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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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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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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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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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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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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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Microsoft patent case stirs software export fears
February 21, 2007
In unlikely combination, U.S. government and advocates of free and open-source software are backing Microsoft in patent spat with AT&T.
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Microsoft and SugarCRM partner on open source
February 14, 2006
Partnership is expected to boost interoperability and reveals an ever-increasing cooperative attitude on open source.
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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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New XenEnterprise boosts virtual Windows
April 2, 2007
Virtualization software now can run multiprocessor Windows servers, but bigger changes are coming in June.
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Week in review: Apple shapes up with Boot Camp
April 7, 2006
As the Mac maker gets its XP-on-Mac app up and running, Microsoft makes nice with open source.
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Microsoft, Novell paint target on Red Hat
November 3, 2006
New technical and legal partnership is meant to take Red Hat down a notch--and could help Novell too.
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LinuxWorld revs up
August 17, 2006
special coverage The San Francisco conference spotlights trends in open source, from servers to cell phones and Windows media support.
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