The Open-Source Collaboration Gap, Feb 17, 2009

Why individuals contribute more to open-source projects than companies do.

Powering India’s economic growth requires a mix of software rights solutions, not proprietary ones alone

The ArchLinux Release Engineering Team announced the official release of the 2009.02 ISO after a long period of intense development.

Ulitzer.com announced today that it will launch Ubuntu Linux Journal under Creative Commons license.

2.6.28.6 has been released today.
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2.6.27.18 has been released today.
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A flock of new mobile devices unveiled this week at Mobile World Congress are part of the trend toward Linux-powered mobility, incorporating the open-source software stack from the LiMo Foundation.

MontaVista introduces customizable Linux-based Mobile Internet Device Platform.

In trying to get more businesses to adopt Linux and open source software over the past 18 years or so, I've discovered that no matter how good Linux becomes, one hurdle stubbornly remains - in fact, it's the biggest hurdle that Linux and free/open source will ever face: vendor lock-in.

With deteriorating global economic conditions making their impact felt in the wireless industry, handset OEMs and mobile network operators are looking towards Linux-based operating systems to cut costs and diversify handset portfolios

There is a free alternative that looks much like Windows but runs well on both old and new computers, has tons of free software with it, and is immune to most viruses. It's called Linux.

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