05.15.08
Links 16/05/2008: Red Hat Upgrade, Microsoft May Be Behind Yahoo Proxy War
GNU/Linux
- Piper Jaffray Reiterates Buy Rating on Red Hat (RHT) Following Call
- Nine Steps to Optimal GNU/Linux Desktop Setup
- Business PCs are going nowhere fast
- Mobile Linux Better For Mobile Business Apps?
- Linux and the tax office: never the twain shall meet
- Worst Hardware For Your Linux Desktop
- Little thin client runs Linux
- Dreamy Dreamlinux
FOSS
- Exceptional Linux programs for Kids
- Catch a Glimpse of Mozilla’s E-Mail Future in Thunderbird 3 Alpha 1
- Building a glossier front end for MythTV
Microsoft/Yahoo/Google
- Xbox 360 Sales Hit 10 Million and Beats Wii, PS3 - But Not Fairly
- Icahn Threatens Yahoo Board Fight After Failed Bid
- Google surpasses Yahoo by a hair
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.