Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

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


Lenovo ordered to pay €1920 for making French laptop buyer pay for Windows too

 
A French laptop buyer has won a refund from Lenovo after a four-year legal battle over the cost of a Windows license he didn't want. The judgment could open the way for PC buyers elsewhere in Europe to obtain refunds for bundled software they don't want, French campaign group No More Racketware said Monday.
Feb 2012
07

Microsoft gets stingy with Technet

 
In September 2010 Microsoft stealthily reduced the number of licence keys as part of the Technet Standard and Technet Professional packages, down from 10 product keys to five for the Professional version and two for the Standard.
Feb 2012
07

Linux unveils open source tablet

 
The Spark, an open source tablet that will be available for purchase by May this year, is part of the Linux-based MeeGo project, which is hosted by the Linux Foundation, iTWire reports.
Feb 2012
06

German gov't endorses Chrome as most secure browser

 
Germany's cyber security agency today recommended that Windows 7 users run Google's Chrome browser, citing the application's sandbox and auto-update features.
Feb 2012
05

Bloomberg Open Sources Its Market Data Distribution Technology

 
Following up on its 2009 release of Bloomberg's Open Symbology (BSYM), a system to identify securities across global asset classes, Bloomberg LP is opening its market data interfaces to anyone, without cost or restriction. 
Feb 2012
04

BT Vision throws Microsoft Mediaroom under a bus for Linux

 
UK hybrid TV service BT Vision plans to be the first customer to discard Microsoft's Mediaroom software, almost imminently, after at least a year-long effort to put in completely new software building blocks to rejuvenate the service.
Feb 2012
03

OpenStack Developers Ditch ‘Buggy’ Microsoft Hyper-V Support

 
The OpenStack open source cloud project will push Microsoft’s Hyper-V out of its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) framework, blaming poor support from Microsoft.  OpenStack Cloud-building software.
Feb 2012
03

Microsoft volume price shift could see big rise for UK customers

 
Microsoft's decision to align its volume licensing pricing with the euro could leave UK customers facing a "significant rise" in cost. 
Feb 2012
03

Microsoft Win Server to get pushed off OpenStack Linux cloud?

 
Redmond has a track record of working through intermediaries on open-source projects rather than getting directly involved and OpenStack on HyperV looks like a casualty of this policy.
Jan 2012
31

IBM calls time on Symphony OpenOffice fork

 
IBM's putting its weight behind an Oracle-backed OpenOffice push rather than follow Google, Red Hat and others on an independent effort.
Jan 2012
31
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Lenovo ordered to pay €1920 for making French laptop buyer pay for Windows too
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Linux unveils open source tablet
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German gov't endorses Chrome as most secure browser
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Bloomberg Open Sources Its Market Data Distribution Technology
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