05.06.08
Links 06/05/2008: Intel Kickbacks Further Exposed, IEEE Spectrum on Chip-Level Back Doors
- AMD now has ‘more than allegations’ against Intel
- Hrat GNU/Linux - Armenian Linux Operation System
- Nine Inch Nails Gives Away Another Album Online: No Payments Accepted
- Interview With LPI’s Jim Lacey
- Ubuntu for My Boss
- 80 of the Best Linux Security Applications
- 9 kick ass Open source E-commerce platforms reviewed
- More Than Five Top, Free Tools for Web Developers
- OpenSolaris Arrives just to Die
- CoreCodec apologizes for wrongful Google DMCA takedown
- The Hunt for the Kill Switch
- Conversion To Linux
- 3D with Open Source Drivers - ATI is coming on strong
- Voice 2.0 developers like Open Source, independence
- People of KDE: Jeremy Paul Whiting
- KDE Italia will be at Open Mind 2008
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.