Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

The latest rotten deeds of Microsoft may be found below, mixed within positive Linux and Open Source news.


Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012

 
Microsoft is preparing to launch a new persistent virtual machine feature on its Azure cloud platform, enabling customers to host Linux, SharePoint and SQL Server there.
Jan 2012
27

Linux Is Reaching New Heights in Enterprises, Study Finds

 
Global economic woes may continue to dampen spending forecasts for IT departments around the world, but that isn't stopping large companies from adding more Linux servers to their operations.
Jan 2012
26

Survey: Android set to beat iOS in battle for coder love

 
Android is set to become the number one choice for mobile application developers in the next 12 months as the Google platform pushes ahead of arch rival Apple, according to the latest research from Ovum.
Jan 2012
24

Extremadura to move all of its 40,000 desktops to open source

 
The administration of Spain’s autonomous region of Extremadura is moving to a complete open source desktop, replacing the current proprietary desktop platform, confirms the region's CIO, Teodomiro Cayetano López. The IT department started a project to install the Debian distribution on all 40,000 desktop PCs. "The project is really advanced and we hope to start the deployment the next spring, finishing it in December." 
Jan 2012
24

Microsoft takes aim at rootkits, misses

 
Open Source companies Red Hat and Canonical have highlighted serious concerns about a Microsoft plan to rid the world of rootkits, arguing that Redmond’s UEFI technology is "buggy".
Jan 2012
20

Windows 8 hardware rules 'derail user-friendly Linux'

 
People have spent incredible amounts of time and effort making it easy to install Linux by doing little more than putting a CD in a drive. Asking them to go into the firmware and reconfigure things adds an extra barrier that restricts the ability to install Linux to more technically skilled users.
Jan 2012
19

Microsoft is Not Doing Enough to Help Xbox Live "Hack" Victims

 
So there's been some kind of security problem with Xbox Live accounts for a while now. Microsoft denies there's been any compromise of its own data, yet still, for months now users have complained of having their accounts hijacked by people making unauthorised transaction.
Jan 2012
17

Microsoft Locks Out Linux On ARM Systems Shipping Windows 8

 
It's been a few years since Microsoft really shot itself in the foot by making itself look really unfriendly, and someone at the company must've been missing the pain. A careful read of the company's "Windows 8 Hardware Certification Requirements" document has revealed draconian policies that require vendors to block the installation of other operating systems on ARM devices. 
Jan 2012
16

Plodding PC sales weigh down Microsoft profit

 
Microsoft Corp is starting the new year much as it did the one just ended - grappling with weak computer sales tearing a hole in its core Windows business, while it gropes its way slowly into the faster-growing mobile phone and tablet markets.
Jan 2012
16

US killer spy drone controls switch to Linux

 
The control of US military spy drones appears to have shifted from Windows to Linux following an embarrassing malware infection.
Jan 2012
13
Linux/Anti-Microsoft News
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Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012
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Linux Is Reaching New Heights in Enterprises, Study Finds
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Survey: Android set to beat iOS in battle for coder love
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Extremadura to move all of its 40,000 desktops to open source
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Microsoft takes aim at rootkits, misses
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