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Centeris Helps Windows, Linux Systems Get Along
Centeris Likewise Management Suite 2.0 allows IT managers to easily integrate Linux systems into Windows networks, using a familiar interface and directory system.http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2006563,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594


Microsoft in buying mood Spending spree takes aim at smaller companies
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer was quick to reply when recently asked why the company wasn't pursuing acquisitions more aggressively.

"We are buying more companies than we have ever bought," Ballmer said in response to the question at Microsoft Corp.'s annual meeting with financial analysts.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/281937_software21.html
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Exclusive Q&A: Linus TorvaldsLinux creator says "influx of money" is helping his 15-year-old creation grow up nicely. If open source were a religion, Linus Torvalds, the Finnish engineer who wrote the core of the operating system that would become Linux, would be its prophet.http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=18011&hed=Exclusive+Q%26A%3A+Linus+Torvalds&sector=Industries&subsector=Computing


Bill Gates gets an invoice from a unhappy customerPlease find enclosed my invoice for £1,200 sterling for administrative and consulting work, caused by the need to repair Microsoft sabotage. I dare say you'd like details:http://www.theregister.com/2006/08/21/bill_gates_invoice/


Dept. Of Defense urges open source adoptionA 79-page Department of Defense study claims that adoption of open source software and open standards will enable the military to respond to threats with greater agility. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060820-7545.html
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[fos]

In my dealings with the military, I found that their technology and procurement red tape would probably lead them to implement Linux at around Slackware 0.99. Their hardware is generally about 10 years behind due to approval and certification requirements.

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[AndreL]

hihi :tongue:

[Red*Fox]

lol microsoft sabotage?:tongue:

[AndreL]

Yeah! That was good too!

[AndreL]

from the Torvald's interview:Linux development has always been a kind of open market, where the development direction gets set by customer demand, together with obviously a lot of what I simply call good taste—the avoidance of things that are obviously going to be problematic in the long run.
Open source has already overcome the biggest challenge—of acceptance and perception. From a purely technical standpoint, the open-source methodology is simply superior—modern software is simply too complicated to be done in hiding—but for a long time people seemed to think it was a strange and counterintuitive way of doing things. That’s largely over. Now, the success of open source has obviously brought some new issues, like the nuisance of legal challenges.