The Samba team’s excellent Jeremy Allison writes about the problem that Mono poses for Free Software. The core problem is that Mono implements technology that is very likely patented by Microsoft. Microsoft, in its turn, has now started to aggressively enforce its software patents, as shown by its lawsuit against TomTom earlier this year. Jeremy Read more »
High Noon in Brussels: At the end of her term, competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes is wrapping up two open cases against Microsoft. The company offered to settle in July 2009. FSFE is concerned that a quick settlement could deprive Europeans of competition and innovation in a software market based on open standards, in particular where Free Software is concerned.
…which probably comes too late for most or all of you. This is pretty much how it happened to me.
At Dellideastorm.com, the computer seller is running a forum where people can post what they would like Dell to offer. At the top of the list are — you guessed it — computers with GNU/Linux pre-installed. So what’s the second-most popular idea, then? OpenOffice pre-installed. Also in the top ten are a laptop working 100% Read more »