Novell and the Electronic Frontier Foundation Team Up to Reform Software Patents
Novell and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today announced they are teaming up to work on reforms to software patents worldwide.
"It is increasingly obvious that software patents…
Open Source Advocates Unleash Fury at Microsoft
"The List" is nearly 500 names long, and growing rapidly. It might have started out as a light-hearted jab, but it has quickly become a flash point of the building fury in the open source software…
Dell starts selling Ubuntu Laptops Today
Later today, Dell will offer U.S customers three different systems with Ubuntu 7.04 installed: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. These systems will be…
OLPC on 60 Minutes
"The first English word of every child in that village was 'Google'," he says. "The village has no electricity, no telephone, no television. And the children take laptops home that are connected…
How To Live an Open-Source Musical Life With Ogg Vorbis
In an effort to rally support for the underdog media format, the Free Software Foundation has launched PlayOgg.org, a website promoting awareness of the Ogg format. It's an educational primer for…
Dell's Ubuntu Offering Shows Why Linux Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Dell is moving full speed ahead with its rush to deliver Ubuntu Linux on a bunch of upcoming laptops and desktops, but there's a potential problem looming: Multimedia support on the machines may…
Google must share code, open-source expert says
Companies such as Google that build their business on software such as Linux have a moral imperative to contribute back to the free software community, a prominent open-source advocate said…
San Diego Students Learn on Linux Desktops from Novell
San Diego Unified School District has selected SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Desktop from Novell(R) as the standard platform for its Always-On Learning Initiative, a one-to-one mobile computing…
Red Hat chief tells start ups to grow, not cash out
Red Hat chief executive Matthew Szulik today told startups to forget the "romance" of open source and build businesses that compete with proprietary vendors on services and value.
Opening…
H&R Block Embraces Benefits of Open Source
H&R Block's use of open-source technologies is not about saving money, but rather about creating revenue, acquiring and retaining customers, and providing technologies they really care about,…