eweek.com - 12/18/2008
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Linux and open source will start to chip away at Microsoft Windows desktop software thanks to their popularity on netbooks, those ultralight, low-cost laptops. IBM Lotus strategy director predicts this as a major trend in 2009, as well as the proliferation of messaging and collaboration ...
video.linuxfoundation.org - 12/21/2008
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If you've been alive and aware of mass
media over the last twelve months, you've probably seen...
television commercials from Apple and Microsoft touting their operating system. From Apple's ubiquitous "I'm a Mac" to Jerry Seinfeld to Microsoft's "I'm a ...
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The "I'm Linux" Video Contest | The Linux ...
open.neurostechnology.com - 12/18/2008
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open.neurostechnology.com —
The concept of an open set-top box is
new and a place that Linux has a very...
favorable opportunity. Unlike the desktop, where compatibility with legacy applications and peripherals is a serious impediment, the set-top box simply has to play today's ...
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First LINK Bounties
linux-foundation.org - 12/19/2008
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Linux Foundation Appoints Ted Ts’o to Position of
Chief Technology Office Linux Kernel Developer Ted Ts’o to...
lead Linux Standard Base and ISV relationships, among other initiatives SAN FRANCISCO, December 18, 2008 – The Linux Foundation (LF), the ...
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Microsoft digs into PHP.....
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OpenSolaris Coming to Toshiba Laptops--Continuing a Trend
OStatic blogs —
... Lenovo and other hardware manufacturers aren't buying into this trend as quickly as others, but as long as people stay so careful with their pennies, market share for portable computers running open source software is going to increase. eWeek has some interesting corroboration of the trend, coming from IBM. The next shoe that is likely to drop will be the availability of more offers like the Acer Aspire One netbooks ...
OpenSolaris Coming to Toshiba Laptops--Continuing a Trend [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... Lenovo and other hardware manufacturers aren't buying into this trend as quickly as others, but as long as people stay so careful with their pennies, market share for portable computers running open source software is going to increase. eWeek has some interesting corroboration of the trend, coming from IBM. The next shoe that is likely to drop will be the availability of more offers like the Acer Aspire One netbooks ...
Google Watchers Strike Down Google Netbook Notion
Google Watch —
... Now, I've already said I agreed with many who believe an Android netbook isn't farfetched. Linux distributions such as Xandros and Ubuntu have proliferated on netbooks, causing some folks to opine that 2009 could be the year we see a crack in Microsoft's Windows hegemony. ...
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