-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Verizon Wireless, seven others join Linux phone org
,----[ Quote ]
| Verizon Wireless has chosen Linux as its mobile phone "platform of choice,"
| it said. Starting with feature phones in 2009, followed by iPhone
| competitors, Verizon will offer Linux phones compliant with specifications
| from the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMo), an industry group it joined today,
| along with seven other companies.
`----
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7113682989.html
More here:
Update: Verizon, Mozilla join mobile Linux group
,----[ Quote ]
| Verizon Wireless is throwing its support behind mobile Linux, becoming the
| first U.S. operator to join the LiMo Foundation, a group developing mobile
| Linux technology
`----
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/14/Verizon-Mozilla-join-mobile-Linux-group_1.html
Verizon Wireless to introduce Linux phones
,----[ Quote ]
| Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with
| programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it
| to become the "preferred" software on its network.
`----
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hu37w4sIDJFFsXmY8h3SRYnqgnqwD90LH6R81
Related:
BusyBox Developers, SFLC Sue Verizon for GPL Infringement
,----[ Quote
| The same two principal developers already successfully sued Monsoon Media,
| and they have litigation pending against Xterasys Corporation and High-Gain
| Antennas, LLC. Here is the press release from the Software Freedom Law Center
| on the Verizon suit, followed by the complaint as text.
`----
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007120713435029
Verizon Being Sued for GPL Infringement
,----[ Quote ]
| According to the SFLC, Verizon can be added to the list of companies
| infringing on the GPL. They filed a lawsuit in New York yesterday (pdf)
| alleging that the company is handing out routers using the GPL'd
| software 'BusyBox' without accompanying source code.
`----
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/07/1953217&from=rss
Palamida Exec Chides Verizon For Not Responding On GPL Suit
,----[ Quote ]
| "I'm a little surprised by it, to tell you the truth," Tolliver said in a
| recent interview. Palamida is a supplier of risk management software for
| managing an enterprise's software assets. Its auditing system scans code and
| identifies its origins, from open source projects or other known sources.
|
| "Usually these issues can be resolved before pretty promptly," he added. But
| Verizon had no response to the center when it sent a letter notifying Verizon
| of a violation, and it's had no response since the center filed a suit Dec. 7
| in federal District Court for the Southern District of New York.
`----
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080112/tc_cmp/205602460
Biggest legal victory ever for GPL
,----[ Quote ]
| For decades, almost no one challenged the General Public License in legal
| matters. In fact, no one has even dared to try to break it in court. That
| record remains unsullied as the biggest company to date--Verizon--that had
| been accused of a GPL violation opted to settle out of court.
`----
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2614635569.html
BusyBox Developers Agree To End GPL Lawsuit Against Verizon
,----[ Quote ]
| The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) today announced that agreements have
| been reached to dismiss the GPL enforcement lawsuit filed by SFLC against
| Verizon Communications Inc. on behalf of two principal developers of BusyBox.
| Verizon distributes BusyBox to its FiOS customers in devices that are
| provided to Verizon by Actiontec Electronics, Inc.
`----
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/mar/17/busybox-verizon/
Verizon Settles GPL Lawsuit
,----[ Quote ]
| The settlement calls for Actiontec to appoint an Open Source Compliance
| Officer as well as ensuring that Actiontec properly makes available the
| BusyBox source code that it uses. Additionally Actiontec will pay BusyBox
| an 'undisclosed' financial sum.
`----
http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/03/verizon-settles-gpl-lawsuit.html
Verizon to support the Linux desktop, but only if your rich...
,----[ Quote ]
| Verizon has been supporting the linux desktop for Red Hat for
| various applications for a while now. It wasn't until recently
| that with the help of some unpaid employees that they got it
| working for Ubuntu.
`----
http://www.treeninjas.com/?p=12
Member review of Verizon FIOS
,----[ Quote ]
| For the broadband installation, one thing I really didn’t want was to have
| Verizon install a bunch of junk software on my computer. So when it was time
| to set up the connection I offered the tech a linux laptop. He said, “Linux,
| what’s that?” I said, let's try it anyway. The normal procedure is to connect
| your computer, go to a special website and download a bunch of software, then
| set up your account username and password and agree to a terms of service. Of
| course, going to the special website we get the message, “your operating
| system is not supported”. I asked the tech to call his support, who laughed
| when he heard the word linux, but then relented and gave us an extra special
| website with login and password where we could set everything up without
| downloading software. Yay! The TV and phone setup were completely
| straightforward.
`----
http://www.broadbandreports.com/comment/2568/66067
Verizon makes nice with P2P
,----[ Quote ]
| So what’s it to be? Well Verizon appears, at least to be considering a middle
| road, one where instead of working against P2P, or just putting up with its
| traffic costs, it will offer protocols to help co-operate with P2P networks
| to deliver entertainment, by better understanding the conditions of the
| network it is traveling over. That really IS open.
`----
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/24/verizon_p4p_filesharing/
Thin clients in, PCs out at Verizon Wireless
,----[ Quote ]
| Sun's Sun Ray is unique among thin clients, many of which still use
| some kind of embedded Windows or Linux operating system, even though
| the applications are shifted to servers.
|
| [...]
|
| With about 5,000 Sun Ray terminals installed at three Western call
| centers, and a fourth in progress, Verizon has seen a 60% to 70%
| drop in desktop problems and a 30% decline in electrical use at
| each center.
`----
http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/050407-thin-client-verizon.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Verizon Business Expands OS Support for Enterprises
,----[ Quote ]
| "Windows is our most deployed system, but Linux is our fastest-growing
| one..."
|
| [...]
|
| He also said that AIX and UX also have strong cross-platform
| compatibility with systems like Linux, and are well designed to
| handle applications requiring huge memory and scalability.
`----
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/53095.html
Verizon takes over Microsoft TV code
,----[ Quote ]
| Unhappy over the memory footprint of applications and delays in rolling
| them out, Verizon has ditched some of Microsoft's television software and
| has chosen instead to write its own.
`----
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060914-7742.html
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQFIK6HyU4xAY3RXLo4RApOjAKCOpnGeunld3U0DF2Ppw9u+7DGmvwCeOj7i
pW2b772nQQz263Yy9a/qFKQ=
=cQpY
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
