Corrected Schedule for the Novell SJ Motion Hearings & a Few Filings in IBM and Novell
Here's the new schedule for oral argument on the various summary judgment motions in SCO v. Novell. Someone woke up realizing that there is no way to cover so many motions in one day, so now…
Linux To Microsoft: Touch one of us, fight us all
Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office desktop applications are threatened by open source code, but the company will be reluctant to file a patent suit, foundation officials said...
…Nicholar Carr has got it wrong. Open Source follows Bazaar model and it is democratic
"Recently, Nicholas Carr, an acclaimed writer and ex-editor of Harvard Business Review, wrote an article titled The Ignorance of the Crowds in the Strategy+Business Magazine (free registration…
Kill the patents, kill the problem
Novell's decision to acquire Suse back in 2003 was a smart move for a struggling company. Having seen the market lead of its NDS directory product gradually eroded by Microsoft's Active Directory…
GIMP 2.3.17 Development Release
GIMP 2.3.17 is a snapshot of current development towards GIMP 2.4. The source code can be downloaded from the usual places. Check the NEWS file for an overview of the changes in this release.…
Tux the penguin waddles to last place in Indy 500
When the pale blue "Linux car," also known as car #77 from Chastain Motorsports, was the first car to crash in the 91st Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, we can imagine hordes of geeks wishing it had…
Microsoft's $6 billion Open Source play
This month's announcement by Microsoft to acquire digital marketing services firm aQuantive has revealed little on how the companies will integrate their IT, but inside information indicates the…
Microsoft's scare tactics protecting profits, says Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin says Microsoft's recent patent claim against Linux and the open source community is a furphy, alleging it is a delaying tactic to merely help protect its profits,…
XBMC recruiting developers for Linux port
"A few developers on Team-XBMC have begun the porting of XBMC to Linux and OpenGL using the SDL toolkit. The goal is for this to become a full port of XBMC containing all the features and…
HELIOS offers free simplified Linux distribution for Sony PLAYSTATION 3
HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and web clients, released today, under basic agreement with Terra…