Patent Suit Filed Against Novell and Red Hat
Oct 16, 2007Just a couple of days after the latest verbal attacks by Microsoft CEO Ballmer, Linux distributor Red Hat really does find itself at the receiving end of a patent lawsuit, however, this attack also targets Microsoft partner Novell.
more »Red Hat Calls Microsoft Attack Unsubstantiated
Oct 12, 2007Speaking in an interview with Linux Magazine, Germany, Werner Knoblich, Red Hat Germany boss, and Red Hat Vice President EMEA, called the verbal attacks by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unsubstantiated.
more »Ballmer Repeats His Demand for License Payments from Red Hat Users
Oct 12, 2007Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has again demanded license payments from Red Hat users.
more »New Member of Software Freedom Law Center Board
Oct 11, 2007Legal expert Mark Webbink, who formerly worked for Red Hat, has just joined the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). Webbinks gained expert knowledge of intellectual property in his former position with the Linux enterprise.
more »Perspektive Open Source: Open Groupware instead of Exchange
Oct 11, 2007The fact that support for Microsoft Exchange 5.5 has already been discontinued and the prospect of support for Exchange 2000 being discontinued shortly sees IT staff facing stiff questions on the future of their Groupware environments.
more »Madwifi Project Looking to Found Non-Profit Organization
Oct 07, 2007The developers of the free Madwifi WLAN driver for Atheros chipset-based devices are discussing the foundation of a non-profit organization.
more »Novell Claiming Payment from SCO
Oct 07, 2007In the current bankruptcy proceedings, Novell has filed a claim against SCO for payment of outstanding license fees and is seeking to have the proceedings moved to Utah.
more »Linux Conquers the Canaries
Oct 05, 2007The Canary Isles now rely almost entirely on Linux in education.
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