July 3, 2007
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We knew that last year Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik held talks with Microsoft concerning a patent deal. Once Microsoft and Novell signed an agreement with Novell, those talks were history. In fact, Red Hat made a point of spitting … Continue reading
June 1, 2007
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On May 31, Red Hats sponsored and community-supported open-source Fedora Project released the latest version of its distribution: Fedora 7. Besides being a cutting-edge Linux distribution, it features a new build capability that enables users to create their own custom … Continue reading
May 9, 2007
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Red Hat Inc. on May 9 announced the availability of a new client product, Red Hat Global Desktop, at its annual Red Hat Summit tradeshow in San Diego. This desktop aims to deliver a modern user experience with an enterprise-class … Continue reading
April 27, 2007
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Trademarks have recently become something of an issue in open-source circles. Debian, for example, recently took exception to Mozillas Firefox trademark rules and called its version of the popular browser, IceWeasel. So, Ubuntu has decided to address possible trademark issues … Continue reading
March 26, 2007
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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Red Hat should be flattered. Less than two weeks after the company introduced RHEL 5 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5), StartCom Ltd. released the first RHEL 5 clone, StartCom Enterprise Linux AS-5.0.0. … Continue reading
February 21, 2007
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At one time, Fedora was “the” free Linux distribution. Over the last year though, Ubuntu and openSUSE have consistently outpaced Fedora on DistroWatch’s tracking charts. Well-known, open source leader Eric S. Raymond is fed-up with Fedora, and explained why in … Continue reading