04.17.08
Links 18/04/2008: New Linux Kernel, New RedHawk Linux, Yahoo Gets Close to Google
- RedHawk Linux Release 5.1 Now Available
- Via Pico-ITX Form Factor Becomes a Standard
- HP offers Linux home server
- IBM Confirms Internal Mac (and Linux) Migration Project
- IBM Gains After Palmisano’s Forecast Defies Slowdown
- New Linux kernel boosts memory management, security
- Helix and RealPlayer for Linux v11 are now available
- Copyright cops demand Ipod tax
- OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta?
- Report: Yahoo-Google Deal Moves Forward
- Google and Yahoo looking good?
- A hidden Yahoo acquisition cost for Microsoft
- Shuttleworth starts countdown to Ubuntu 8.04 release
- Spotlight on FOSS: An Interview with Mark Shuttleworth
- New Collaboration App Opens Service to Public
- I Don’t Want Source Code; I Want App Tone
- Ballmer: Vista Is ‘a Work in Progress’
- New Debian leader aims for better communication
- Open-source Flash rival “Gnashes” out
- WebKit rising
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.