04.20.08
Links 20/04/2008: Solaris Dumped for Better Performance with GNU/Linux; Many New Debian Developers Added
- The Eee PC [new one also with Asustek’s GNU/Linux, better hardware than Windows equivalent]
- [Wine 0.9.60 Released]
- Understanding Infrastructure
- Chinese Blogs Detail Zero-day Flaw in Microsoft Works
- Hackers Cancel Attack on CNN
- GSM researcher stopped at Heathrow by UK government officials
- Businessweek picks Dries Buytaert as a 2008 top innovator
- Linux is at the heart of today’s innovation.
- Switching to Linux which distro to use, Fedora?
- First Look at Fedora 9 Preview
- 5 Reasons Why You’ll Love Fedora 9
- 20 Coolest Linux Distro-themed Wallpapers
- Programming languages and “lock-in”
- Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron CDs to be Available Through Shipit
- Will MySQL Keep Lighting up LAMP?
- What MySQL Can Learn from PostgreSQL
- Move from Solaris to RHEL boosts performance for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- Intrepid Ibex
- Ah, non-destructive Linux fun
- 19 new Debian Developers!
- Off of windows, and feeling fine…
- SliTaz: A light-weight GNU/Linux distribution
- PCLinuxOS 2008 Minime Tour on Webcam !
- AMD CCC Linux Edition comparisons
- Bradley Kuhn makes a better world through software freedom
- SugarCRM CEO John Roberts tells us how his company developed (video) [also Ogg]
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.