Microsoft's latest techniques against Free software in Asia
Read more »Microsoft’s B.A.D. in China, Philippines
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The Big Move: Defecting from Linux to Windows as a rational act
In a world with too many irrational religions, who needs another one, called... Linux on the desktop? Red Hat doesn't believe in it, so why should I?
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More on the Microsoft-IDG/IDC Connection
When Microsoft hires the media for biasness against GNU/Linux
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Microsoft Wants One Throat to Choke
Why Microsoft wants everyone to standardise on SUSE and use Mono
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Gentle Warning About OSBC 2009 and OSCON 2009
Microsoft has very strong presence in events that supposedly represent F/OSS
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Microsoft and Open Source: The Song Remains the Same
Microsoft has appointed a new point man to put a face on its interaction with the open source community. That man, Robert Duffner, takes on a big task as senior director of Platform and Open Source Software strategy at Microsoft. His IBM and BEA roots will help him place his mark on the Microsoft strategy, but the core message remains the same.
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10 Novell Predictions for 2009
Here are some things which seem likely to happen in the year to come
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Linux Foundation Detoxicated — Slightly — from Novell Influence
Ted Ts'o becomes CTO of the Linux Foundation, Novell's Markus Rex is out
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Microsoft & Paid Lobbyists Attack Open Source in European Interoperability Framework
Microsoft, along with ACT, CompTIA and the BSA, are working to change Europe's policy on standards
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Microsoft recruits active open source identity
Dick Hardt, known for his contentious Windows port of the Perl programming language and current work on online identity management (dubbed "identity 2.0") has revealed he is heading to Redmond
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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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When SUSE Fails
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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.
Read more »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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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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