The Linux Foundation: The Right Idea at the Right Time, Jan 22, 2007

The merger of Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group to form the Linux Foundation is a major step forward for Linux standardization efforts.

Novell signed a business agreement with Microsoft last year, and many in the open source community started taking shots at Novell.

The Open Source Developer Labs and the Free Standards Group, two groups trying to standardize and steer Linux, have merged in an effort to increase their influence.

SUSE Linux promoted as an alternative for companies looking to avoid the expense of a Windows upgrade.

After nearly seven years of false starts, revisions and delays, Windows Vista makes its much-anticipated public retail debut Jan. 30.

Commercial desktop Linux firm Linspire and personal video recording firm SageTV have teamed up to bring place shifting to the open source operating system.

The pair have developed SageTV Media Center 6 for users of Linspire and Freespire which lets users watch, pause and record TV programmes on desktop and living room Linux PCs.

Scalix made its Linux-based e-mail and groupware platform Scalix 11 available last week, with features such as improved Web client access, support for mobile users, support for users of Microsoft Outlook and interoperability with Microsoft Exchange servers.

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