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CA State NOT out of the running in the OSS/Linux races

Out of my ignorance, I had come to the conclusion that, with only isolated exceptions, California state government was firmly in the pocket of proprietary software solutions. When you’re in a Microsoft-standardized site, with no useful leads to other contacts, such a conclusion may not be too surprising.

Blog - Why Vista is Late

  • johnprideaux website; By philipsu (Posted by phubert on Jun 19, 2006 7:18 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Microsoft
This is the 'philipsu' blog entry on why Vista is late (and more) and commentary that surfaced by last Thursday, June 15, 2006

Will SCO Case Make The Finish Line?

  • www.corante.com; By Dana Blankenhorn (Posted by phubert on Apr 6, 2005 2:32 PM EDT)
  • Groups: SCO, IBM; Story Type: News Story
It's beginning to look like the SCO-IBM case won't make it to the finish line, an end to discovery and summary judgement.

Unisys maintains commitment to hardware and open source

  • Computer Business Review (Posted by phubert on Mar 16, 2005 2:36 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
"The message in the market has now changed, they've done consolidation, they're now looking at standardization. Our consolidation message has really changed into a migration message," he continued, adding that Linux is increasingly the standard platform customers are demanding to migrate to.

Intel starts big reseller desktop Linux push

  • The Inquirer; By Jock McFrock (Posted by phubert on Mar 16, 2005 8:41 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Intel; Story Type: News Story
CHIP GIANT Intel - which could probably make a decent job of writing an OS if it had the will to do so - has started a major push for dealers, promoting the Linux operating system on the desktop.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACTED IN COLLUSION WITH MICROSOFT, SAYS HIGH-PROFILE AUSTRIAN MEP

"The Commission might end up paying dearly for its rash collusion with Microsoft" -- "Commission president apparently loves to play high-stakes poker with the EP" -- "Bill Gates is at the moment making himself ever more enemies in the EP"