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Brazil's love of Linux
August 28, 2008
The open-source software definitely gets a warm reception here, but its role can easily be overestimated, too.
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Massive Linux handout set for French schools
August 11, 2005
Local government finances project to distribute 64,000 packs of CDs with Linux and with free software for Windows and Mac OSes.
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Microsoft spins 'Halloween' memos
November 7, 1998
The giant posts a statement regarding the notorious leaked documents, which tout Linux as "best of breed" and a threat to Windows NT.
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Vienna to softly embrace Linux
January 25, 2005
Open source wins another local-government convert, with soft migrations to Linux imminent within the Austrian capital.
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India's Kerala state goes open source
June 29, 2007
Meanwhile, a nearby state that embarked on a plan in January to put Linux in government offices, schools and villages is making progress.
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Paris turns 175,000 kids on to open-source key plan
February 5, 2007
Aim is to give students easy access to "portable office" software suite designed to operate in Windows environment.
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Open-source PCs take a passage to India
November 16, 2005
Desktops pre-installed with OpenOffice.org, Firefox and other open-source applications will be sold in the country.
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Microsoft: In Africa, cost isn't the only thing
October 18, 2005
You can give people software for free, but they need to have the expertise to use it, Microsoft Nigeria manager says.
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Cheaper to patch--Windows or open source?
May 20, 2005
A Microsoft-funded study finds that companies saved money by using Windows database servers over open-source models.
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Real to plug Windows media support into Linux
August 15, 2006
Will release open-source software that lets Windows video and audio format files play on a Linux computer.
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Is Microsoft playing well with others?
April 7, 2006
As it opens up to Linux and rival software, company faces deep skepticism over whether it's really changed its stripes.
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Dell offers an open-source PC
October 4, 2005
Dimension E510n1 is geared for customers who want to use open-source software such as Linux. Photo: Dell's open-source PC
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At Microsoft, the yin and yang of Linux
August 12, 2005
What goes on in Redmond's Linux and Open Source Software Lab? Chief Bill Hilf is the one to ask. Photos: Microsoft's Linux lab
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Free CDs spread open source in India
May 25, 2005
To encourage use of computers, government distributes CDs containing localized versions of popular open-source applications.
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Lawyers ride shotgun for open source
February 1, 2005
A law center led by Eben Moglen and others will provide free services to developers who use open-source or free-software methods.
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Novell's shift to open source makes slow progress
April 11, 2006
Two years after Novell first mooted a company migration to Linux, 60 percent of its staff can still boot Windows at work.
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Zend brings PHP to Oracle's database
October 11, 2005
Zend Core for Oracle highlights one of the growing commercial uses of open-source PHP scripting language.
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Munich's Linux migration slips to 2006
September 6, 2005
A plan to move 14,000 desktops from Windows has been delayed by a year, partly because of the need for an additional pilot phase.
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Canonical distributes Parallels via desktop update
February 6, 2008
Ubuntu users will get access to Parallels Workstation for Linux via the operating system's built-in update tool.
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Critics: Microsoft server license snubs open source
January 28, 2005
Proposed server interoperability license--demanded by the EU--will shut the door on open-source software such as Samba, say critics.
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