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Latest figures from IDC show that Linux revenues are picking up in China, but will foreign vendors soon face tougher times?
GNOME 2.10 ups multimedia support
The team behind the GNOME Linux desktop environment say they are catching up with the major operating systems.
SuSE takeover 'pushed customers to Debian'
A German company that provides support for Debian, the free Linux distribution, has claimed that Novell's takeover of SuSE Linux has been good for Debian-related business.
JBoss hints at financial success
The open source model of billing for services rather than charging licence fees seems to be working for JBoss.
JBoss adds server cluster management
Analysts believe JBoss Network goes some way to closing the gap with IBM WebSphere, Oracle Application Server and BEA WebLogic.
Microsoft says sorry for AntiSpyware error
A Dutch Web site has accepted an apology from Microsoft after it was blacklisted by the software giant's anti-spyware tool.
Mandrakesoft makes acquisition
The French Linux vendor has acquired its Brazillian equivalent in a €1.79m all-stock deal.
Mini Mozilla marches on Windows mobiles
The Minimo browser is poised to move beyond Linux PDAs and onto Windows CE devices.
Wine maker relaxed over Microsoft's 'blockade'
A company that sells products based on Wine, an open source application that allows users to run Windows applications under Linux, said it isn't worried that Microsoft's anti-piracy application appears to be blocking the emulation software.
Linux kernel to include IPv6 firewall
Firewall features already available in IPv4 will be added to IPv6 protocol in Linux, but not until later in the year.
Patent activists protest in Brussels
Opponents of software patents gathered in Brussels on Thursday to accuse the European Council of turning Europe into a banana republic.
Patent restart request ratified
The European Parliament is unequivocal: the software patents directive needs to go back to the drawing board. But the jury is still out on whether the Commission will listen.
Firefox community weighs up IE 7 threat
One Firefox contributor thinks the browser could grab a 25 percent market share before IE 7 even launches.
Academics praise open source development
A study has found that the open source model can result in better code, but warns there can also be downsides.
Microsoft denies blackmail accusations
Microsoft has denied threatening to take jobs away from Denmark if the Danish government supported the software patent directive.
Italian bank moves to desktop Linux
An Italian bank is to move to thousands of computers to the Linux operating system.
OpenOffice developers clear Visual Studio licensing hurdle
A project to create a Swahili version of OpenOffice.org has found that Microsoft's licensing structure can hamper open source development.
EC pushes on with patent directive
The European Commission looks determined to ignore last week's calls for a rewrite of what even it is now calling the software patent directive.
Firefox gains search support from Yahoo
Yahoo's toolbar has been customised for Firefox, but analysts warn that the popular open source browser needs more vendor support before it cracks the enterprise.
Linux Thais up more support
The open source message has been warmly received in Thailand, where Microsoft is already under pressure from Linux.