Microsoft

No patent deal possible, says Red Hat and Ubuntu (and now Mandriva too)

We predicted that the Linspire-Microsoft deal was no big deal at all to Linux this week over at SearchEnterpriseLinux.com with the help of analyst Gordon Haff, but today it's official: Red...

Nat Friedman: Choose Vista + ignore Linux desktops = face shareholders’ wrath

"If you don't evaluate Linux desktops, you may be liable to your shareholders because you're spending an enormous amount of money to upgrade to Vista without a demonstrable ROI," said open source developer turned Novell exec Nat Friedman during our recent conversation.

"You'll spend $30...

Micosoft hires Interoperability Lab director

I think it would be right to assume that the Microsoft-Novell partnership can only become even more controversial in the coming months than it was when first announced last November, simply due to the fact that there's so much more we could and will learn about the partnership as time goes...

2007: Year of the Linux ‘patent covenant?’

MORE UPDATES (o6/07/07): ComputerWorld is reporting this morning that LG has also jumped on board with Microsoft for...

Microsoft’s patent FUD –> target Red Hat?

Comments made today by LinuxToday editor Brian Proffit on his blog The Hoosier Penguin resonate with what IP attorney John Rabena told me yesterday in our interview, "

Microsoft ramps up the FUD machine

Is Microsoft becoming the next SCO? Linux-Watch.com seems to think so, especially in light of this...