Linux Online - News from Jun 28, 2006

News from Jun 28, 2006

Belgian government chooses OpenDocument, Jun 28, 2006

In a blow to Microsoft, Belgium's government departments will be instructed to use an open file format for internal communications.

SCO: the Linux company, Jun 28, 2006

I followed the merger of SCO and Caldera like a hawk, and Caldera had always intended since day one to merge the best features of Linux and Unix together.

Stallman: Fight French copyright law in the street, Jun 28, 2006

Free software campaigner Richard Stallman said French youth should protest against a draft law on copyright that will be voted on Friday.

Yankee Group: Time Is Ripe For Oracle Linux, Jun 28, 2006

Oracle Corp. building or buying its own Linux stack offers possibilities that would allow the company to compete with established open-source market leaders Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Novell SUSE Linux, according to an analyst.

Red Hat CEO Says Linux Could Become U.S. Standard, Jun 28, 2006

Red Hat Chairman, CEO and President Matthew Szulik told attendees at the C3 Expo here that open-source software is already highly successful.

A GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros, Jun 28, 2006

Warren Woodford, the founder of the MEPIS distribution, would prefer to be concentrating on polishing his latest release. Instead, he is distracted by an official notice from the Free Software Foundation that, because MEPIS has not previously supplied source code for the packages already available from the distribution it is based on -- once Debian, and now Ubuntu -- it is in violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Embedded Linux--Rising or Falling in Consumer Devices?, Jun 28, 2006

Is the use of embedded Linux rising upward or dwindling downward? Some recent research tends to point in one direction, and some in the other.

Desktop Linux relies on the kindness of strangers, Jun 28, 2006

An OSDL project to simplify porting and integration of applications with Linux desktops is gambling on support from Linux distros and other community standards efforts.

Earnings Preview: Red Hat, Jun 28, 2006

Red Hat Inc. reports first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, June 28. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

Novell previews new SUSE Linux Enterprise distros, Jun 28, 2006

Novell Inc. is treating its users to early Independence Day fireworks, by releasing a special, free preview of its upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 platform.

Music publisher/distributor ships Linux PMP, Jun 28, 2006

A "hybrid" music entertainment company with several revenue models says it is shipping its first portable media player (PMP). Titan Global Entertainment's "Omni" PMP runs Linux, has a 4.3-inch QVGA display, and offers standard media recording and playback features, according to the company.

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