Software giant Microsoft has said it rejected plans to develop a dual-boot iteration of Windows XP to run on One Laptop per Child XO machines, and instead is developing a version of XP specifically for the XO.
Richard Stallman, leader of the Free Software Foundation and chief author of the General Public License (GPL) used Novell's BrainShare conference in Utah to criticise the software maker's controversial deal with Microsoft.
Red Hat moved quickly on Friday to pour cold water on Microsoft's partnership with Novell.
Debian is a steadfastly noncommercial version of Linux. But Hewlett-Packard gave it a big corporate hug on Monday in the US with the announcement of a plan to provide support for the open-source operating system.
Open source advocate Bruce Perens has launched an initiative to discourage owners of undeveloped Web domains hosting them on servers running proprietary software.
Community developers claim the Linux Standards Base could be the perfect retort to fragmentation scare stories bandied about by critics of open source.
Although Sun Microsystems recently made software patents available for use by open-source developers, OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture is turning increasingly murky.
A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.
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As Microsoft focuses on merging its Web browser and operating system software, open-source competitors are mulling a proposal to join forces and beat the software giant to the punch.
A major upgrade to the Linux graphical user environment includes faster-running applications and a Web browser improved with help from Apple's Safari.
A new consortium aims to make Linux more usable for consumers - and draw the spotlight away from a business rival.
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