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News from Mar 23, 2009

The Red Hat Patent Problem and AMQP, Mar 23, 2009

How a Red Hat 'stealth' patent impinges on a crucial open standard.

Kernel release: 2.6.29, Mar 23, 2009

2.6.29 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 2563
Files changed: 10932
Files removed: 1149

Imagining the end of high-cost computing?, Mar 23, 2009

For more than two decades, personal computing has been anything but inexpensive. To be sure, prices for the average computer have dropped substantially since the 1980s. But with the exception of the occasional bargain or bare-bones configuration, the price of a good computer system still takes quite a bite out of the family budget.

Kernel release: 2.6.28.9, Mar 23, 2009

2.6.28.9 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 514
Files removed: 0

Kernel release: 2.6.27.21, Mar 23, 2009

2.6.27.21 has been released today.
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Files added: 0
Files changed: 829
Files removed: 0

Red Hat shares up on speculation of Oracle deal, Mar 23, 2009

Shares of Linux software provider Red Hat Inc climbed 10 percent on Monday and analysts said that investors were betting that the company would be acquired by Oracle Corp. Officials with Red Hat and Oracle declined comment.

IBM wouldn't benefit from Sun's open-source plan, Mar 23, 2009

Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has put forward a compelling argument as to how Sun will monetize open-source software. Fortunately, he may never need to, as it seems all-but-certain that IBM will acquire Sun, perhaps as early as this week, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Freescale to tip the netbook scale to Linux, Mar 23, 2009

A new netbook processor is in town and it promises to tip the scales to favor the Linux operating system.

The warning sound of TomTom, Mar 23, 2009

If the patents at the heart of Microsoft's action against TomTom are the best the company can do, little wonder the company has declined to identify those at the heart of its Linux threats.

The IBM X41 as a Lightweight Linux Laptop, Mar 23, 2009

Go on, go around these gadget sites and read all that talk about netbooks and what not. Acer Aspire One this, MSI that, Dell Mini 9 this, Asus that. It feels like the second coming of laptops in this netbook revolution. But truth is, even back in 1999 you could find super-lightweight laptops in the market (for the right price).

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