Novell reports 2nd quarter loss of $2M, May 31, 2007

"There are positives around the revenue and operating income coming in higher than expected, and you have Linux doing well," said James Gilman, an analyst at Soleil Securities Corp., who rates the shares "sell."

Symbian will still lead the smartphone market in 2012, with 44 percent market share, while Linux swells to 41 percent and Windows Mobile languishes at just six percent, a new report from Berg Insight predicts.

Novell Wednesday said its deal with Microsoft is helping drive gains in its Linux business, but danced around questions concerning how that deal may be altered given coming changes in open source licensing.

A number of Taiwan-based PC makers are evaluating the possibility to venture into production of Linux-based PCs after Dell launched three Linux-based consumer PCs in the US this month, according to sources at Taiwan PC makers.

SEC document shows that Microsoft is entitled to receive key technical documentation from the Linux distributor -- even if that documentation is not generally available to open source software developers.

Enterprise IT users are looking for the major Linux vendors to update their enterprise products less frequently and to give them much more guidance about what is included in the patches and upgrades.

In a regulatory filing, Novell said that proposed revisions to the General Public License could -- in their current draft form -- force the company "to modify our relationship with Microsoft" or "explore alternatives" to the deal.

Palm has used Linux to build a "new class" of mobile device. The Foleo aims to expand the email, Internet, and productivity application capabilities of mobile phones such as the Palm Treo, by adding a full-size keyboard and a larger screen.

Tectonic spoke to Dell's local mobile brand manager to find out when these machines are likely to reach South African shores.

Microsoft, having amassed the means to tap the unlimited store of human knowledge in a way that hadn't been possible for just anyone to do, is watching new technologies threaten to open up those unlimited stores of power and profit to anyone.

Microsoft does not believe there is an inherent contradiction between its recent statements that free and open-source software infringes on 235 of its patents, and the veiled legal threats that go along with that, and its attempts to reach out and build bridges with the open-source community.

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