All About Linux 2008: 5 more cool devices running Linux that you’re not using
but should
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| Linux, as we’ve been stressing all week, is not just for desktops. Linux
| works in all sorts of ways on all sorts of devices. Embedded Linux is a
| popular choice with many manufacturers to keep development costs down on new
| hardware. It’s also good for portable devices with open architectures because
| if you know desktop Linux, you know portable Linux.
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/28/all-about-linux-2008-5-more-cool-devices-running-linux-that-youre-not-using-but-should/
Recent:
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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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