.1 Preview
- KDE 4.1: Visual Changelog (rev 783000)
- Windows Hacked in Seconds via Firewire
- Microsoft Needs Yahoo! to Compete Against Google, Ballmer says
- Microsoft: People In Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Stones (At Google)
- Google Should Hit 90% Search Market Share
- Interview with Carlos Piana
- Norhtec to Release Yet Another Sub-$300 Linux UMPC
- Information Liberation
- Intel to fight EU antitrust charges next week
- Muni Wi-Fi’s Second Chance
- FCC Chairman Says ‘Balance’ is Key to Net Neutrality
- Open source meets automation at Hannover
- Sun: We’ll Put Java on the iPhone
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.