Winning the Linux Wars
Competing with Linux once filled Microsoft partners with dread, but now many are taking on the open source operating system with growing self-confidence -- and success. Here are the tactics for…
The FSF Can't Ban Novell’s Linux Distribution Rights
Reuters posted a story on Saturday morning, of all times, titled “FSF says Novell could be banned from selling Linux” that sent the blogosphere and several media outlines into a frenzy of activity…
One man can end the Microsoft-Linux feud
I don't think it's a coincidence, or a mere marketing choice, that caused Gates to pop up as the public face of the Windows Vista launch last week, after publicly retiring six months earlier.…
Ubuntu Canada vs. Microsoft's Ice House
Despite bad press, and discouraging comments from various sources in the Toronto Linux community that we shouldn't be unprofessional, and that we're giving Linux a bad name, Operation Cold Comfort…
PostgreSQL Shows How Open Source Support Can Be Hard To Come By
When companies embrace an open source project, getting good support is one of the key factors.
Companies may want a solid, for-profit vendor providing support when they embrace an open…
AsteriskNow Rocks Open Source Telecom World
Solution providers searching "Mark Spencer" on YouTube will find not only a bizarre clip about a homemade cake and humorous downloads regarding British department store Marks & Spencer, but a…
Novell could be banned from selling Linux
The Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell Inc.'s right to sell new versions of Linux operating system software after the open-source community criticized Novell for teaming up with…
Weekly Wrap-up Feb 3 2007
Here is the Linuxlookup.com weekly wrap-up, some of the hottest stories in the Linux community this week were...
- Debian-Installer Loader
- Did Microsoft want to 'whack' Dell over…
Microsoft tried to muck with anti-Linux ‘facts’
Microsoft's practice of paying analysts to conduct studies showing Windows' superiority over Linux have never sat right with me. It looks like my hunch was right that Microsoft's "Get the Facts"…
Microsoft browser rival Mozilla eyes China
Mozilla.org, which makes Firefox, the most popular Web browser alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, is setting up a China office to do battle in the world's second-largest Web…