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Why Red Hat doesn't need a deal with Microsoft |
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
The trade press reported a lot of rumors this past week about the chances for a patent protection pact between Red Hat and Microsoft similar to the agreements Microsoft negotiated with Novell, Xandros, and Linspire. Red Hat doesn't appear to be interested in the least. Here's why.
First, Red Hat disagrees with Microsoft's assertion that Linux infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property. Spokesperson Leigh Day pointed to a page outlining Red Hat's position on IP infringement, and said, "We continue to believe that open source and the innovation it represents should not be subject to an unsubstantiated tax that lacks transparency."
Microsoft deals are notorious for being of the non-disclosure, non-transparency nature. We likely would not have any details of the Microsoft/Novell deal were it not for the legal requirements for Novell to include them in company financial reporting. No details were forthcoming in a briefing by Microsoft and Xandros following their recent announcement, either. |
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Ubuntu 6.10, code named Edgy Eft, has been released |
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Wednesday, 01 November 2006 |
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Canonical Launches New Ubuntu Release for Desktops and Servers London - 26th October 2006 - Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, the world’s fastest growing Linux distribution, today announced its latest desktop and server version. Following months of development and user feedback, Ubuntu 6.10 offers a cleaner, sharper design, together with new and enhanced desktop applications and advances in security. Significantly faster boot up times and the best in leading edge free software technologies make the latest Ubuntu the first choice for many new and existing Linux users. |
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High-tech social enterprise reaps free software's benefits |
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Monday, 09 October 2006 |
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Benetech is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to use technology to improve the world. The organization's varied projects toward doing so include reading tools for the blind, landmine detection hardware, and a software system to document human rights violations. To help them in their work, the organization's 30 employees worldwide, from Bangkok to Africa to the US West Coast, depend upon free software -- but not exclusively. |
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Tips on keeping your Ubuntu Linux server secure |
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Monday, 28 August 2006 |
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This article is excerpted from The Official Ubuntu Book by Benjamin Mako Hill, Jono Bacon, Corey Burger, Jonathan Jesse and Ivan Krstic, copyright Prentice Hall. Reprinted with permission of Prentice Hall, all rights reserved. As a system administrator, one of your chief tasks is dealing with server security. If your server is connected to the Internet, for security purposes, it's in a war zone. If it's only an internal server, you still need to deal with (accidentally) malicious users, disgruntled employees and the guy in accounting who really wants to read the boss's secretary's e-mail. |
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Sun Open Sources Java Mobile Edition Development Tools |
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Monday, 28 August 2006 |
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The NetBeans Mobility Pack is a mobile IDE that has been leveraged by suc | |
