A Linux-powered iPhone
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| The most interesting part on Wired magazine's revelation was during iPhone’s
| software development. On a very tight deadline to finish the iPhone right on
| time, Apple software engineers looked carefully at Linux, since it had
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| already been rewritten for use on mobile phones. But, Linux on iPhone was
| denied by Steve Jobs for the reason that he do not want to utilize someone
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| else’s software. Just imagine the endless possibilities had Steve agreed. It
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| would have been a big break for Linux, and iPhone could have been a much more
| powerful and smarter mobile device. It would have been a jaw-dropping
| combination of beauty and brains.
|
| Since Linux powered iPhone is now far from reality, I have here some photos
| of make-believe iPhone running with a GNOME desktop and with a Firefox web
| browser.
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http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/01/linux-powered-iphone.html
And they say Linux users are too 'religious' to choose Windows and Macs.
Microsoft, unlike Apple, uses a lot of Linux in-house (because it's too good
and difficult to avoid).
Quote:
"Linux is a very complete and sophisticated operating system. And there is a
lot of work being done to improve it in and of itself, particularly to make it
easier to use and easier for people to set up on their personal computers."
--Paul Maritz, top executive at Microsoft
Related:
It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux
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| What the press statement didn't mention is that Aruba mobility
| controllers run the Linux operating system which Microsoft has
| aggressively targeted as being inferior to Windows as part of
| its "Get the Facts" marketing campaign.
|
| [...]
|
| Pandey's appraisal of Aruba's technology is in stark contrast to
| Microsoft's "Get the Facts" rhetoric which places Windows as a more secure,
| and higher-performing choice over Linux.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1
Debian Powers the world
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| Looks like Microsoft Researches new website InkblotPasswords[.com] , aimed at
| helping users come up with hard to crack passwords ( while at the same time
| saving them in a database ) is powered by Debian and Python :)
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http://www.imbrandon.com/2007.12.05/debian-powers-the-world.html
Breaking: Newsvine Acquired By Microsoft — What is Microsoft going to do with
the Linux Hosted site they just bought?
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| The funny thing is, The site is hosted on Debian Linux...
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http://www.tribbleagency.com/?p=383
Top secret: Microsoft's $6 billion open source play
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| This month's announcement by Microsoft to acquire digital marketing
| services firm aQuantive has revealed little on how the companies
| will integrate their IT, but inside information indicates the deal
| may be Redmond's largest commitment to free software.
|
| [...]
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| Whether the businesses are complementary or not, Microsoft's integration
| work will no doubt involve a lot of open source software used by aQuantive.
|
| Information available from Atlas' Web site indicates the Internet software
| company employs extensive use of open source software including Linux,
| Apache, MySQL, and Solaris.
|
| Software engineers at Atlas' Raleigh office do client/server development in
| C and C++, software maintenance and "scripting", and developing and
| maintaining custom reporting capabilities.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1616039231;fp;2;fpid;1
Microsoft.com uses/used Fedora GNU/Linux here:
https://www. microsoft.com/ servers/ faces/default.aspx
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