Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news
The latest rotten deeds of Microsoft may be found below, mixed within positive Linux and Open Source news.[07.04.2009 - 10:56am] - www.computerweekly.com
Microsoft has extended the duration of a software licencing offer it made to the UK public sector, after government organisations failed to buy enough software licences. [...more]
[07.03.2009 - 09:10am] - www.reuters.com
The London Stock Exchange (LSE.L), under new top management since May, is considering changing its Microsoft-based (MSFT.O) trading system after fixing a glitch that caused a seven-hour outage last September. [...more]
[07.02.2009 - 08:46am] - arstechnica.com
A Linux developer has published a new kernel patch that provides a workaround to avoid Microsoft's patents on the FAT filesystem. The patch, which has undergone extensive legal review by patent lawyers, could make it possible to use FAT on Linux without having to pay licensing fees to Microsoft. [...more]
[07.01.2009 - 08:36am] - www.computerworlduk.com
It's old news that free software has costs; but what is more interesting is the fact that fans of the proprietary world always fail to point out the huge hidden costs of using poorly-written closed-source software. [...more]
[06.29.2009 - 07:48am] - www.osor.eu
The German city of Munich is migrating its computers to open source and GNU/Linux, both on desktops and servers. Rather than lowering IT costs, the main motive is the desire for strategic independence from software suppliers. [...more]
[06.26.2009 - 09:55pm] - news.zdnet.co.uk
Police data systems should be based on open-source software, according to a senior member of the Association of Chief Police Officers. [...more]
[06.26.2009 - 09:27pm] - www.heise.de
Berlin's art colleges are completely switching over to Linux. Most of the productivity software on the workstations has already been swapped for free alternative products as part of a project that started over eighteen months ago. [...more]
[06.26.2009 - 08:50am] - blogs.computerworld.com
Pro-Linux and anti-Microsoft stories tend to be buried. It's not just Digg though. I, and others, have found similar patterns with other story popularity contest sites. [...more]
[06.26.2009 - 08:50am] - www.theinquirer.net
SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft has been installing updates against the wishes of users who have set up their computers to stop them deploying patches without permission. [...more]
[06.25.2009 - 08:47am] - www.theregister.co.uk
Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat is doing its best to be one of the few businesses in IT where sales and profits are both growing. And that's making it a more expensive takeover target. [...more]

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