Open source up 26% in the enterprise
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| Its breakdown of licenses for the top 25 packages found that Apache, not the
| GPL, is the most common license. 62% of the packages use Apache, 27% use some
| variant of GPL and 4% each use BSD, CPL, Eclipse, MPL and Perl licenses
| (since packages may be released under two or more licenses, percentages total
| to more than 100%).
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2008/01/open_source_up.html
Ubuntu is on the rise
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| Ubuntu is making inroads at IBM, with IBM making a significant commitment to
| lift Ubuntu out of its alleged "community" status to true enterprise status.
| (It's already enterprise-class, but perception lags technology.) IBM's reason
| for its Ubuntu move? Customer demand.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9862163-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
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Nortel considers Linux desktops for its staff
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| Nortel CIO Steve Bandrowczak, who joined the Canadian telecoms and network
| equipment vendor last July, said "more and more CIOs are looking at Linux
| desktop for reasons of TCO" and argued that the technology "is receiving the
| same level of attention today as when Linux started on servers."
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http://www.mbtmag.com/articleXml/LN731846314.html
French police deal blow to Microsoft
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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
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