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  • Linux-using movie pirate forced to adopt Windows

    A US court has told a Linux enthusiast he must switch to Windows if he wants to use a computer because the court's monitoring software will only work with Microsoft's operating system.

  • "Locked down" Linux dispenses Justice

    The Victorian Department of Justice (DoJ) is understood to have deployed a secure, "locked-down" Linux environment across more than 100 desktops in a state corrctional facility.

  • EU lawmakers threaten open source

    The European Commission has proposed a law that could allow criminal charges to be pressed against businesses using software that is believed to infringe upon another company's intellectual property (IP). Experts warn that the law could allow SCO to sue Linux users in a criminal court.

  • Big Blue gets busted for Linux graffiti

    IBM's latest marketing campaign may be intended to help IBM change its stodgy image, but for at least some of the Linux-using population, the strategy backfired.

  • Open-source Visionary: Proprietary software is not okay

    When he began his one-man mission in 1984, critics dismissed Richard Stallman as tilting at windmills. Has his labour paid off?

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