05.01.08
Links 01/05/2008: Another Large Migration to Debian GNU/Linux; Ubuntu Upgrade Successes
- Canadian British Columbia’s School District #73 opts for Debian GNU / Linux
- You’re A Linux User/Supporter: You Just Don’t Know It Yet
- If Ballmer bolts, who will lead Microsoft?
- Firefox 3: Color profile support (oh the pretty, pretty colors)
- Dillo the lean browser
- [KDE] on the recent libplasma changes
- Why there is a lack of understanding the KDE4 Release Schedule?
- Plans for Compiz in Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu Hardy Heron Release
- I’m loving 8.04.
- Ubuntu 8.04, “Hardy Heron”: My personal review
- europa gets an [Ubuntu] upgrade
- OpenBSD 4.3 Released
- Is Linux now a slave to corporate masters?
- Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus Vow to Encourage Open-Source Drivers
- Is Open Source adoption set to mushroom in Australia?
- Go Ahead and Take It
- Interview with the Ekiga developers
- Open-Source, Multitouch Display
- AMD touts open source tools for client management
- Opinion - The role of open source in grid computing: past, present and future
- Down With The Fences! - The Struggle For The Global Commons - May 1st - May 11th
This one is kind of corny.
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.