Apple kicks Palm's Linux-powered phones out of iTunes and Blackboard spreads FUD about Free software counterparts
Read more »Familiar Villains: Apple and Blackboard Attack Linux/Free Software Again
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Software Patents Are Killing ZFS
ZFS as a good example of wonderful software that gets sidelined due to obsession with intellectual monopolies
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Apple closes its open source ZFS project
Apple has closed down its project to develop ZFS for Mac OS X. An announcement on the project's site simply says "The ZFS project has been discontinued. The mailing list and repository will also be removed shortly".
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Mozilla coders join Palm, apparently jabbing Apple
Two prominent Web-based programming advocates have left Mozilla for Palm, arguing that the time has come to use browsers to bypass Apple's controlling role in mobile applications.
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W3C Detoxicated from Microsoft Influence, But Regains Microsoft and Apple Presence
The HTML Working Group at the W3C loses a co-chairing Microsoft employee, but gains two who are coming from freedom-hostile firms
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First Psystar, now Quo, but what about Linux? Enter Mond Computers.
While Psystar and Quo clone the Apple experience with Mac OS X and PC hardware, we can do it with a Linux based OS. This article presents a few ideas and suggestions for such a project under the fictional brand: "Mond Computers" and "Mond OS".
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Ballmer: 'We're cheaper than Apple! (But not Linux)"
Whenever Microsoft starts to look like a company that is ready to play fair with open source, along comes its CEO, Steve Ballmer, to ruin all the goodwill the rest of the company has created.
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Amarok to Palm: "Forget Apple, Come to Us!"
Open source project Amarok, in an open letter to Palm, has invited the company to work with them. The reason: the Apple iTunes 8.2.1 update guarantees that the Linux-based Palm Pre smartphone can no longer use the iTunes music management software.
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GPL and Stallman FUD Now Arriving from the Freedom-apathetic or Freedom-hostile
Microsoft, Novell and Apple fanfare proves challenging to GNU/FSF; the OSI may also face a new hurdle
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Yet Another Reason Why Old Computers Are Better
Remember back in the day when your computer wasn't obsolete or irreparably damaged by the time you got it home? ;)
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Apple bans BitTorrent and your own personal Jesus
Just what is it with Apple and this crazy censorship over what we can download from the App Store?
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Run Linux just about anywhere!
Linux can now be run in the palm of your hand with iPhone Linux! Although not in a completely finished state, it's estimated that within 6 months functional Linux running on iPhone could be here.
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Apple Is Sued After Pressuring Open-source ITunes Project
The operator of a technology discussion forum has sued Apple, claiming that the company used U.S. copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software.
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The Score: Red Hat Revenue Up 18%, Microsoft Revenue Down, Apple Fires 1,600 Full-time Employees
GNU/Linux leader remains the only one standing (and thriving) despite a tough economy
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Apple needs open source in the enterprise
Given how rich Apple's recent earnings were--buoyant in the face of the recession--it's perhaps an inopportune time to suggest that Apple needs to figure out its enterprise application strategy.
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