05.07.08
Links 07/05/2008: 3 More SDKs Come to GNU/Linux, Intel’s Crime Patterns Further Exposed
- The Linux Ecosystem to More than Double to $49 Billion
- Viva El Software Libre!
- AMD Stream SDK Coming To Linux Soon
- Intel “paid vendors not to use AMD”
- Why is Linux Faster than Windows?
- Edward Screven Interview
- Oracle developing grid management, chargeback features for Oracle VM
- Qt 4.4 C++ framework with web support
- MySQL Server is Open Source, even Backup extensions
- JavaOne: Day -1
- Big Money and Open Source May Not Compute
- Free Flash community reacts to Adobe Open Screen Project
- Microsoft slings multiple sue balls at resellers
- Curing Healthcare: Open Source Considerations
- The Grumpy Editor encounters the Hardy Heron
- Motorola Demonstrates New MOTODEV Studio Tools Designed to Accelerate Mobile Application Development
- Red Hat Launches JBoss Operations Network 2.0 to Enhance Enterprise Middleware Manageability
- Concurrent Puts Out Update of RedHawk Real-Time Linux
- A new wave of freedom
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.