September 22, 2006
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Many of the top Linux developers have announced their objections to the proposed GPLv3. In a position paper released on September 22, leading Linux developers like Andrew Morton, James E.J. Bottomley, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Christoph Hellwig, and six others explained in … Continue reading
August 25, 2006
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Eric S. Raymond is one of the founders of open-source, and a good deal of Linux’s early popularity came from his non-stop beating of the drum for the free software operating system. Then, a few years ago, he bowed out … Continue reading
June 19, 2006
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This past Saturday, June 17th, saw the arrival of the latest stable version of the Linux kernel: Linux 2.6.17. While this new kernel doesn’t boast any earth-shaking additions, it does include numerous improvements to Linux for both users and developers. … Continue reading
May 16, 2006
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The Intermediate Draft 1.3 of Microsoft’s Open XML office document standard has been released by Ecma International, a European standards organization. At 4,000 plus pages, a 6.7MB Microsoft Word document, the Open XML draft standard is less of a standard … Continue reading
May 2, 2006
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t’s a simple idea. Take the Linspire Debian-based Linux distribution and bundle it with every proprietary driver and program that’s available for Linux. Ta-da, an instant Linux that’s compatible with far more hardware and applications. The problem, of course, is … Continue reading
April 10, 2006
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Red Hat, the leading Linux distributor, announced on April 10, 2006 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire open-source Java middleware company JBoss. JBoss has been rumored to be on the acquisition block for months. Earlier this … Continue reading