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Microsoft and the Linux Foundation Join Forces on Law of Software Contracts

It's not everyday that Microsoft joins forces with the Linux Foundation, but the Law of Software Contracts has seen the two create a duo sharing a unique perspective. Karen Copenhaver, counsel of the Linux Foundation and Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, have jointly signed ...

18 May 2009
11:00 GMT

The Linux Foundation: It's Time for a Microsoft FAT Diet

Following the intellectual property legal dispute between TomTom and Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, through the voice of Jim Zemlin, its executive director, opined that alternatives, even open-source equivalents to the Redmond company's FAT, enabled developers to renounce of using the proprietary file manageme...

2 April 2009
09:14 GMT

The Linux Foundation Acquires Linux.com

The Linux Foundation announced yesterday, March 3, the acquisition of the Linux.com domain from its previous owner, SourceForge. Though the Linux Foundation will host the site on their servers, SourceForge will still collaborate by continuing to sell advertising for Linux.com. The Linux Foundation plans to transfor...

4 March 2009
02:59 GMT

The Newest Member of The Linux Foundation: Black Duck Software

The Linux Foundation's forces are growing stronger, as yesterday it was announced that a new member was joining in, for the enhancement of the popularity of Linux. Black Duck Software is now a Foundation ally, and will further aid in the common quest of maintaining a perpetual growth of Linux.The involvement of...

11 September 2008
05:35 GMT

The Linux Foundation Welcomes Canonical

The Linux Foundation announced today that Canonical had joined forces to accelerate the growth of Linux. The sponsor behind Ubuntu hopes to enhance Linux growth by supporting cross-industry collaboration and promotion.One of the most popular Linux distributions, Ubuntu, has become a serious option for both server and...

18 August 2008
07:08 GMT

MontaVista CGE Linux 5.0 Compliant with the Linux Foundation's CGL 4.0 Specification

MontaVista Software announced yesterday that its Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 5.0 Linux distribution is compliant with the Linux Foundation's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 4.0 specification. It has also earned Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3.0 certification, and is Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) logo certified. At th...

16 July 2008
08:19 GMT

Adobe AIR for Linux Released

Finally! Adobe announced last night the first alpha release of Adobe AIR for Linux, a new technology that allows Adobe AIR applications to be deployed on computers and devices powered by the Linux operating system.Let's overview the features that can be found in this first alpha version of Adobe AIR:· Runtime/Ap...

1 April 2008
03:02 GMT

The Linux Foundation Announced Linux Standard Base 3.2

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, has announced today an update to the Linux Standard Base, also known as LSB. The update - LSB 3.2 - brings new features for interpreted languages, printing and multimedia, and more, thus enabling developers to easily suppo...

19 February 2008
10:10 GMT

Market Share: Windows 57.5% - Linux 40.6% - an Open Source Dream Come True!

When it comes down to the operating system market, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are in a traditional three horse rage for the largest install base. So far, Microsoft has virtually owned the market, dominating with a share of over 90% with the Windows platform, Apple is runner up with Mac OS X at about 5-6%, and Linux ...

18 December 2007
10:12 GMT

Take the 2007 Linux Desktop Survey!

The use of the Linux operating system on desktop computer continues to grow, as shown by the Linux Foundation annual survey. This will continue to run until the end of this month.The Linux Foundation, previously known as Free Standards Group and the Open Source Developer Labs (the two groups merged in January, this y...

23 November 2007
09:57 GMT

The Linux Foundation Signs Contract with Japanese Developers

The Linux Foundation and the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), a Japanese government research institute supporting open source software and IT infrastructure development have announced today the signing of a collaboration agreement.The Linux Foundationd and IPA will cooperate to accelerate the adoption o...

1 October 2007
10:04 GMT

Linux - Based Next Generation Datacenter from HP

Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States, the Hewlett-Packard (HP for short) company is a famous name in the fields of computing, printing and digital imaging and also provides software and services. HP is also the No. 1 ranking company in worldwide personal computer shipments, surpassing Dell according...

10 August 2007
01:25 GMT

Tux500 Pure Facts

Not long ago, lobby4linux announced a rather strange project that consists in raising money from donations and start a marketing campaign. The Tux500 project, as it was called, intends to collect community donations in order to enter a Linux sponsored car in the Indianapolis 500 race, on May 27th, 2007. The project ...

14 May 2007
09:02 GMT

Nokia, Marvell and VirtualLogix Join Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation has announced that three new companies have become its members, representing the increasing opportunity for Linux as it continues to gain popularity on mobile devices. The new companies are Marvell, the leader in storage, Nokia the leading phone manufacturer and VirtualLogix. "It's really im...

5 April 2007
05:19 GMT


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