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  • Who wrote Linux?

    Recent disputes over the authorship of Linux are missing an extremely obvious point. Has nobody noticed?

  • Linux vs Windows desktop media madness

    Recent media coverage has roundly dismissed desktop Linux on the grounds that "Microsoft is invincible." This column looks at why Linux has a tough time getting favourable coverage in the mainstream media, and how a bunch of "Volunteer Linux PR Firemen" are working to change that.

  • Windows Server 2003 gets Big Brother

    Microsoft's new rights management technology for Windows Server 2003 will restrict copying, printing or forwarding of confidential data.

  • Software makers ready desktop lockdown

    An ancient e-mail message embarrasses Microsoft in a key legal case. A leaked memo has Linux antagonist SCO Group scrambling to explain apparently secret Microsoft connections. A leaked message from RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser reveals his behind-the-scenes maneuvering to get a stake in Apple Computer's booming iPod business.

  • Microsoft to emulate open-source updates

    Windows Server 2003 will be launched in 'modules' in an effort to make Microsoft as responsive as the open-source community to development issues.

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  • Bill Gates and other communists

    Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.

  • Sun's no-op announcement

    Richard Stallman says even if Sun and others follow IBM's lead and started defusing the patent minefield of software development, the battle against software patents must continue.

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  • Who wrote Linux?

    Recent disputes over the authorship of Linux are missing an extremely obvious point. Has nobody noticed?

  • Microsoft to emulate open-source updates

    Windows Server 2003 will be launched in 'modules' in an effort to make Microsoft as responsive as the open-source community to development issues.

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