Linux Spreads its Wings in India, Sep 22, 2006

With 4,000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High School in the south Indian city of Trivandrum wouldn't appear to be at the vanguard of anything related to information technology. Yet the 71-year-old school is abandoning Microsoft (MSFT) Windows software in favor of its free, open-source rival, Linux.

An effort by the Open Source Development Labs to help developers defend themselves against software patents has come under fire from Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman, who believes that the plan could backfire.

Google is reportedly experimenting with the open source version of Sun's Solaris operating system as a possible long-term prelude to replacing its massive global network of Linux servers.

Munich has begun its migration to Linux on the desktop, a year later than planned and nearly three years since the city announced its move to open source software.

A small company has begun building its line of tiny, gumstick-sized single-board computers (SBCs) into miniscule packaged PCs that displace around 68 cc of volume and come with Linux pre-installed. Suggested apps for the teeny "Netstix" Linux PCs include webservers, printer servers, IP-telephony servers, security appliances.

When it rains, it pours. Novell Inc. announced on September 20 that it had received a staff determination notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market stating that the Linux common stock is in danger of being delisted from the market.

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