Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law, Nov 23, 2004

The creator of Linux has urged the EU Council not to adopt a draft directive on software patents as he considers it 'deceptive, dangerous and democratically illegitimate'

Linux is gaining ground so quickly that some companies are having a hard time finding enough people to handle Linux-related work

Frank Ottink, COO at YEALD, recently opined that given Sun's recent moves, the Linux movement is dead and will only recede from its current market position

Many people who worked in the industry ten years ago remember how the Internet saved Sun Microsystems and caused her to hold the most prominent place in the server operating system market.

The X.Org Foundation and several Linux vendors have released updates for the X Window System technology on which most Linux graphical front-ends are based, fixing serious security flaws in a graphics-manipulation component.

While people will spar over the small, but important, details of the GPL, the bottom line is that the GPL has been the foundation of open-source software. It must be revised in a way that works and gathers widespread support.

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