03.18.08
Links 18/03/2008: Linux and Wall Street, Linux Already Makes the O/S a Commodity
- Was Vista DOA?
- Linux on a Macintosh
- Ubuntu on My MacBook
- Linux 2.6.25-rc6 [Released]
- Wine 1.0 Release Criteria updated
- NEWS: Foresight Linux 2.0 Released
- Ulteo Application System beta1 has been released…
- Is Linux Commoditizing the Desktop OS Market?
- Is Consulting the Business Model for Free Software?
- Linux on Wall Street [2008]
- OLPC Here and Now
- Sun lends qualified support to Eclipse
- Time for Sun to Join the Eclipse Empire?
- NetBeans beta IDE to ship
- ‘Vista Capable’ plaintiffs push for case to proceed
- Linux Not Ready For the Masses…BULL
- Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting for AIR’s “Linux Support”
- Fedora 9 to remove pointers to proprietary codecs
- The GNU/Fiwix Operating System
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.
CoolGuy said,
March 18, 2008 at 11:17 am
Its crazy…I see even newbies/dad/grandma asking for Linux nowadays.
The revolution is happening.
Its like a wild fire guys….get ready for the final linux revolution !!! Cant even explain how this feelssss.