Case Study on Deployment of Open Source Software in Government Offices
Sep 18, 2007The results of a survey that asked 955 organizations in the public sector from 13 EU countries about their affinity to Open Source software were recently released. At the same time, the survey investigated six Open Source development projects maintained by public authorities.
more »Trolltech Removes Qt Vulnerability
Sep 17, 2007A moderately critical vulnerability was discovered in the QUtf8Decoder of Trolltech's Qt Framework.
more »EU Court Rejects Microsoft Lawsuit
Sep 17, 2007The European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg today confirmed a decision by the EU Commission to fine Microsoft 497 million euros.
more »SCO Insolvent
Sep 17, 2007SCO filed for protection under Chapter 11 of US bankruptcy laws on Friday.
more »Linux Foundation Invites Legal Practitioners to Summit
Sep 13, 2007The Linux Foundation has issued invitations to its first summit on legal topics concerning Linux and Open Source in Boston. A second event will provide legal practitioners with know-how on the topic on an annual basis.
more »Interoperability: Joint Research by Microsoft and Novell
Sep 13, 2007Microsoft and Novell have announced the opening of an Open Interoperability Lab within the scope of cooperation between the two companies.
more »UK SUSE Linux User Group (UK SLUG) Founded
Sep 12, 2007The UK SUSE Linux User Group (UK SLUG) the UK forum for Users of SUSE Linux will be formally launched at the next UK Groupware User Group conference October 25 at the Burlington Hotel, Birmingham.
more »Samba Shuts Down Vulnerability in AD Interface
Sep 12, 2007The latest version of Samba, 3.0.26, removes a moderately critical vulnerability that only occurs in combination with Microsoft's Active Directory Service.
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