Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

In the approach Fedora chose, the organization would pay US$99 to have Microsoft sign the binary release of the Fedora distribution. Although the cost for the certificates would be less…

Government IT projects that don’t explore alternatives to closed and proprietary software are getting kicked back and denied funding.

Almost half (42 percent) of Windows’ commercial installed base is still running Windows XP, according to new figures from IDC.  IDC published the figures as part of a Microsoft-commissioned whitepaper…

Yes, Microsoft will soon embrace Linux on its Windows Azure cloud, reaching another milestone in its ongoing efforts to reinvent itself as a friend of open source software.

Microsoft will make it harder for customers to club together with lawyers to file lawsuits against its products.  The company is rolling out new End User License Agreements (EULAs) that…

Buy a Microsoft consumer product, and you won’t be allowed to join a class-action suit against the company, even if you feel you’ve been harmed. That’s what the fine print…

Over the past few months there have been no fewer than three tiny, cheap Linux PCs making headlines, and now there’s a fourth to add to the list. 

Microsoft has won an important German patent injunction against Google subsidiary, Motorola Mobility. The lawsuit was initiated as Microsoft claimed that the Android operating system infringed patent no. EP1304891 on…

We are now in a hyper-innovation mode when open source is no longer really competing against proprietary software, which can’t keep up, but is instead competing with other open-source projects. 

Microsoft has already ruffled more than a few feathers with the exclusionary potential of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, and this past week the open source community has been…

The United States Supreme Court signaled skepticism about broad software patents Monday when it ordered reconsideration of an online advertising patent.

SAN FRANCISCO–A jury today unanimously decided that Google did not infringe on two of Oracle’s patents.  In the decision at the U.S. District Court of Northern California, the jury in…

Microsoft has relaunched its famous “buy a PC and get a Xbox 360 for free” deal, where students living in the US or Canada have the opportunity to receive a…

Microsoft said last week that a skew toward more exploits on Windows Vista can be attributed to the demise of support for the operating system’s first service pack. 

Microsoft has issued guidance on how to fix problems created by its last bunch of patches.  Redmond’s patches for May brought pain to Windows XP users who have installed the…