New SUSE failures (one of which claimed serious), Go-OO imperils OpenOffice.org
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Microsoft’s Proprietary Web ‘Extensions’ Already Harm GNU/Linux, Rival Web Browsers
Microsoft essentially blocks GNU/Linux in Korea by poisoning Web sites; Silverlight snubs certain Web browsers; more blasts from the past divulged
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Microsoft and Citrix in Joint Assault on GNU/Linux, Using Hypervisors
Citrix enables Microsoft's GNU/Linux-hostile hypervisor using Xen (XenSource), which it bought
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Quote of the Day: Bradley M. Kuhn (SFLC) on Microsoft
Bradley Kuhn warns about Microsoft trying to buy the hearts of FOSS developers
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Dell Makes GNU/Linux More Expensive Than Windows
Dell gives the shaft to GNU/Linux in the sub-notebooks market
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Devaluing the GPL, the Microsoft Way
How Free is a GPL-licensed project if it's Windows-only due to heavy dependency on the Microsoft stack?
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Novell and Microsoft: All About Cooperation on (Intellectual) Monopoly
Another look at some new (and older) Novell SEC filings, along with their meaning
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1000 reasons to hate Ubuntu Linux
If you want to be successful in life, you have to use criticism to your advantage. Instead of looking at this list as a 1000 ways to hate desktop Linux, you can look at it as a 1000 ways to improve desktop Linux.
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Mono a Second-Class Citizen Even on GNU/Linux
Mono IDE crashes a lot even in Novell's distribution of GNU/Linux
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Meet Emacs: Why All Peepcode Screencasts should be available in Ogg Theora format
"The classic Gnu Emacs text editor is an incredibly powerful piece of software that has been used by thousands of programmers over the last few decades. Many alpha geeks have recently been giving Emacs a second look as well..."
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2009: Year of the Linux Delusion
An article has come out claiming (yet again) that 2009 will be the year of Linux, and bases this prediction on the fact that low power ARM processors will be in netbooks which won’t have enough power to run Windows, but then says these new netbooks will be geared to “web only” applications which suits Linux perfectly. And, oh yeah, Palm might save Linux, too.
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New Year, Some Readers Want a New Policy
A suggestion from one reader and request for feedback on the issue of disruptive comments.
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Free Software Foundation's Richard Stallman Says Don't Call It 'Open Source'
GNU guru Richard Stallman sent me an e-mail the other day complaining that we erred by saying that the Free Software Foundation, of which he's president, promotes open source software. "We have never supported the idea of 'open source' because that idea denies the importance of users' freedom," he writes.
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Patents Roundup (US): Apple Sued, Government Intervenes, Patents Killed by Bilski
Apple sued for patent infringement, the patent system could be overhauled, and In Re Bilski eliminates some more patents
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