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Microsoft contributes Linux Drivers to Linux Community
Presspass has a roundtable question and answer session with Sam Ramji and Tom Hanrahan discussing Microsoft’s release of Linux device driver code under General Public License v2. REDMOND, Wash., July 20, 2009 — Today, in a break from the ordinary, Microsoft...
The $5 Trillion lock in
Someone’s just mentioned to me that IBM is claiming there are $5 Trillion worth of applications on the mainframe: Many enterprises, such as yours, may have millions of dollars worth of mainframe assets and core business applications that support the heart...
Sun runs the Jerry Yang maneuver
The New York Times reports that IBM has withdrawn it’s offer for Sun Microsystems “after Sun’s board balked at a reduced offer, according to three people close to the talks.” This can only be bad for Sun. As the NYT notes:- “Sun’s management has come...
Larry Rosen - patents can lead the way to great technology.
Larry Rosen makes some interesting statements about patents in a video interview from the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco:- "Well Open Source is based on intellectual property and it just is an accident of history perhaps that it's been...
EETimes : EU Commissioner slammed for stance on mobile TV
It seems the software industry isn't the only industry wrestling to explain technology neutrality to policy makers. The EETimes reports :- The head of the WorldDMB organization has made a scathing attack on EU Commissioner for Information Society and...
Someone in Brussels really doesn't like paying their mobile bill.
First it was roaming , now " Europe to look at cost of sending text messages ". I'd say the market for text messages must by any reasonable measure be healthy. ( source ) Of course there are cheaper ways of moving information around but that's not the...
Homo homini lupus est.
There's an interesting article here from "The Standard, China's Business Newspaper". The EU's worsening trade deficit with China (currently circa €10b) is hardly news however the following caught my eye :- The pain is being particularly felt in...
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