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News from Feb 06, 2007

Novell: 'No One Can Stop Us From Selling Linux', Feb 06, 2007

Responding to a report that its right to sell Linux is under scrutiny by a group that controls key parts of the open source operating system, a spokesman for Novell on Monday said the company does not expect to make any changes to its product line as a result of the tiff.

Unisys, Oracle hone in on Linux conversions, Feb 06, 2007

On Tuesday, Unisys plans to announce an expansion of its relationship with Oracle to move mainframe and Unix deployments over to Linux and SOA.

Latest Linux kernel release pushes KVM into the limelight, Feb 06, 2007

Linux kernel version 2.6.20, released on Sunday, offers access to a new framework meant to provide a user-friendly, high performance platform for Linux virtualization in the future.

The hunt for a Linux PC, Feb 06, 2007

Where can the average South African consumer get their hands on a new PC loaded with Linux instead of Windows? Not a lot of places, as it turns out.

Vista Home Editions Won't Run On Mac, Linux Virtual Machines, Feb 06, 2007

Mac owners and Linux users hoping to run Windows Vista using virtual machine software had better own the Business or Ultimate editions of the new operating system, according to Microsoft's licensing terms.

Gorbachev to Gates: Show software 'pirate' mercy, Feb 06, 2007

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday asked Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to intercede on behalf of a Russian teacher accused of using pirated software in his classroom.

French kids get open source on USB, Feb 06, 2007

To help make kids aware of alternatives to proprietary software, the Ile-de-France, the political district of greater Paris, will give 175,000 school children and apprentices USB keys loaded with open-source software.

Foresight Is a Linux Distro to Watch, Feb 06, 2007

It seems as if a new Linux-based operating system is born every day, with each facing the challenge of justifying its existence in a field that's already rather crowded with mature Linux distributions boasting active user bases and organized bodies to back them.

Open source phone stack project launches, Feb 06, 2007

An open source project has launched with the goal of building a completely open source software stack for mobile phones. The GPE Phone Edition (GPE2) project aims for compliance with standards defined by the LiPS (Linux Phone Standards) Forum, and has already published an early implementation.

Bill Gates loses his grip on reality, Feb 06, 2007

If Steven Levy’s recent Newsweek interview with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is any example, Gates’ reality is pretty distorted too. But I’m not so sure it has as much to do with charisma as it does with self-delusion.

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