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Linux driver chief calls out Microsoft over code submission

After a kick in the pants from the leader of the Linux driver project, Microsoft has resumed work on its historic driver code submission to the Linux kernel and avoided having the code pulled from the open source operating system. Read full story

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September 11, 2009

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