Saturday, January 19, 2002

Holy crap, Batman!  Now this combination would produce a company worthy of taking on Microsoft blow for blow.

Washington Post: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat. AOL Time Warner Inc. is in talks to buy Red Hat Inc., a prominent distributor of a computer operating system, an acquisition that would position the media giant to challenge arch rival Microsoft Corp., according to sources familiar with the matter. [Tomalak's Realm]

 
Wednesday, January 16, 2002

It is interesting that Microsoft has placed so much focus on Lindows.  User interface and supported software are the two major things Microsoft clings to in the desktop environment.  If the operating system becomes commoditized, they will surely be replaced by cheaper, faster, better operating systems.  It is becoming increasingly clear that Microsoft much transform itself from a software company to a software services company.

Lindows seeks to dismiss Microsoft suit. The start-up, which is developing software that would let Windows programs run on Linux computers, asks that Microsoft's trademark-infringement suit be dismissed. [CNET News.com]

 

So, Linus, got some extra time on your hands lately?

USB 2 arrives in Linux test version. Linus Torvalds, founder and leader of the operating-system project, releases the newest version of the core software. [CNET News.com]

 

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