Linuxlookup Weekly Wrap-up for Oct 13 2007
Here is the Linuxlookup.com weekly wrap-up, some of the hottest stories in the Linux community this week were...
- Fortify Identifies Vulnerabilities in Open Source Software
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Microsoft warnings haven't hurt Linux uptake
Claims made by Microsoft that Linux violates its software patent have not affected sales of Linux-based hardware, according to Michael Dell.
Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk at the Gartner Symposium…
Opportunities for open source software in Vietnam
As Vietnam is tightening control of illegal software, local administrations and enterprises are seeking cheap alternatives and open source software has become the top choice. In 2004, the…
Wine 0.9.47 Released
What's new to this release: A new scheme for OpenGL support in child windows, fixes for regression test failures, a Tahoma replacement font, lots of bug fixes.
http://www.winehq.org/?…
Interview with John Hull of Dell
"It has been over four months since Dell started shipping computers preloaded with Ubuntu GNU/Linux to home consumers in the United States. Lets take a moment to look at the progress that has been…
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Calls Rivals 'Pretenders'
Microsoft never has lost its hardball edge. In a discussion with Gartner analysts at Gartner's annual Symposium ITxpo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called his competitors "pretenders."
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eBay using Tux as a symbol for Internet fraud
eBay Australia has a fraud awareness page and a related flash game, both of which feature a depiction of a fraudster as a balding, bespectacled man with Tux, the Linux mascot, prominently…
Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat & Novell - Just Like Ballmer Predicted
IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case no. 2:2007cv00447, IP Innovation, LLC et al v. Red Hat Inc. et al, in Texas.…
Ubuntu 7.10 RC Released
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 7.10 of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Gobuntu, and Xubuntu codenamed "Gutsy Gibbon". The Release Candidate includes installable…
Google, Mozilla and the Open-Source Phone
There is a lot we don’t know about Google’s cellphone effort, but this much seems clear from the many reports: Google isn’t making a phone, it is developing an open-source cellphone operating…