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Interview: Wired’s Chris Anderson on the ‘free’ business model
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| I’m staring at my Netbook right now and I only have Google Chrome installed.
| It’s running Ubuntu, I’m using Google Docs – this is the first computer I’ve
| owned that Microsoft didn’t make a penny off of me. But I’m a consumer. The
| conclusion of the chapter is that you can’t compete with free.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=12534
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http://bushweed.blogspot.com/2009/02/comux-000111.html
Is Open Source A Recession-Fighting Tool?
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| The buzz on open source is that it can slash IT costs and save budgets. Our
| Linux expert looks at where and how much can be saved with FOSS -- and gives
| some caveats.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212903513
Recent:
Red Hat's new chief: A pragmatic believer?
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| Does the patent settlement you announced recently [with FireStar Software]
| that is consistent with the GPL mean that you are in a better position to be
| able to settle your patent dispute with Microsoft?
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| [Jim Whitehurst:] The problem is that we don't know what the Microsoft
| [patent threat] is. They have said in the past that 235 patents [are
| infringed by Linux] and we have yet to see what any of them are.
| Conceptually, it should be possible but, again, we don't know what we are
| talking about there.
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| When was the last time you spoke to Microsoft regarding patents?
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| [Jim Whitehurst:] I am sure, as a company, we have an ongoing dialogue on a
| lot of things. I have had dialogue at a senior level, but it has been more on
| how we can work better on interoperability for customers; I haven't had any
| direct conversations around the patent issue.
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http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39436604,00.htm
Red Hat Fedora Claims It's the Leader in Linux
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| Red Hat's Fedora community Linux distribution has now tallied its user base,
| and it's a number that on the surface would make it the largest installed
| base of any Linux distribution, with at least 9.5 million users and possibly
| as many as 10.5 million.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3786726/Red+Hat+Fedora+Claims+Its+the+Leader+in+Linux.htm
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