Linux Online - News from Jul 30, 2007

News from Jul 30, 2007

Mozilla CEO denies Google decided Thunderbird's fate, Jul 30, 2007

Mozilla's CEO Thursday evening answered charges that the company is dropping development of the Thunderbird e-mail client because of its partnership with Google.

Marcus Rex joins Linux Foundation as CTO, Jul 30, 2007

The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit group dedicated to accelerating Linux's growth, announced on July 24 that it had tapped long-time Linux executive Marcus Rex to serve as CTO. Rex "will help drive new standardization and technical initiatives around Linux and promote Linux adoption more broadly," the LF said.

Dell pushes for better Linux drivers, Jul 30, 2007

Dell wants to see better software drivers for Linux so that the firm can ship more notebooks and desktops running the operating system, according to one of its software engineers.

Linux: It's Not Just for Servers Anymore, Jul 30, 2007

After years of being relegated to server racks and the desktops of ultrageeks, Linux is finally making some headway as a viable alternative to Windows on the consumer desktop.

German court convicts Skype of GPL breach, Jul 30, 2007

A German court has ruled that Skype violated the General Public License version 2 by selling a Linux-based phone without access to the source code.

The inadvertent Linux user, Jul 30, 2007

While Linux is still taking off relatively slowly in the desktop world, the same is not true in the mobile space where many are predicting that we will be presented with a mobile Linux Odyssey in 2012.

Ubuntu creator claims more Linux-based Dells to emerge, Jul 30, 2007

It's not like this one was too difficult to see coming, but it sounds like Dell just may have a few more machines ready to take the Linux dip in the not-too-distant future.

Sun's 'Project Copy Linux' not a Linux copy, Jul 30, 2007

We went to OSCON, hoping to uncover some fresh details on Sun Microsystems' "Project Indiana." We mostly failed in this endeavor.

What Do We Really Want From Linux?, Jul 30, 2007

I don’t think the broad number of Linux distributions out there is a bad thing, except in the sense that it makes it difficult to choose where to begin.

Sun Plug-in Brings ODF Support to Microsoft Office, Jul 30, 2007

Sun's ODF plug-in can play an important role in broadening interoperability between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office.

How Microsoft bought China, Jul 30, 2007

Microsoft wins because it does whatever it needs to do to win. If that means strong-arming the PC companies, so be it. If that means breaking the law, that's fine too.

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