Dunce Caps For Microsoft--And Its Critics, Dec 11, 2001

But if Microsoft did in fact commit antitrust violations and consumers were hurt, that $90 million, along with the rest of the money involved, is not for the foundation or Judge Motz to give. The whole thing looks like a scam hiding behind good intentions--but Your Honor, what about the kids?

However, with Microsoft ramping up its efforts to legitimise software and curb the rampant piracy problem in the region - most notably by recently convincing four major PC makers to bundle legal versions of Windows XP in their consumer PCs - Linux could improve its position in the market.

This week I've written a small rant on people's expectations of AbiWord - many need to stop and think about what AbiWord is, judging from some of the feedback we get. It would please me (and the other AbiWord developers, I'm told), if you took the time to read it - and possibly forwarded the link to other people using AbiWord. Thanks

IBM is to spend $100m on developing the Linux market in India as part of the $1bn investment it previously announced in the open source platform.

Responding to a vnunet.com article last week, in which AV experts said that Linux is becoming more of a target, one Linux user has challenged "any AV company to infect my desktop Linux machine with an email borne virus".

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