| Linux Foundation taking over Linux.com site The Linux Foundation Tuesday said it will take over management of editorial and other aspects of Linux.com and create a set of community tools around the Web site. Appliances big opportunity for Linux, Novell says The modularity and licensing of Linux makes it well suited as the platform of choice for the burgeoning software appliance market, a Novell executive said at the VMworld conference in Cannes. Video: DEMO 09: Xandros' Presto Linux app for Windows that turns an older machine into a Netbook that boots quickly and runs a number of popular Web apps. TomTom suit shows Microsoft's split personality Microsoft has been vocal about its interest in working more closely with the open-source community in the past couple of years, actively promoting interoperability, forging new relationships and donating code to open-source projects. But the patent-infringement suit it filed Wednesday against TomTom has the Linux community, in particular, concerned that Microsoft is only paying lip service to its new approach and plans to continue to threaten Linux distributors with patent-infringement claims. Microsoft takes TomTom to court in patent dispute Microsoft on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against TomTom, alleging that the GPS vendor's in-car navigation devices infringe on its patents.
Also: Mitchell Ashley: Will Tom-Tom Lawsuit Further Distance Microsoft From Linux Crowd? The claims against Tom-Tom's Linux are direct enough to surely garner the attention of Linux and other open source advocates. Welcome to LinuxLink For as long as Linux has existed, PC World editors have watched closely as the open source OS has grown and evolved from a student project at the University of Helsinki into a powerful operating system available in myriad distributions all around the world. And now we're proud to launch this blog dedicated entirely to Linux and the world of open source software. Open source alliance challenges Microsoft Auto 4.0 The race is on for your cars infotainment. Microsoft offered details of Microsoft Auto 4.0, and an open source alliance with heavy hitters launched as a direct competitor. Open source PBXs make corporate gains; how much is up for debate The bad economy may be a boon to relatively inexpensive open-source IP PBXs, which one study says already account for nearly 18% of all PBXs installed last year in North American business networks. Microsoft wants open sourcers to write code for Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft showed off its new IDE and said it hoped open source developers would write plug-ins for it, but didn't mention the licensing that would allow for that. Thumbs up for open source as U.K. backs ODF The OpenDocument Format (ODF) has moved an important step closer to widespread adoption by the U.K. government with the publication of an internal Cabinet Office report recommending its use. Dell sees opening for Atom-based PCs in small business Could computers based on Intel's Atom processors, already popular among consumers, catch on for cash-strapped business? Dell seems to think so -- at least in some markets. SSH PowerShell for the masses Here's a tip on another great open-source scriptable SSH resource courtesy of PowerShell guru, blogger Tyson Kopczynski. Adobe patches Flash vulnerabilities for three platforms Adobe Systems has updated its Flash multimedia software to eliminate five flaws affecting Windows, OS X and Linux systems. Server revenue sees big drop in Q4, IDC says Worldwide server revenue saw its biggest quarterly drop in years in the last quarter of 2008 and may not recover until next year, IDC said in a survey released on Wednesday.
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