04.14.08
Links 14/04/2008: Another Linux-based ‘Retro Console’, Donated PCs Turned to Edubuntu
- OpenMoko FreeRunner pricing revealed: $399 for open-source smartphone
- Pandora Open Source Games System is Retro Gaming God
- Free software is not politics: petitions for the Italian elections
- Richard Stallman in Madrid: Free as in Freedom
- Vista downgrading: What are your rights?
- Report: ActiveX, QuickTime are buggiest browser plug-ins
- Botnets Running Rampant
- Steve McIntyre elected Debian leader
- What a Linux Mobile Device Needs
- Open Source programmers earn more and combat trade deficit
- Amarok Insider - Issue 12
- Scribus - Desktop Publishing for Penguins
- ‘Digital Inclusion’ Efforts Give Training, Gear
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.