Novell to Announce New, Expanded Partnerships
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| At BrainShare, the company also will announce a deal that will see the SUSE
| Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 preloaded on hardware from a major vendor.
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| SALT LAKE CITY—Novell will use its annual BrainShare conference here March 17
| to announce new and expanded partnerships as well as to show off some of the
| features and functionality of its upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Novell-to-Announce-New-and-Expanded-Partnerships/
Hopefully that hardware maker will also offer Microsoft-free options.
Yesterday:
Fujitsu Receives Novell YES Certification for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on
Four LifeBook Series Notebooks
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| Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation announced at opening day of BrainShare
| 2008 that the Fujitsu LifeBook U810, LifeBook T2010, LifeBook P1620
| ultra-portable convertible notebooks and the LifeBook S6510 thin and light
| notebook have been YES Certified by Novell. The certification means the
| notebooks have been stringently tested for compatibility with SUSE Linux
| Enterprise Desktop from Novell.
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http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1206384/
Related:
Dutch Consumer Association declares war on Vista
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/10/13/dutch_consumer_association_declares_war/
Unbundling Microsoft Windows
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| Computers in the European Union should be sold without a bundled operating
| system, according to this submission to the European Commission. It says that
| the bundling of Microsoft Windows with computers is not in the public
| interest, and prevents meaningful competition in the operating system market.
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http://www.globalisation.eu/briefings/competition-policy/unbundling-microsoft-windows-200709231241/
Free-market think tank urges EU to unbundle Windows
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| The Globalisation Institute, a European think-tank run by free market
| advocates, today went on the offensive against Microsoft, calling on the EU
| to require all PCs to be sold without operating systems.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/09/24/globalisation_institute_windows_bundling/
Are 'naked PCs' good for businesses?
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| Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT director panel have now
| backed that call for naked PCs, although the argument is far from
| straightforward.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-167353.html
Why the Unbundling Windows Sceptics are Wrong
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| Microsoft has introduced a number of measures in recent versions of Windows
| which are designed to stop piracy of Windows. In effect, they have provided
| their own answer to this question.
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/users/conz/why_the_unbundling_windows_sceptics_are_wrong.html
French consumer group attacks PC software bundling
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| UFC-Que Choisir legal officer Sandra Wouhling said current
| practice effectively forced ordinary consumers to buy computers
| using Microsoft operating systems whereas companies anda
| dministrations were offered a real choice.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061214:MTFH94365_2006-12-14_14-49-22_L14537403&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/yf7kfu
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