03.27.08
Links 27/03/2008: Red Hat Upgraded, Asus Releases GNU/Linux SDK
- Preview: Ubuntu 8.04 Beta
- Taking A Good Long Look At Vector Linux 5.9 Standard
- PCLinuxOS 2008 Gnome Screenshots
- Asus launches Eee PC SDK
- UPDATE: Microsoft May Slowly Be Fixing Their Broken XBOX DRM
- Microsoft nears bottom of Greenpeace league table
- Red Hat “outperform”
- Oracle Expands Its Linux Base
- Quick Take: Amahi Linux Home Server Project F8 Beta
- The Linux Foundation Hosts Spring Legal Summit
- Panel: Weakening Economy Good for Open Source
- Report: Subscriptions to Surge for Open-Source Licensing
- The state of open source: Zack Urlocker, MySQL
- Sun Announces MySQL Bundle
- Disruptive Technologies that Affect Desktop Linux
- The random endorsement, All About Linux 2008 edition: Open Source Software
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.