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  • Gartner: Open source could damage the market

    The open source movement could have a damaging impact on software innovation, according to a prominent market analyst.

  • Ubuntu tops desktop, server Linux enthusiast poll

    Preliminary results of a survey conducted by Waugh Partners consultancy at the 2008 Linux conference -- linux.conf.au -- have revealed Linux trends and Australia's open source hubs.

  • The commoditisation of software

    Software is commoditised by the appearance of open-source software--its low cost serves as a strong challenge to proprietary software companies' business models.

  • Net radicals seek safer territory

    The fate of the free Net may rest in the hands of a university student in Sweden making less money than a coffee slinger at Starbucks.

  • Proprietary vendors lose $60bn to open source

    Open-source software is successfully displacing proprietary applications in many large companies and eating into the annual revenues of proprietary software vendors by US$60 billion a year, according to research.

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  • Maxthon 2.0.8

    Of the less well known open source browsers, Maxthon has been gaining attention as the second most popular Web browser in its home state of China. Based on IE's Trident engine, we found it to be highly customisable; however its lack of support makes it difficult to recommend for business.

  • HP finds a thrilla in Mozilla

    Hewlett-Packard will sidestep a Netscape-branded browser for its open-source original, a move the company calls a vote of confidence for the open-source model.

  • Who wrote Linux?

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

  • A lesson in logic

    Fundamentalists are people who can't tolerate the idea that there are legitimate points of view other than their own. Publish something negative about Linux, and you'll soon find out what I mean.

  • Mandrake flirts with non-open source

    French Linux company MandrakeSoft takes a step away from the open-source philosophy, with a change to license terms involving customers that want support for a firewall product.

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