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ostatic.com - 2/1/2009
Open Source Windows? Don't Count on It
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Open Source Windows? Don't Count on It Obama's inauguration must have brought out the optimist in tech journalists. In the last week, Ron Miller and Charles Babcock have written to implore Microsoft to open source Windows. While inspired and with some solid reasoning, I don't think it's going ...

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distrowatch.com - 2/3/2009
Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
— distrowatch.com — Welcome to this year's 5th issue DistroWatch Weekly! As Linux personalities go, there is nobody more famous than Linus Torvalds, the man who started it all by developing the Linux kernel in 1991; read on for our exclusive interview with the chief ... (more) Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

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Microsoft: More Zunes coming in 2009
news.cnet.com - 1/30/2009
Microsoft: More Zunes coming in 2009
— news.cnet.com — Remember that teenage trick of sticking your fingers in your ears and saying, "I can't hear you"? That's how I felt on Thursday morning when I talked to Adam Sohn, the marketing director for Zune. No retreat, baby, no surrender. I don't ... (more) Microsoft: More Zunes coming in 2009

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seattlepi.nwsource.com - 1/30/2009
Microsoft sues CEO of Ancora for spying
— seattlepi.nwsource.com — Microsoft Corp. is suing a former employee, claiming that he applied for a job at the company under false pretenses and then used his role at Microsoft to gain access to confidential data related to patent litigation he is now waging. (more) Microsoft sues CEO of Ancora for spying

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