Madwifi Project Looking to Found Non-Profit Organization
Oct 07, 2007The developers of the free Madwifi WLAN driver for Atheros chipset-based devices are discussing the foundation of a non-profit organization.
more »Novell Claiming Payment from SCO
Oct 07, 2007In the current bankruptcy proceedings, Novell has filed a claim against SCO for payment of outstanding license fees and is seeking to have the proceedings moved to Utah.
more »Linux Conquers the Canaries
Oct 05, 2007The Canary Isles now rely almost entirely on Linux in education.
more »Linux Foundation Supports Japan with Open Source Development
Oct 04, 2007The Linux Foundation has concluded an agreement to support Japanese developers with Linux and Open Source in future.
more »Bizarre: FFII award for OOXML opponents goes to Microsoft
Oct 04, 2007The Kayak Prize 2007, awarded by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) for the most effective campaign against Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML) as a standard, went to Microsoft itself.
more »Trolltech founder Chambe-Eng resigns because of illness
Oct 04, 2007As the Norwegian development company announced, the cofounder of the company, Eirik Cambe-Eng, has quit his position as Co-CEO, for health reasons.
more »IDC: Companies select open source for safety reasons
Oct 04, 2007In a survey by market-researcher IDC, companies in Australia, Korea, India and China quote better protection against vulnerabilities gaps as the main reason for the implementation of Open Source technology.
more »Samba specialist SerNet claims specifications from MS
Oct 04, 2007SerNet claimed the protocol specifications from Microsoft in order to enhance the open source software and make it interoperable.
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