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The San Francisco Chronicle wants you to belief that the only people Microsoft paid off were ultra-conservatives. So, no mention of Microsoft's Democratic ultra-left payees are mentioned here. What you might get from this article is that Microsoft looks like a influence peddler, the likes of which the world has never seen. Perhaps the rest of the world considers them the ugliest Americans of them all. Perhaps someone should ask.

Recently, Linspire 5.0 and Micro Center announced a major retail offering featuring the PowerSpec line of Computers and Micro Center's Notebook. Not to be outdone, Microtel and Earthlink have put together an impressive offering bundled with Xandros.

When the Linux desktop gets performance tweaks, people can see a significant difference. Windows XP just cannot keep up. With the addition of a stream of new applications and multiple ways to run Win32 applications, the case for Linux becomes irrefutable.

Does Intel want to be "the man behind the curtain" for Desktop Linux?

Muslim Adel Abu Taha wrote that he created Arabian Linux using knoppix and kurumin ( Brazilian distro based on knoppix created by Carlos Eduardo Morimoto). The aim of this distro is to be a simply distro and solve all Arab users problems, such as Arabic language support and the most dramatic problem "Fax Modems drivers".

I have considered a scenario where Dell takes a commanding lead over Apple in the Educational market. With the release of Red Hat Desktop, Dell's engineers could offer a complete line of desktops and laptops bundled with Dell's consumer products. If I wanted a great return on investment, I would do that.

This is a story that should be one of the top ten Linux wins of all times. It saved "lives" on 9/11 and managed the Shuttle Disaster. I have often said if this would have been built on Microsoft Technology they would have featured it at the Super Bowl. Now, why didn't this make the major media outlet's?

Babson's Emerging Technologies session features an overview of technology trends and a detailed look at the status of “alternative” desktops. A testiment to the Linux's gaining market share.

WASHINGTON -- Linux has crawled out of university basements to become a major player in today's computing world. As government agencies are being forced to do more with a smaller budget more agencies are turning to the open source movement for a solution.

Penguins marching on the Capitol Building in Washington DC on their magazine cover and a plethora of articles marks a breakthrough for Linux. In the past, FCW has just ignored FOSS. This may mark the formal crossing of the Potomac!

Mainstream PC Manufacturer Could Alter the Landscape Using Linux to Unseat Apple

Adobe Version 7 Acrobat Reader is now available for Linux - but you have to download it from their ftp server. This is a major upgrade to what Linux desktop users have had in the past.

When you look into the Novell Linux Desktop (NLD), you find a product that fits an analyst's picture of a mature open-source model.

Also, we are somewhat cautious about what happened with Unix - it splintered into eight applications - until [Sun's Scott] McNealy finally announced he won the battle and had the one surviving Unix out there. We think Linux has the possibility of going the same route," said Rasmussen.

Authors slam Sun's open source strategy

Writers and analysts love to sensationalize OS Wars. But Linux keeps building momentum.

Have vendors hijacked Linux? Who owns Linux now?

The Expo at the John Hynes Center has a flavor unlike previous Expos. The tone of the Expo demonstrates Linux's maturity.

Home users are one of the often-missed market segments of Linux distributors. For example, when not on the road, many consultants work out of home offices. It's time to make it easier.

Is Sun getting with the Open Source Community?