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  • Skype caves in to GPL requirements

    Skype has abandoned its efforts to avoid complying with an open-source licence that requires it to provide source code with Linux-based VoIP phones.

  • SuSE tailors Linux for Itanium

    German Linux seller SuSE has unveiled a version of the open-source operating system tailored for Intel's Itanium chip.

  • German railway on track with Linux migration

    The company running the German railway system has moved half of its servers to Linux, and expects to have more than 300 Linux servers in operation by the end of this year.

  • Linux upstart pushes into China

    German Linux start-up Tuxia has cut a deal to bring the company into the expanding and potentially gigantic Chinese market for Internet appliances.

  • OpenOffice for OS X faces uphill battle

    As Apple prepares a coming-out party for Mac OS X at Macworld, a loose band of developers is struggling to port the OpenOffice suite to the OS.

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  • Why open source is bad for Australia

    Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux

  • Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux

    Find out why Bergen, Norway's second-largest city, is moving its servers to Linux.

  • Red Hat aims desktop Linux at Microsoft

    Linux seller Red Hat has announced its first version of the open-source operating system for desktop computers, taking direct aim at Microsoft. Additional reading: Open Source Resource Centre

  • High alert for open source?

    Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said Thursday.

  • Unix pioneer an open-source killjoy?

    Bill Joy, Sun's chief scientist and a pioneer in designing Unix, has voiced doubts about Linux's open-source underpinnings.

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Reviews (4)

  • SuSE tailors Linux for Itanium

    German Linux seller SuSE has unveiled a version of the open-source operating system tailored for Intel's Itanium chip.

  • SuSE 8.0 arrives without StarOffice

    The German Linux distributor has built many new features into its latest software, but has left out StarOffice 6.0 because of new licensing terms from Sun.

  • UnitedLinux working on desktop distribution

    Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members.

  • Free OpenOffice picks up from StarOffice

    OpenOffice.org developers have put the finishing touches on their productivity suite, which provides users and businesses with an alternative to Microsoft's Office suite.

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