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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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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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Linux guide designed for developing nations
August 24, 2004
The manual is intended to increase open-source usage among the 800 IT projects sponsored by the United Nations.
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OLPC and Intel bury the hatchet--for the children
July 13, 2007
Nonprofit and chipmaker have faced off over low-cost laptops in the past, but they're coming together to bring PCs to kids.
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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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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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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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Thailand to get slimmed-down Windows
June 24, 2004
And the price is svelte, too: The Starter Edition will sell for just a fraction of what XP typically costs.
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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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French parliament picks Ubuntu for Linux switch
March 12, 2007
Starting this summer, 1,154 parliamentary desks will feature Linux-based PCs.
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Foundation wants more of the PC to be free
February 28, 2005
The Free Software Foundation is mounting a wider effort to encourage the creation of free BIOS software for PCs.
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HP to sell Linux PCs across Latin America
January 18, 2006
Machines pre-installed with Mandriva Linux will ship in "all Latin American territories" including Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.
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Researchers envision the Linux of routing
April 19, 2004
Scientists at Berkeley are close to releasing an open-source software code that could do for routing what Linux did for operating systems.
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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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Microsoft offers cut-rate Windows
February 9, 2004
A low-cost version of Windows XP finds a home in Thai government offices, and the software giant says it may make the software available to other governments.
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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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Is the telephone industry ready for open source?
June 9, 2005
Mark Spencer believes so--especially if his open-source phone software forces a rethink about what it costs to run sophisticated corporate phone equipment installations.
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