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IBM denies re-entering PC market with Russian deal
March 10, 2008
Big Blue says it's not getting back into the PC market, despite selling "Microsoft-free" PCs running Linux and OpenOffice in Eastern Europe.
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Munich to stick with open source
June 17, 2004
The German city confirms it will proceed with the biggest Linux migration ever.
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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: Linux may mean price cuts, fewer sales
September 3, 2004
SEC filing shows just how much open source is worrying the software giant.
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Advice to Microsoft: Learn to love Linux
October 15, 2004
Business guru tells Microsoft to invest in Linux for handhelds or risk missing out on the next big thing in software sales.
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Commentary: Opening a new battleground
January 9, 2004
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Linux PCs: Customer service or lip service?
November 2, 2005
Despite much hype over Linux, finding a new home PC running the open-source operating system is no easy task. Photos: Looking for a Linux PC
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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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Ubuntu 7.04
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Ubuntu is very user-friendly but not right for everyone. Oddly casual computer users and advanced users will find this operating system wonderful, while day-to-day users may rail against Ubuntu's incompatibility with certain popular software applications, such as iTunes. Still, this is a great leap forward for Linux with the mass audience.
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Lenovo denies ditching Linux
June 5, 2006
The PC maker, which recently signed a $1.2 billion Microsoft deal, says it has no plans to stop supporting the open-source OS.
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Munich fires up Linux at last
September 25, 2006
Local government launches the first phase of its open-source migration after a year's delay.
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Microsoft denies role in British Linux flop
November 24, 2006
City of Birmingham pulls plug on open-source desktop project, but Redmond says it didn't offer special Windows XP discounts.
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IBM software geared to reduce PC costs
February 12, 2007
Big Blue's Open Client Offering spans Windows, Mac and Linux by combining Notes, Sametime, OpenOffice and Eclipse software.
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Java Desktop support site launched
July 12, 2004
The site features how-to articles, user forums and software downloads designed to help newbies use Sun's low-cost operating system.
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Se habla open source?
February 16, 2004
While open-source software is still fighting for space on American desktops, it's making surprising progress in developing economies due to native-language translation efforts.
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Korea launches a switch to open source
October 1, 2003
The South Korean government says that by 2007 it plans to replace proprietary software with open-source alternatives on a substantial number of its PCs and servers.
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Stepping up to a giant
August 5, 2003
Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson wants to turn the Linux operating system into a genuine mass-market consumer item and a real alternative to Microsoft's Windows.
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Microsoft delays virtualization beta debut
April 12, 2007
Viridian beta slips into second half of 2007, but final product still is on original schedule.
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French parliament dumping Windows for Linux
November 27, 2006
Study by technology services company convinces the National Assembly that the switch will be cost-effective.
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Linux backers foresee desktop gains
April 23, 2004
The upstart operating system may be entrenched in the data center, but even Linux backers say it needs some sprucing up before it can grab a significant spot on the desktop PC.
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