05.10.08
Links 10/05/2008: Vista ‘Security’ Just Vapourware (Smoke-Blowing), Google Dines in Microsoft’s Turf
- Vista security credentials tarnished in malware survey
- Vista as Insecure as Windows 2000
- What a Botnet Looks Like
- Google gains on Microsoft with hosted security offering
- Microsoft Leaves Door Open For Yahoo Deal
- Intel multi-core threading library supports Sun Studio
- Sun Java chief to developers: ‘We’re genetic freaks’
- Revamped virtualisation for Linux, Mac, Solaris and Windows
- The Tragedy of Linux: You Can Hack an OS, But You Can’t Hack People
- You Can Hack An OS But You Can’t Hack People - part 2: The Computing World
- Nvidia CEO details his beef with Intel
- NVIDIA Releases Updated OSS Driver
- Down To Business: As IBM Reaches For Cloud, Where Next Microsoft?
- Google’s open source problem is Affero
- Read the Fine Print on “Open Source” Software
- Looking for Mr. ISV
- EA relents on cumbersome DRM for new PC games
- The State of Oracle Linux
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.