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News from Sep 06, 2005

Kernel release: 2.6.13-git6, Sep 06, 2005

2.6.13-git6 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 256
Files changed: 2263
Files removed: 143

Munich Linux migration slips to 2006, Sep 06, 2005

The City of Munich will not start its migration to Linux on the desktop until 2006, a year later than planned and three years since it decided to migrate to Linux.

Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards, Sep 06, 2005

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts says legal worries helped drive it to open standards, but Microsoft has lambasted the move

Italian schools move to Linux, Sep 06, 2005

An Italian province will use Linux rather than Windows XP in its schools for the next academic year

Linux Love Spells Bad News for MS, Sep 06, 2005

Early last month, the government selected a consortium, including Samsung SDS, to set up a new online school information system called the National Education Information System (NEIS).

Microsoft gains ground against Linux in China, Sep 06, 2005

IBM asserts that the Chinese government is moving away from, not toward, proprietary-software products like Microsoft's. According to IDC statistics cited by IBM, the Chinese government last year was the largest user of Linux and accounted for 28 percent of Linux server sales.

Hey, Don't Count Unix Out Just Yet, Sep 06, 2005

While Windows and Linux may dominate the market for low-cost servers, businesses spent more than $4 billion in the second quarter on Unix servers.

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