Novell Rejects Elliott Associates Buyout

Mar 22, 2010

Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian informed all Novell customers per email on March 20 that the buyout proposal from Elliott Associates was rejected in that it undervalued the company.

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Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.1 builds on KVM

Mar 16, 2010

The French Linux distributor Mandriva, has updated its Enterprise Server 5 that first appeared mid 2009.

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If Dreams Were Real: Convergence of Distro and Kernel Versions

Mar 16, 2010

Mark Shuttleworth had a dream: the big Linux distros should agree to have version numbers identical to those of kernel components and refresh them every two years. The dream now is more real than ever.

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KDE: Contest for Plasmoid Programmers

Mar 15, 2010

Whosoever has played with the idea of programming a KDE miniprogram now has the opportunity to win a Nokia N900. The Plasma JavaScript Jam Session runs until the end of March 2010.

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SystemRescueCd 1.4.0 Boots Off Net

Mar 12, 2010

The SystemRescueCd, a Live CD for troubleshooting computers, comes with new boot methods in version 1.4.0.

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Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation Announces Board

Mar 11, 2010

Among the prominent new appointees to the open source foundation from Redmond are Jim Jagielski of VMware and Apache fame. Promoted from within Microsoft are two other board members.

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Oracle Goes with Own DB, SPARC and UNIX

Mar 11, 2010

In Munich, Wednesday, March 10, Oracle announced its upcoming strategy for the Sun takeover: the new couple will now sell complete packages and, next to Oracle's database, further develop Solaris along with Sun's SPARC and Flashfire server technologies.

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Swiss Canton Makes E-Government Solution Open Source

Mar 09, 2010

The Swiss canton Zug has put a collaboration solution called iZug under GPL licensing.

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