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Microsoft loses Word patent appeal

A U.S. federal appeals court has upheld a $290-million US judgment against Microsoft Corp. in a patent case launched by Toronto-based i4i Inc., and issued an injunction that will prevent the sale of its popular Word software.

MEPIS to switch from Ubuntu to Debian

  • DesktopLinux.com; By Steven J. Vaughan Nichols (Posted by nicsmr on Jul 30, 2007 10:41 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Debian, Ubuntu
SimplyMEPIS, a very popular desktop Linux, is going to change back to using Debian Linux for its core from Ubuntu. In March of 2006, MEPIS founder Warren Woodford, decided to switch to Ubuntu from Debian for the next version of SimplyMEPIS, version 6. Things have changed....