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● 04.08.07

●● Weekend Roundup: Noteworthy Links and Stories

Posted in America, Deception, FUD, GNU/Linux, GPL, Microsoft, Novell, Open XML, OpenDocument, OpenSUSE, Patents, Petitions, Rumour, SCO, SLES/SLED, Standard, Ubuntu, Windows at 1:30 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

●●● SUSE Lacking Passion?

Whether it’s true or not, that’s just what this blogger appears to suggest.

=> ↺ this blogger

What’s growing at SUSEroot
[...]
I’m left feeling nonplussed. I guess I want to see some passion, you know? Why are you running SUSE?
Maybe Fedora’s fans are more forceful … maybe not. You sure can’t beat the Ubuntu people when it comes to pimping their OS.

●●● GPLv3

This short article talks about the woesome effects of the ‘grandfather clause’, which leads to conflicts.

=> ↺ short article | ↺ leads to conflicts

●●● More ‘Funny Business’

Let’s begin with Bruce Perens, who points out that Dan Lyons is at it again. For those who do not know, Lyons is a Forbes journalist that has been often accused of shilling for Microsoft and SCO by attacking Richard Stallman and Groklaw, among other entities (it could be part of a larger scheme).

=> ↺ points out | ↺ larger scheme

If you read Dan Lyon’s blog, 100% of it in recent time has been snippy comments directed to Groklaw and other Open Source entitities.

Speaking of Groklaw, another case of Microsoft lobbying (this time in California) gets reported.

=> ↺ another case of Microsoft lobbying

●●● Trouble in ‘Microsoft Land’

Morale seems to have declined in the Windows camp. Former Microsoft evangelist Robert Scoble switches to a Mac and Paul Thurrott says that Microsoft has abandoned Windows XP and will never deliver the promised-yet-forvever-postponed Service Pack 3. Adding insult to injury, another defence mechanism in Windows Vista gets shattered to pieces with a proof-of-concept hack.

=> ↺ switches to a Mac | ↺ never deliver the promised-yet-forvever-postponed Service Pack 3 | ↺ shattered to pieces

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