05.19.08
Links 19/05/2008: Linux+ZFS Speculations, Microsoft Wants the Search Yahoo!
GNU/Linux
- Linux and Sun Partnering?
- VMware refreshes Workstation 6.5 Beta 1
And finally, they’ve made it even easier to install Linux guest operating systems with the Easy Install Option.
- SliTaz is getting much better (I guess)
At 1.0, SliTaz was visibly based on JWM (Joe’s Window Manager). The cooker has now a version where more components of a nicer desktop were added: LXDE.
- I remastered PCLinuxOS in French for my neighbor
- My New OS - Mandriva Linux
Development Change of Tide
- Coders Tell Why They’re Avoiding Vista
Microsoft Corp. undoubtedly wanted to avoid its current predicament. It has been publicly talking up features in Vista since 2003 — half a decade.
- Survey: Programmers shunning Vista for Mac OS and Linux
- Developers not touching Microsoft Vista with a 10-foot pole
- Firefox 3.0 RC 1 takes the lead on speed
Unrest in Vista Land
- UPDATE: GM Considers Skipping Microsoft’s Vista
- Microsoft Vista’s problems keep piling on
If all major businesses decide to stay away from Vista, Microsoft will be dealt a huge blow.
- More than 200,000 demand Microsoft save XP
Moneyflow (This is Charity?)
Yahoo/Microsoft/Google
- As Icahn Storms The Gates, Yahoo Sends Google Ad Smoke Signals Again
- Yahoo, Google Ad Deal Used to Stop Shareholder Revolt
- Yahoo, fighting Icahn bid, forms ad partnership with WPP
- Microsoft and Yahoo re-enter talks
- Microsoft Considers ‘Transaction’ with Yahoo
- Microsoft says mulling new Yahoo deal, without a takeover
- Microsoft to Buy Just Yahoo’s Search Business?
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.