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News from Dec 05, 2007

Novell accused of reselling Red Hat code, Dec 05, 2007

A top Red Hat executive has accused arch-rival Novell of reselling a beta version of the company's open source code.

CNR beta brings software to the desktop, Dec 05, 2007

Linspire, the developer of the Linspire and Freespire desktop Linux distributions, yesterday announced the launch of CNR.com (Click-n-Run) beta, a free Web-based Linux package management system for desktop Linux users.

When Bad Things Happen With Good Software, Dec 05, 2007

If you create a piece of open source software and discover that it has been put to use in a way you find personally distasteful or immoral, what would you do about it?

Chip vendors partner on Linux switches, Dec 05, 2007

Two fabless networking chip vendors will collaborate on Linux-based reference designs for managed enterprise switches and SOHO/SMB routers.

Sun to dangle prize money over open-source efforts, Dec 05, 2007

Sun Microsystems on Wednesday will release details of a new award program meant to spur growth and activity within the company's open-source efforts, according to a post by Sun's open-source officer, Simon Phipps, on his corporate blog.

Linux Foundation appoints new Fellow, Dec 05, 2007

The Linux Foundation has appointed a new fellowship to Ted Ts'o for his contributions to the open source community.

One Laptop Per Child Gets The Green Light in India, Dec 05, 2007

... with the formation of an Indian edition -- called OLPC India -- the program, which aims to equip millions of world's school children with cheap laptops, is not only set to make an entry into India but also promises to do it with a bang.

Staking the Myth that Free Software Can't Innovate, Dec 05, 2007

Like Dracula, the old myth that free software can't innovate keeps returning. Its latest incarnation is in the form of a column by Jaron Lanier in the December issue of Discover Magazine.

Gartner underhypes open source, Dec 05, 2007

I'm not sure who Gartner talks to when it puts together its famous "Hype Cycle" reports, but I'm finding it hard to believe that it talks with enterprises.

Red Hat prepares for the very top end of enterprise servers, Dec 05, 2007

Red Hat claims that Red Hat Enterprise MRG (pronounced merge) is a revolutionary distributed computing platform that will provide record-break grid performance through revolutionary new techniques in scheduling, messaging, real-time, low-transaction latency and distributed computing.

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